Epilepsy Hotel - Installing Sprinklers To Treat The Short Circuit - Yichen Qiu, Lignani Lab, UCL, UK

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Neuroscientist Yichen Qiu of UCL shares with us her exciting research results regarding gene therapy for refractory temporal lobe epilepsy!

• Episode chapters

  • Gene therapy research planning & purpose

  • The need for new epilepsy therapies

  • How the gene therapy puts out the fire

  • Temporal lobe epilepsy, the KCNA1 gene

  • Study methods and outcomes

  • Next stages in research - toxicity, mechanisms, effectiveness

  • Managing expectations in epilepsy research

• More about Yichen

  Yichen is Research Fellow at the Lignani Lab at UCL, UK whose Ph.D. was regarding gene therapy for refractory epilepsy; genetic engineering; neuroscience; brain network.

• Links to Yichen

  LinkedIn: yichen-sophie-qiu

  Lignani Lab: yichen-qiu

  IRIS: Yichen Qiu

  Science: On-demand cell-autonomous gene therapy for brain circuit disorders

  UCL SQ Ion: Gene therapy targeting overactive brain cells could treat neurological disorders

  Pint Of Science: gene-ius-solutions

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