UCSF trial offers hope for debilitating form of childhood epilepsy

Ten-year-old Oli and his family have spent much of his young life searching for the missing piece of a puzzle, a treatment for a debilitating form of childhood epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome. The condition produces convulsive seizures that can strike with little notice and can be triggered by a wide range of factors, from temperature changes to color patterns to sunlight.