"A team of scientists co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and West China Hospital Sichuan University (WCHSU), in collaboration with UK researchers, has developed a nanotechnology-based treatment that successfully reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mice. Unlike conventional nanomedicine, which typically uses nanoparticles to deliver drugs, this new strategy relies on nanoparticles that are therapeutic themselves, described as “supramolecular drugs.”"
Apparently, permeability of the blood-brain barrier is a factor in removal of amyloid-β which is part of Alzheimer’s. They saw dramatic improvements in mice one hour after injection.
This is the sort of research that is worth every penny spent unlike research that tries to catrgorize math as systemic racism.
I hope something comes of it, but I don't hold out much hope.
ReplyDeleteA lot of "mouse model" research is done because it is cheap. However the ability for that research to be translated to humans has been called into question for a long time. But the researchers have to research, so the research goes on.
Since a couple of my relatives have gone down to dementia, I hope it works...