This “game-changing” breakthrough may end Alzheimer’s disease… without drugs

Three out of four Alzheimer’s mice regained their memories…

ABC Australia reports researchers at the University of Queensland have made a stunning medical breakthrough. They used ultrasound waves to break up the amyloid plaques afflicting the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease. These plaques “gum up” neural connections. They lead to eventual incapacitation and death.

The ultrasound waves also make the blood-brain barrier permeable for a time. This allows other cells into the brain to remove the loosened plaques. It’s like a theater cleaning crew sweeping up spilt popcorn after the movie’s over—up to this point, the theater door has been closed.

Here’s what the director of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research said of the discovery:

The word breakthrough is often misused, but in this case I think this really does fundamentally change our understanding of how to treat this disease and I foresee a great future for this approach.

Click here to read the full story… Human trials may begin as soon as 2017…