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IMAGE: Implanted electrodes stream recorded data to a pocket-sized device worn by a patient. The data are then wirelessly transferred to a tablet and then uploaded to the cloud via a. view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Starr lab, UCSF
Researchers are now able to wirelessly record the directly measured brain activity of patients living with Parkinson s disease and to then use that information to adjust the stimulation delivered by an implanted device. Direct recording of deep and surface brain activity offers a unique look into the underlying causes of many brain disorders; however, technological challenges up to this point have limited direct human brain recordings to relatively short periods of time in controlled clinical settings.
PTC Therapeutics Opens Applications for the Annual STRIVE Awards Program and Introduces a New Award Category
- New category targets programs that support the transition from adolescence to adulthood -
- Proposal submissions for 2021 STRIVE Awards are due March 15, 2021 -
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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT) today announced the launch of the seventh annual STRIVE Awards program for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The Awards provide a grant to patient advocacy organizations around the world who are committed to developing innovative and sustaining programs that help address the unmet needs of the rare disease community. This year, a new entry category dedicated to supporting programs that focus on the transition of those living with Duchenne from adolescence to adulthood has been introduced.