Now, doctors have discovered that they can control epileptic seizures in some patients by surgically removing a small portion of tissue from the brain. The results are so dramatic that 90 percent of those with certain types of epilepsy can live seizure-free lives after the procedure. As a consequence, some may have as many as a hundred seizures each month. Others may have only one per week, but if they have a job or other important responsibilities, it can be devastating. The surgery takes four to six hours.
Some patients are able to become independent for the first time in their lives.
School of Engineering Northrop Grumann Corporation's closure of a facility in Hawthorne was UCI's gain. The equipment represents major new technology for development of tinier, more sophisticated computer microchip-driven devices designed by students, faculty, researchers and local industry. Use of the equipment will team engineering with the College of Medicine and the schools of biological and physical sciences. It has been placed in the engineering school's microelectric mechanical systems laboratory, which is directed by G.P. Li, professor of electrical and computer engineering . The lab is expected to be ready in the fall.