http://www.sciencealert.com/new-alzh...emory-function

This sounds so promising, but why do they have to wait until 2017 to do more work on this? And on animals? I could see it taking awhile to prepare for a trial on humans, but not sheep or primates. It's so frustrating to read of promising treatments that could be real game-changers, but have such a long time-to-market that it may not come in time for us. We don't have Alz., but this is another example of the pace of research being far too slow.

I believe the higher level animal research will begin soon. It's the human trials that are scheduled for 2017.

I agree with lurkingforacure. I don't see a sense of urgency. It seems to me that if we were properly organized we could have this sort of work completed in weeks, not years. Of course, the outcome might not be successful, but we could assess potential therapies much quicker. I think it was Conductor71 who contrasted the war on Parkinson's with the building of the first atomic bomb, which was designed, built and used in 6 years.

Scaling up could be a problem: the ultrasound waves will have to travel about 10 times further in a human than for a mouse.

John

is that if the therapy is not very expensive or does not involve very complicated delivery (ie brain surgery to implant electrodes or catheters) studies will go nowhere. Unless MJF is involved. And what has ever happened to Andy Grove?

http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/ho...nd-urgent.html

Human trials using ultrasound for Parkinson's! Now recruiting

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/...son%27s&rank=1

Oh wow! Interesting! I would totally try to get into that study if I lived closed by. Thank you for posting. This will be one to follow.