👉🏻 Watch the full episode here!    • Preventing Seizures Using Stem Cells?...  
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Hear about research into a new way of inhibiting temporal lobe seizure activity through GABAergic interneuron cell therapy! With epileptologist and neuroscientist David Spencer.
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Chapters 📖
00:00 Intro
00:48 Meet David
01:44 David's research foci
02:21 Cell therapy - implanting the cells into the seizure-focus of the brain!
03:51 What type of cells are used?
04:25 Surgical implantation of cells
04:38 Turning stem cells into brain cells
05:59 Current stage of research
07:05 Stem cell implants in people!
07:35 Outcomes in humans so far!
08:38 Benefits of cell therapy vs resection or laser ablation?
10:51 Impacts of treatment?
12:00 Next stages of the research
13:35 Conclusion & thanks
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