GOVERNMENT FUNDING: Part of the money for the NTHU project came from the Academia-Industry Research Alliance project, which was launched in 2017
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 04, 2019
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
A team of National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) researchers yesterday shared their findings on a
Minister of Science and Technology Chen Liang-gee, left, and Chen Hsin, a professor at National Tsing Hua University electrical engineering department, pose for photographers at a ministry news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chien Hui-ju, Taipei Times
The system is one of the projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology under its Academia-Industry Research Alliance project launched in 2017.
Deep brain stimulators are one of the options for treating Parkinson’s disease with electrical stimuli, but the surgery to place a stimulator in a patient’s brain can be difficult and dangerous, Chen Hsin (陳新), a professor in the university’s department of electrical engineering, told a news conference at the ministry in Taipei.
Chen said he became interested in seeking solutions for Parkinson’s treatment after seeing what a family member who has the disease has gone through. [FULL STORY]
