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Surgeons conducted an experimental therapy that transplanted healthy pig brain cells into Cornutts brain to cure his epilepsy. Nearly 16 months after the operation and Cronutt has not had an episode.

A seven-year-old sea lion named Cronutt with a seizure disorder exhibited more severe and increasingly frequent attacks in 2020, which caused tremors, confusion, and loss of weight and appetite that deteriorated his health quickly. In the same year, the sea lion underwent an experimental brain surgery which involved pig neuron transplant into his damaged hippocampus. The surgery ended up successful and so is its effect, when more than a year later, Cronutt was declared seizure-free

The transplant in an animal named Cronutt points toward a new strategy to treat the disease. But many questions remain.

The transplant in an animal named Cronutt points toward a new strategy to treat the disease. But many questions remain.

After the procedure, the neuroscientist involved said Cronutt the sea lion is "essentially cured."