Lasers, robots, and tiny electrodes are transforming treatment of severe epilepsy

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If the brain is a musical instrument, “the electrophysiology is the music,” says Dr. Alexander Khalessi. New tools to treat epilepsy patients now let doctors “listen to the music a little bit better.” Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images

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When Tom’s epileptic seizures could no longer be controlled with drugs, he started considering surgery.

Tom – who asked that we not use his last name because he worries that employers might be alarmed by his medical history – was hoping

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