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Gene therapy infused into the brain cuts seizures in three epilepsy patients

Venue where researchers first heard about the Chinese DREADD trials

Three adults with epilepsy that drugs could not control agreed to have viruses infused into a small patch of their brains. Their monthly seizures fell by a mean of 92.6%, according to results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Updated 6 days ago