Targeting epilepsy at the source


	Targeting epilepsy at the source

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fc9fd59c-ea0c-4085-bca9-727a72fa7dfc/386B4DD8-DFF5-427A-8463-B6F85F87D670/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/25/2285329.htm?site=science&topic=latest" href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/25/2285329.htm?site=science&topic=latest" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abc.net.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/25/2285329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><A href="http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s2193255.htm?site=science">Dani Cooper</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/25/2285329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="first">People who suffer epileptic seizures could be treated using drug-infused polymer implants in their brain, according to an Australian researcher.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/25/2285329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/99A581BB-4674-47FC-BD0B-67BE8F8B4E74" alt="hand to head" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/25/2285329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Speaking at the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.electromaterials.edu.au/">Asia-Pacific Symposium on Nanobionics</A> in Wollongong this week, Professor Mark Cook, of <A target="_blank" href="http://www.svhm.org.au/">St Vincent's Hospital</A> in Melbourne, says tests on rats shows the polymer implants reduce the frequency, length and severity of seizures.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/25/2285329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Cook, who is also attached to the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.unimelb.edu.au/">University of Melbourne</A>'s Department of Neurology, says by delivering drugs close to the source of the seizure in the brain the amount of drug used is reduced and side effects are therefore kept to a minimum.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/25/2285329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Cook told the conference that epilepsy is the second-most common neurological illness with 1% of sufferers having recurrent seizures.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/25/2285329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>But he says, the toxicity and dose levels of most epilepsy drugs creates major issues for users, with 31% of patients reporting adverse side effects from the drugs, with50% of those being clinically significant.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/386B4DD8-DFF5-427A-8463-B6F85F87D670/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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