Neat News 345 (added 2016-12-10)

Brain Operation by Sound

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A man who suffered from a bad tremor in his right hand needed a brain operation to remove the cause of the tremor in his brain. Instead of the traditional way of doing this by opening the skull, a team of doctors used a techniques to focus strong ultrasound waves to destroy the tissue in the brain that caused the faulty electric signals. This meant to remove the tremor without any invasive treatment.