£1 Million Study to Investigate Non-Invasive Treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

University researchers have been granted £1 million to investigate a non-invasive treatment for dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s disease. A team of scientists at Nottingham Trent University will be using focused ultrasound and light therapies to deliver targetted therapeutics to the brain via specialised microbubbles. Researchers hope that used in combination with ultrasound, these microscopic bubbles can temporarily open the blood-brain barrier and allow the stem cell-derived therapies inside the bubbles to pass through to the brain, hopefully repairing and reversing any neurological damage. The blood-brain barrier protects the brain, stopping toxins and other harmful substances in the body from reaching it, but it means that therapies are unable to reach the brain, too....