“‘...two-millimeter drill hole...pass a little fiber optic cannula and attach it to a laser and just heat the tumor up…under direct MRI visualization in real time…monitor the temperature…kill all those tumor cells but not hurt hardly any of the brain surrounding it.’”

Dr. Matthew MacDougall · Huberman Lab · Essentials: Neuralink & Technologies to Enhance Human Brains | Dr. Matt MacDougall

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Used a 2 mm drill hole in the skull to insert a fiber-optic cannula attached to a laser, heating deep brain tumors under real-time MRI visualization

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