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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

UK boy has brain implant fitted to control epilepsy seizures in world first

Oran smiling, wearing a mud-covered helmet.
Oran is now ‘more chatty, more engaged’ as a result of a reduction in seizures. Photograph: supplied

A UK teenager with severe epilepsy has become the first person in the world to be fitted with a brain implant aimed at bringing seizures under control.

Oran Knowlson’s neurostimulator sits under the skull and sends electrical signals deep into the brain, reducing his daytime seizures by 80%.

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