CellsGrown brake neurons
Human stem cells are coaxed into interneurons that release GABA, the brain's main calming signal. In this epilepsy, many such cells are lost or damaged.
DeliveryOne injection at the seizure source
A surgeon places the cells into the temporal lobe where seizures begin, in a minimally invasive procedure instead of cutting tissue out.
IntegrationWiring into the circuit
The cells settle in, connect to local neurons and damp the runaway firing that becomes a seizure, aiming for a lasting effect.
Off the shelfDonor cells, not your own
One cell line makes doses for everyone. Patients take immune-suppressing drugs for a period so the body does not reject the cells.