'Breakthrough' Therapy Treats Alzheimer's with Ultrasound

Mar-15-15 Researchers have a developed a non-invasive treatment for Alzheimer's disease that uses ultrasound therapy to remove the toxic plaques in the brain.

Researchers have believed for some time that the Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptid is responsible for the progression of Alzheimer's disease, but removing the material requires invasive, and ineffective, intervention methods. In contrast, the team from the University of Queensland has developed a way to remove the Aβ peptid using ultrasound. According to the researchers, the careful application of the ultrasound scans activated the brain's microglial cells, which digest the plaques that damage brain synapses.

The treatment proved successful in tests on mice, and the team is now preparing to test the therapy in more advanced animal models.

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