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Originally Posted by lurkingforacure
Towards the end he says that where the ultrasound beams converge, they heat up the "abnormal cells" and kill them---when did cells become abnormal? How can they tell which cells are abnormal and which ones are not?
I have never read anything about PD that said any cells were "abnormal", only that a protein (a-syn) could misfold and cause clumps (which they find on autopsy)...does anyone know anything about this or did the man mis-speak?
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I don't think he was referring to "abnormal" cells like one would with cancer cells. PD brain cells, though, are abnormal in several ways. They can develop Lewy bodies from the clumped a-syn, they lose their nerve endings that produce norepinephrine, and they develop mitochondrial dysfunction. This all takes place prior to the actual premature death of the cell. Maybe he was alluding to killing these cells while they are still alive, but dysfunctional. Just a guess.