Epilepsy in children is a chronic neurological condition characterised by two or more unprovoked, recurring seizures resulting from sudden, abnormal electrical activity in the brain, affecting ...

What was achieved: Researchers corrected SCN1A mutations in mice using prime or base editing, reducing seizures and improving survival. Why it matters: These are the first demonstrations of directly ...

Two mothers fought British bureaucracy to obtain lifesaving cannabis medicines for their children. But most patients are having to go private – at huge cost ...

In a world first, a research team at the University of Zurich has successfully treated mice carrying an inherited form of ...

In a world first, a research team at the University of Zurich has successfully treated mice carrying an inherited form of epilepsy. The scientists used gene editing to fix faulty DNA directly in the ...

New POLARIS Phase I/II data presented at ASGCT show ETX101 gene therapy reducing seizures and improving neurodevelopment in ...

Abstract: In this work, we propose a novel hybrid architecture for epileptic seizure prediction, utilizing a deep learning approach by stacking the convolutional neural network (CNN) and bidirectional ...

A toddler boy presented with fever, rhinitis and loose stools, followed by two episodes of generalised seizures with up-rolling of eyes and posturing. Initially the case was managed as febrile ...

Bucks County schools had measles vaccination rates under 90% for kindergarteners in 2024. At one school, less than 60% of ...

Influencer Courtney Cahoon posted a video explaining that her daughter experienced a "severe" febrile seizure and needed CPR.

Febrile seizures represent the most common convulsive events in early childhood, provoked by elevated body temperature in the absence of central nervous system infection. While most episodes are ...