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Connecting Mind and Machine: How The Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute Is Helping Restore Independence Through iBCI Innovation 

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Technology | 0 comment | 10 February, 2026 | 0

An implantable brain-computer interface (iBCI) allows a person to control an external computer or device using only their intent to move or speak. 

Tanuja Chitnis Continues to Make Strides for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

By Brian Burns | Neurology, Pediatrics | 0 comment | 7 November, 2025 | 0

Chitnis is using a unique blend of clinical trials, genomic studies and personalized medicine to improve care for patients with multiple sclerosis at all ages.

Five Things to Know: How a Shift From Treatment to Prevention Could Reduce the Impact of Neurological Diseases

By Brian Burns | Alzheimer's Disease, Neurology, Stroke | 0 comment | 22 July, 2025 | 0

An new approach approach that prioritizes maintaining lifelong brain health could prevent the onset of stroke, dementia and other diseases.

Image Shows How Nasal Foralumab Reduces Brain Inflammation in Patient with Alzheimer’s Disease

By Anna McTigue | Imaging & Radiology, Neurology | 0 comment | 17 July, 2025 | 0

Visualizing brain inflammation is a groundbreaking technique that researchers can use to accelerate drug development for neurological diseases.

Researchers Unpack the Health Impacts of Ultraprocessed Foods

By Ryan Jaslow | Medicine, Neurology | 0 comment | 14 May, 2025 | 0

MGB researchers are identifying new connections between ultraprocessed foods and disease and developing new tools to help consumers make better food choices.

2025 Celebration of Science Poster of Distinction Winners: Meet Shota Shibata, PhD

By Brian Burns | Events, Neurology | 0 comment | 24 April, 2025 | 0

Shota is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Genomic Medicine studying repeat expansion diseases such as Huntington’s disease.

2025 Celebration of Science Poster of Distinction Winners: Meet Alex Dyson, PhD

By Brian Burns | Events, Neurology | 0 comment | 23 April, 2025 | 0

Alex is researcher in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital studying new treatment strategies for neurofibromatosis.

Mass General’s Jay Iyer: Turning Personal Loss into a Mission to Transform PSP Care

By Brian Burns | Neurology, Rare Disease | 1 comment | 11 October, 2024 | 1

Jay promised his grandfather he would find a cure for PSP, the rare neurological disease that took memories away from them.

Rare Diseases Day: Q&A with a Mass General Investigator

By Brian Burns | Neurology | 0 comment | 29 February, 2024 | 0

Vanessa Merker,PhD, has spent her 14-year career at Mass General working to improve care for patients with schwannomatosis and NF2.

Neurosurgery Researcher Working to Identify New Treatments for Children with Traumatic Brain Injuries

By Kyle Banker | Neurology, Surgery | 0 comment | 15 June, 2023 | 0

There are currently no therapeutics to treat children with traumatic brain injuries. How one Mass General researcher is working to change that.

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