Forum Innovation 2023

Projet NIR

A brain implant to stop Parkinson’s

Where? France

What? 
CEA-Leti is carrying out the first clinical trials in humans of an intracerebral device which emits a neuro-protecting light aims to slow down neurodegeneration. Unlike other treatments for Parkinson’s, which are only symptomatic, photobiomodulation has been demonstrated to slow down the disease in rodent and non-human primates.​

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