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Using electrically charged nanoparticles to fight Parkinson’s disease
The Dutch university medical center at Maastricht UMC+ and the German Max-Planck and KIT institutes have announced a scientific breakthrough in magnetic deep brain stimulation.
18 January 2021
More than six million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson’s Disease. It is a disease that is often treated with what is known as “deep brain stimulation,” whereby a patient has centimeter-long electrodes implanted into their brain that stimulate certain areas.
It is a technique that is improving all the time, but it also has disadvantages. One of those disadvantages is that it involves fairly major surgery. A second disadvantage is that a patient has to undergo surgery not just one time but several times. This is because the electrical stimulator is connected to a battery that must be replaced every 3 to 5 years.