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Professor Deblina Sarkar discusses research breakthrough that could reinvent treatment for brain disease

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Dec. 10, 2025

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Deblina Sarkar

Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; AT&T Career Development Professor

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Nano-Implants for Wireless Brain Interfacing

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Professor Deblina Sarkar, head of the Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek research group at the MIT Media Lab, spoke with The Breakfast Podcast of CNN News18 about her recent research on self-implanting brain chips that allow treat brain diseases without surgery.

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