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Highly targets areas of the brain and temporarily opens up the BBB for a 1 or 2-day window. This allows the meds to flood in and do its work. For ALZ it is not a cure but delays its progression. The neurosurgoen successfully stopped essential tremors.



Dr. Ali Rhezia is the neurosurgeon.



https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/who-we-are/faculty-staff/ali-rezai-md/



He also is pioneering using a pacemaker-like unit to treat severe addiction, implanted near the collarbone with a lead into the brain.



I feel so excited learning about this ground-breaking treatments!



CBS



60 Minutes



Second feature.



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neurosurgeon-works-to-slow-alzheimers-progression-treat-drug-addiction-60-minutes-transcript/

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The comment at the end is this is in the very early stages of the experiment and another site needs to replicate. There has only been a dmall smount of subjects and the results will require years of follow up. It does look promising
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Yay, I am thrilled to hear of any progress on Alzheimer’s, even in the very early, theoretical stages.

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It is in the developmental stages and will require all the clinical studies, trials and proofs just like any other FDA-approved therapy or drug, but at least ultrasound seems to be a creative way to get past the BBB.

Ultrasound technology is not just for imaging: it already is being applied in many other areas of medical therapy and treatment, like denervation/ablation.

And the neuromodulation (tens unit and lead, pacemaker) has also been in play for a long time and this is just another way to use it. That's what makes this so exciting: it's using existing technology that itself doesn't need to go through testing and approval. It just needs approval for the new application of the technology.
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Too late for most of us but maybe for grandkids.
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Thanks Geaton, very exciting, some good news for the future.
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