- About 32 million people globally have Alzheimer’s disease.
- There are some medications — such as anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies — that can help slow disease progression.
- Researchers from the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute say a combination of focused ultrasound and anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody medications can speed up the clearance of beta-amyloid plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease.
The neurodegenerative disorder Alzheimer’s disease affects about
There is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s disease. There are some
One such type of medication is called
Now researchers from the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute have discovered that a combination of
The study was recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
According to researchers, some anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s have
The blood-brain barrier is a semi-permeable membrane between blood vessels and the brain. While it helps keep harmful substances out of the brain, it also affects how well medications can enter the brain.
“The blood-brain barrier limits more than 98% of drugs and therapeutics from getting into the brain from the blood vessels,” Dr. Ali R. Rezai, director of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and associate dean, John D. Rockefeller IV…
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