Scientists have shown for the first time that neuroprosthetic brain implants may be able to help stroke patients with partial paralysis.

FORTY-ONE neurons is a drop in the ocean compared with the hundred billion or so cells that are present in our brains. But those few neurons could help Eric Ramsey talk again.

An implanted stimulator being studied at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital may be able to predict and prevent seizures before they start in people with uncontrolled epilepsy.