Researchers connect stroke survivor Ann Johnson's brain implant to the experimental computer, which will allow her to speak by thinking words. Noah Berger A brain implant that converts neuron ...

The modified stem cells used in the study have been in clinical development for more than a decade to treat stroke and ...

Brain Implant Lets Woman Talk After 18 Years of Silence Due to Stroke TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For nearly two decades, a stroke had left a woman unable to speak -- until now.

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A new study described testing the device on a 47-year-old woman with quadriplegia who couldn’t speak for 18 years after a stroke. Doctors implanted it in her brain during surgery as part of a ...

The 52-year-old patient is one of the first to test the innovative rehabilitation tool, which uses electrodes and stimulators to rewire the brain and help stroke patients restore motor function.

"Our study shows how different cell types arise from stem cells in the embryo and how they are organized to create important structures in the brain," explains Emma Andersson, docent at the ...

In the study, Carmichael and his team sought to determine how physical rehabilitation improved brain function after a stroke and whether they could generate a drug that could produce these same ...