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parkinson's is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. at the moment, drugs are the first line of treatment. could be transformed by the latest use of a high—tech therapy. hola. the procedure? well... now i amjust... in few hours to go and find, finally, if this is going to be oscar first noticed tremors three years ago, when he was recovering from covid. it started in this, this, this, this shake,
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shake or move, involun... no voluntary moves. you know, it's a social... yeah. ..a social part of that. and also another symptom is the — in spanish say "rigides". grip strength. yeah, i see. yeah. and that's it. involu nta ry. all...all of the... it's like another people living... ..living inside me. not long to go now. for the procedure that might bring oscar the relief that has so far eluded him.
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it must be absolutely horrendous to hear that. 0h! you want to get back control? yes, i need to go and back... i need to get back control. yes, that's it, yeah. today, oscar is undergoing a procedure that uses high frequency focused ultrasound. she speaks spanish. allow for clinicians to fix the head firmly in position. next, a membrane is fitted to the frame.
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the right part of the brain. success of the procedure relies on this feedback, which is why oscar remains awake and able to we are going to make the lesion here. here you can see both — brain nucleus and this this is — or like a small bean. and we need to be in the posterior part of the nucleus which treats the tremor. they need to target the right area and at the same time
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so let's see how oscar's doing. you've made it. how claustrophobic that how many hours it was? was it about 2.5 hours? yeah, maybe. did it feel longer? excuse me? any pain? no, no pain. no pain. not really. just very still. yes. yeah. yeah, like in a submarine. yes. and the big question is, has the treatment worked? just a few hours ago... ifeel grateful, alive, good and full of power to go on with my life. of slowing disease progression has been achieved. but for oscar right now,
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actual energy in the waste inside the reactor. so cavitation bubbles are happening here, inside the reactor, and they treat the pfas inside those. trials of the reactor showed it could achieve a 36% degradation rate of pfas, without the need for any additional chemicals. scientists behind it are confident that it could be scaled up in as little as two years. you hope that this reactor might end up? electricity to operate, just pressurised gas. so, potentially, it can be used for poor countries and they can, you know,
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found schools that band mobile phones have seen better 700,000 women in results. 700,000 women in england will take part in a new trial to see if the latest ai technology can speed up breast cancer screening. currently, two specialists are needed per two specieiists’ere needed per and twe specieiists’ere needed per and it's hoped the �*to 77 �* to complete the �*to complete the same �* to complete the same screen new to complete the same screen process safely and efficiently. to up hundreds radiologists catch more of radiologists gate-h mere cases and its cancer cases earlier. and its the sims! cancer cases earlier. and its. the sims! anyone who has to the sims! as anyone who has built this has allowed and tell stories, mostly age their own stories, mostly age because a century long and leeseeee a ee’dtefe'l’efie add " ' " to leeseeee a ee’dtere'l’efid add " ' " to the �* of according to the publisher of the most recently in stormont has translated into 18
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played by lake turkana, it's a harsh environment forfishermen here. temperatures can reach as high as a0 degrees and in recent years, catches have been dwindling. many have left, but those who stay barely make a living. social entrepreneur francis nderitu, and recent he started with refrigeration. much of it down to poor or nonexistent cooling. grid, meaning that it
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uses green energy — that is solar power. we have a good number of people who are off—grid, so i'm keen to see what condition the fish is in when it finally arrives. so, after a relatively long journey from the lake, plant, located on the outskirts of the kenyan capital, nairobi. so, for health and safety purposes, i'm going to go it's in this plant that another key plank of keep it cool�*s strategy is implemented. they clean up the fish to make
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the size of fish they want, to sell it in the market. to squeeze every drop out of the value chain. fish offcuts are treated with the same respect as the best fillets, to make sure every ounce beatrice has been in partnership with keep it cool for the past three years. it supports us because it's paying our house rent. it's paying our house and back at home, it's paying school these premises.
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but could they soon be tantalising more of our senses? we've come to warwick university's festival bit different — games you can smell. yeah, you heard that right, we're giving gaming the sniff test. is essentially how it works. of burning rubber, motor oil, and maybe just a hint of... yes. i think so. oh, there we go. oh, yeah.
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definitely good. driving, you can smell it, not as a distraction. definitely smell it. yes. there's some smells, like it's... it'sjust smells like it's... my students are watching me, so that's embarrassing. - yes, yeah. what are you getting? um, yeah... it's quite immersive in that sense, like, i i think i would actually. of embedded into this. of games, not just driving simulations, as well. - of research where these
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are being put to the test. trying to just create authentic virtual simulation. if you've got you've got the ability to simulate then you can use that as a way of determining and if we can do that, then we can actually see because if you've got alzheimer's, it affects your who knows — smelly tech could well be on the way.
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hello. for most of the country, this afternoon is going to continue to be grey and cold with mist and hill fog patches look through the murk. mind you, it was a cold start in the highlands. temperatures were down at —9 earlier this morning. we'll have some rain pushes into south—east england, for eastern england, the midlands, eastern areas of wales. the best of today's sunshine continues
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across southern england, maybe parts of southern wales. england, cold enough for a bit of snow up over the tops although that depends how long we keep those clear spells into monday's forecast. up across east anglia and south—east england, will come in here. patterns into tuesday. some damp and drizzly weather also at times across the east
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