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The innovation that gets an Alzheimer’s drug through the blood-brain barrier

The innovation that gets an Alzheimer’s drug through the blood-brain barrier

Last week, researchers at the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute reported that by using focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier, they improved delivery of a new Alzheimer’s treatment and sped up clearance of the sticky plaques that are thought to contribute to some of the cognitive and memory problems in people with Alzheimer’s […]