A skull-mapping app can greatly improve safety and accuracy of a common neurosurgical procedure
Access to potentially life-saving neurosurgical care remains very uneven worldwide, with potentially life-threatening ...
New Jersey doctors use 3D printer to help save man with deteriorating skull
A 3D printer helped save the life of a New Jersey man whose skull was crumbling. The Navy veteran hopes others can learn from ...
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Elon Musk's Neuralink implanted its first brain chip in a human's skull. Here's what we know about the surgery.
Elon Musk said his brain-chip startup implanted its device ... a human surgeon must remove a portion of the individual's skull. It reportedly takes about 25 minutes for the robot to insert the ...
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Brain and Skull Base Tumor Surgery
Our team of neurosurgeons at Baylor Medicine are experienced in treating all forms of benign and malignant tumors that occur within the adult brain and at the base of the skull. These kinds of tumors ...
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Human brain turned into glass by 1,950-year-old volcanic eruption, scientists stunned
Through the use of computer analysis and X-ray electron microscopy ... the rapid temperature drop caused the brain tissue to solidify into glass. The bones of the skull and spine likely acted ...
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Brain’s Fluid Drains via Lymphatic Vessels at the Base of the Skull
In a study published today (July 24) in Nature, researchers show that there is a hot spot of meningeal lymphatic vessels at the base of the rodent skull that is specialized to drain CSF and allow ...
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Frozen in fire: How a Vesuvius ash cloud turned a Roman’s brain to glass
In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Roman city of Herculaneum. Thousands of people were killed instantly. Now, scientists have made a shocking discovery—inside the skull of one victim, ...