EXPERIMENTAL ULTRASOUND TREATMENT TARGETING BRAINS IN TRIALS TO HELP THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER'S, DRUG ADDICTION

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A new experimental treatment uses ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier using a specialized helmet to temporarily allow therapeutic drugs to quickly get inside the brain. Patients are awake during the procedure but they say the procedure is painless. In human trials, the treatment resulted in a clear reduction in the beta-amyloid proteins targeted. The treatment has also shown efficacy in treating patients with severe drug addictions.