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New! A breakthrough in non invasive brain surgery | July 11, 2025
It’s called PING!
And this is exciting stuff. In fact, I just read about it recently.
It was written about in Science Daily…and in Neuroscience News, too.
Basically, PING (don’t you just love it) is a form of neurosurgery. Using microbubbles, it penetrates the blood-brain barrier and delivers neurotoxins targeted at the problematic brain area.
In a noninvasive can way, Doctors can treat debilitating neurological diseases by removing faulty brain circuits, without the need for conventional brain surgery.
Diseased brain cells are removed without a scalpel, using low-intensity focused ultrasound waves combined with microbubbles to briefly penetrate the brain’s natural defenses and allow the targeted delivery of a neurotoxin.
This neurotoxin kills the culprit brain cells while sparing other healthy cells and preserving the surrounding brain architecture.
“This unique approach eliminates the diseased brain cells, spares adjacent healthy cells and achieves these outcomes without even having to cut into the scalp.” said researcher Kevin S. Lee of UVA’s Departments of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery and the Center for Brain Immunology.
It has already demonstrated exciting potential in laboratory studies.
And, if successfully translated to the operating room, this surgical technique could revolutionize the treatment of some of the most challenging and complex neurological diseases, including epilepsy, movement disorders and more.
And most importantly, PING could be for the surgical treatment of epilepsies that do not respond to medication.
For full news go to: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211203095804.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
And for added information, click on: https://neurosciencenews.com/noninvasive-brain-surgery-19713/
Tags: breakthrough neurosurgery, medication resistant, non invasive brain surgery, PING
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I looked this up but all I could find were the same articles you referenced from 2021. I don’t see any newer articles or research about it. It sounds exciting, but I can’t find any updated information.
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Comment by Anita Dietrich — July 12, 2025 @ 8:56 PM
I guess that’s the problem. This kind of research often remains obscure except in labs, universities and teaching hospitals.
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Comment by Phylis Feiner Johnson — July 12, 2025 @ 9:30 PM
Thank you for sharing this, Phylis. I’ve written about my brother previously, but a few chapters have been written.
Twenty-two years of seizures, different meds and different neurologists. Selective amygdalohippocampectomy resulted in 1-1/2 years of freedom (still w/one med), but then the breakthrough seizures occurred.
Medication now changed to Briviact only and it’s the strongest drug he’s ever taken. Like most others on AEDs, he hates them all and wants off. This could be an answer.
Bless you.
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Comment by Paget Bridges — July 13, 2025 @ 2:05 PM
I think you should ask an epileptologist about PING. Preferably at a teaching hospital, if you have one near you.
You’ll be in my heart.
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Comment by Phylis Feiner Johnson — July 13, 2025 @ 2:26 PM
I am going to contact my friend who is a researcher in San Francisco about this! My abnormality is in the Weirnicke or one of the speech centers! This is super! With get backs right now hopefully their is still interest!
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Comment by Toni Robison — August 2, 2025 @ 7:22 PM
I certainly hope this interest is/has become a reality, Toni.
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Comment by Phylis Feiner Johnson — August 2, 2025 @ 8:26 PM