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Electric medicine

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Number) 339 (Date) Aug2019
Medium (Periodical) BBC Science Focus.
Classif 500 BBC
Subject Health and Social Care
Page 56-59
Authors Wallace, Gordon
Goodyer, Jason
Contents

Researchers in Austrailia have developed an implantable thread - a sutrode - that could cure disease by stimulating nerve fibres. It has potential for treating epilepsy and schizophrenia, and for producing prosthetics.

Keywords
Diseases     Electrical     Nervous system     Research     Stimulation