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

Independent commentator on the trial; co-founder of Focalis Bio

Three adults with epilepsy that drugs could not control agreed to have viruses infused into a small patch of their brains. In the months that followed, the number of seizures they had each month fell by more than 90%, according to results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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