Magnets can be used for much more than attaching a photo to your fridge – someday they may be used to treat brain cancer. Scientists have been able to guide microscopic magnetic particles coated with ...

Researchers have developed a gene therapy technology that uses magnetic fields to switch groups of neurons on and off, controlling brain circuits affected by Parkinson’s disease. In addition to ...

Whereas optogenetics, which controls neurons with light, and electrical deep brain stimulation, used to treat Parkinson’s disease, both require the implantation of invasive electrodes into the brain, ...

LOS ANGELES • Patients with brain tumors don't have many good options — surgery and radiation can damage crucial parts of the brain, and chemotherapy drugs don't easily cross the blood-brain barrier.

WASHINGTON -- Dr. Demetrius Lopes snaked a thin wire with a tiny magnet on its tip into an artery in Paul Kelsey's groin and threaded it all the way up into his brain. Aided by a helmet-shaped magnet ...