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Magnetic implants used to treat 'dancing eyes'

27 June 2017

Dr Parashkev Nachev (UCL Institute of Neurology), Professor Quentin Pankhurst (UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering) and colleagues successfully used magnets implanted behind a person's eyes to treat nystagmus, a condition characterised by involuntary eye movements. Read: BBC News, Listen: BBC World Service 'Newshour' (from 14 mins 6 secs)More: Evening Standard, The Times (£), UCL News