Treating Alzheimer's with Light and Sound
Oct-25-19
The GENUS audio-visual treatment boosts the activity of the brain’s immune cells to help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s.The GENUS (Gamma Entrainment Using Sensory stimuli) technique developed by a team from MIT has been successfully tested in mice, where it improved brain function by reducing the build-up of amyloid and tau proteins. The method works by using flickering lights and soundwaves to stimulate activity at the brain’s gamma rhythm, which in turn helps clear the proteins that contribute to Alzheimer’s. The team has now started testing the method on humans, with early results proving safe and promising.
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I would love to have someone from this university to contact me to see if my mom who is 86 years old could be a candidate for your study.
Posted by Ralph Duquette on October 30, 2019
There is much prior research showing some form of linkage between abnormal glial cell functioning (e.g., astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, etc.) and neuro-degenerative diseases. Now, it would seem that the researchers at MIT have found a way to trigger ("noninvasively") microglial (the brain's endogenous immune cell) activity to clear AB proteins (or their precursors, APPs) from brain tissue using light and sound. I suspect that -- if the efficacy of this technique is validated in humans -- other bio-medical (or even genetic reprogramming) uses for this light & sound therapy will be found.
Posted by M. Ricciardi on October 30, 2019
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I would love to have someone from this university to contact me to see if my mom who is 86 years old could be a candidate for your study.
Posted by Ralph Duquette on October 30, 2019
There is much prior research showing some form of linkage between abnormal glial cell functioning (e.g., astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, etc.) and neuro-degenerative diseases. Now, it would seem that the researchers at MIT have found a way to trigger ("noninvasively") microglial (the brain's endogenous immune cell) activity to clear AB proteins (or their precursors, APPs) from brain tissue using light and sound. I suspect that -- if the efficacy of this technique is validated in humans -- other bio-medical (or even genetic reprogramming) uses for this light & sound therapy will be found.
Posted by M. Ricciardi on October 30, 2019
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