Interview: The Nerve That Could Transform Medicine
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Summary
Kevin Tracey, a researcher and neurosurgeon whose team discovered the vagus nerve’s link to the immune system more than two decades ago, has developed an electrical implant to stimulate the nerve in an effort to help rheumatoid arthritis sufferers who currently have difficulty taking medications.
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