{"id":159877,"date":"2026-11-06T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159877"},"modified":"2026-11-06T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:00:08","slug":"a-kill-switch-for-epilepsy-china-cuts-seizures-by-92-6-in-first-human-chemogenetic-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159877","title":{"rendered":"A kill switch for epilepsy? China cuts seizures by 92.6% in first human chemogenetic trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFor people living with refractory epilepsy, the brain is like a city that can suffer a blackout any time lightning strikes.<br \/>\nWithout warning, an abnormal neural discharge can sweep through the intracranial circuits, leaving behind convulsions, loss of consciousness and years of lingering panic.<br \/>\nAround one-third of epilepsy patients worldwide are completely unresponsive to existing medications, while traditional craniotomy resection surgery often carries the risk of irreversible neurological&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3373500\/kill-switch-epilepsy-china-cuts-seizures-926-first-human-chemogenetic-trial\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostFor people living with refractory epilepsy, the brain is like a city that can suffer a blackout any time lightning strikes. Without warning, an&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159877"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}