Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Duke neurosurgeon and surgical director of the Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Derek Southwell, MD, PhD, is a principal investigator in this early first-in-human study, which is taking a new approach to treat seizures: brain cell transplantation. Duke is one of the first sites in the US to treat a patient. Cell transplantation is being tested in adults with temporal lobe epilepsy, a common cause of drug-resistant seizures.

Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Conducting First-In-Human Studies of Cell Transplantation for Epilepsy A groundbreaking clinical trial is taking a new approach to treat seizures: brain cell transplantation. Duke is one of the first sites in the United States to treat a patient in this pioneering study, which is evaluating the safety and efficacy of NRTX-1001, an investigational cell product. NRTX-100...