[Info] Epilepsy Cured in Mice Using Brain Cells

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I just came across this study and was going to post it here, when found you beat me to it Chaz!! Anyway, fascinating study.

Here's the article I found on same study:
http://www.gizmag.com/cell-therapy-epilepsy-cure/27423/

"The UCSF scientists were able to inhibit this nerve-signaling firestorm and eliminate seizures in half the treated mice and dramatically reduce the number of spontaneous seizures in the rest with a one-time transplantation of medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) cells into the hippocampus, a region of the brain associated with learning and memory, as well as seizures. The mice also became less abnormally agitated, less hyperactive, and performed better in water-maze tests."
 
Thank heavens we won't have to deal with all those epileptic mice anymore. :)
 
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