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How the first FDA-approved, fully noninvasive treatment for depression came to be

Key Lessons: Dedicating IP to the public domain doesn't necessarily yield more public benefit than patenting Clinical trials for depression are hard to run Treating depression with magnetic fields sounds, to most people first hearing about it, about as legitimate as treating depression with healing crystals. But in fact this technique, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), is well-established , notoriously safe , and fully FDA-approved. The saga of how this came to be is worth studying for anyone interested in neurotechnology. The Basics TMS uses electromagnetic induction to create a

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