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Breakthrough ultrasound treatment to reverse dementia moves to human trials

December 20, 2018 by Leo

A new technique using ultrasound to clear the toxic protein clumps thought to cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease is moving to the first phase of human trials next year. The treatment has proven successful across animal tests and presents an exciting, drug-free way to potentially battle dementia.

Source: Breakthrough ultrasound treatment to reverse dementia moves to human trials

That’s pretty exciting, even if a ways off.

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