Closing In On The Cure: New Alzheimer's Treatment Fully Restores Memory Function

Human trials could begin as early as 2017.

by Nicholas Stehle
May 28, 2015

Potential breakthroughs continue in the treatment of Alzheimer's. We've written extensively about the disease, including a super-viral post from January about Stanford's breakthrough, which could possibly lead to a cure in the not-too-distant future.

This time the news is out of Australia, where researchers restored the memories of mice who were affected by the build-up of plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. In an article published in Science Translational Medicine and covered at ScienceAlert.com, we learn of the research, which fully restored the memory function of 75 percent of the mice they tested it on, using ultrasound waves to remove defective tau proteins. From the article at ScienceAlert.com:

Publishing in Science Translational Medicine, the team describes the technique as using a particular type of ultrasound called a focused therapeutic ultrasound, which non-invasively beams sound waves into the brain tissue. By oscillating super-fast, t…