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ScienceDaily reported in April 2012 that researchers at the Perinatology Research Branch of the National Institutes of Health, housed at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, had successfully used a “nanotechnology-based drug treatment” to dramatically improve cerebral palsy symptoms in newborn rabbits. According to ScienceDaily, “the study is the first to show that an anti-inflammatory drug delivered with a nanodevice can dramatically improve CP symptoms in an animal model.” Researchers now believe there may be a window of opportunity immediately after birth during which drug treatment can minimize the effects of cerebral palsy. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that each year, 100,000 babies born in the United States develop cerebral palsy, a group of neurological disorders marked by intellectual limitations, hearing problems, impaired vision, behavioral problems, seizures, difficulty speaking, learning disabilities, poor balance and coordination, and muscular deformities. According to…
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