By BRAD CARLSON // We’ve entered the Age of Neuromodulation. The use of neuromodulation devices – which electrically stimulate nerves to suppress symptoms or reinvigorate poor function – has grown…
Take a moment: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, and to the end of July, almost – by this time next week, it will be August already! Yes, the sultry…
Please keep your hands and feet inside the economy at all times: Hold on tight, dear readers … another rollercoaster workweek for the Long Island innovation economy (and teetering…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Now here’s an idea that’s got legs. Wai Law is off and running, once again. With hundreds of charitable miles already underfoot and Parkinson’s disease research…
By TOM MARINER // Upton-based Brookhaven National Laboratory is a national treasure operating at the forefront of energy science – but it’s also made profound contributions to medical sciences. One…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new Stony Brook University study digs deep into the cerebral cortex to discover fresh clues about declining motor skills in Parkinson’s disease patients. The loss…
By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative “deep brain” device that captures and records cerebral signals is changing the way Northwell Health physicians treat a drug-resistant form of epilepsy. Introducing the…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new gene therapy can literally rewire the brains of Parkinson’s disease patients – and may rewrite the book on treatment of the nation’s second most-common…
At long last, teen hero Marty McFly will go degree-for-degree with his partner in time, Dr. Emmett Brown: Stony Brook University will confer an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree…
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re dancing in the aisles, literally, at North Shore University Hospital, thanks to a revolutionary treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Surgeons at the Manhasset hospital, part of…