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In article [log in to unmask] writes: >I just saw this on AOL. Alan >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Delivering Results: A Progress Report On Brain Research Issued On > Capitol Hill > WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from the Dana >Alliance for Brain Initiatives foresees dozens of treatments emerging in >the next five years that will help tens of millions of Americans >suffering from neurological and psychiatric disorders. > The remarkable projected therapies range from genetically engineered >drugs and cell implants to electronic "pacemakers" for the brain. This device has already been tested on ETs who wanted to be able to pour or hold their coffee. The results were reported at the Amer. Acad. of Neurology convention a couple of weeks ago. The pacemaker description probably was used because the manufacturer is Medtronics who also makes the real Pacemaker. The abstract is in the archives, search for pacemaker. John Cottingham NEW ADDRESS: [log in to unmask]