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NEWS ROUND-UP: Brains To-Go and Epilepsy Research

Ted Berger, Min-Chi Hsiao and team have developed a "to-go" box to transport human brain samples to the lab in good condition
By: Regina Wu
October 10, 2014 —

 

Research on the brain and diseases such as epilepsy can be difficult because living brain samples are sensitive and difficult to preserve, but USC Viterbi biomedical engineers Ted Berger and Min-Chi Hsiao have created a "to-go box" that transports human brain samples to research labs in good condition. Their transportation method, the Mobile Oxygen-Temperature Sustaining (MOTS) system, was recently published in the "Journal of Neuroscience Methods" along with their newest findings about the nature of epileptic seizures and potential treatment methods.

Below is a sampling of recent of media articles about this research.

USC biomedical engineers, neurologists and neurosurgeons develop new methods to advance the study of human brains and epilepsy Studying the human brain is logistically complicated.

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USC biomedical engineers, neurologists and neurosurgeons develop new methods to advance the study of human brains and epilepsy. Studying the human brain is logistically complicated. Living samples of the complex and sensitive organ are limited and difficult to preserve, which means that research on them must be conducted quickly before they expire. Furthermore, the electrodes currently used to record neural activity are largely unsophisticated.

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In researching brain conditions like epilepsy, it is vital that sections of living brain tissue are used. However, this tissue is very delicate and difficult to preserve.

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USC biomedical engineers, neurologists and neurosurgeons develop new methods to advance the study of human brains and epilepsy Studying the human brain is logistically complicated. Living samples of the complex and sensitive organ are limited and difficult to preserve, which means that research on them must be conducted quickly before they expire. Furthermore, the electrodes currently used to record neural activity are largely unsophisticated.

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