Alzheimer’s drugs might get into the brain faster with new ultrasound tool, study shows

Two segments on “60 Minutes” focus on a cutting-edge approach to brain surgery — with no cutting — being developed at the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.

CBS News, "60 Minutes"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neurosurgeon-works-to-slow-alzheimers-progression-treat-drug-addiction-60-minutes-transcript/

WV MetroNews, A “Talkline” segment with Dr. Ali Rezai starts at 27:30.

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/talkline-for-monday-january-15-2024--58308939

WV MetroNews

https://wvmetronews.com/2024/01/15/addiction-treatment-pioneered-by-wvu-rockefeller-neuroscience-institute-featured-on-60-minutes/

Fox News

https://www.foxnews.com/health/alzheimers-treatment-accelerates-removal-plaque-brain-clinical-trials

The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch

https://www.herald-dispatch.com/features_entertainment/wvu-neuroscience-research-to-be-featured-on-60-minutes/article_54842f5c-a2ce-5d87-bc98-df51f1164fa1.html

WDTV-TV

https://www.wdtv.com/video/2024/01/12/60-minutes-air-feature-wvu-rockefeller-neuroscience/

The Daily Athenaeum

https://www.thedaonline.com/news/research/wvu-medicine-rockefeller-neuroscience-institute-researchers-to-appear-on-60-minutes/article_9336eeb6-b301-11ee-bd58-cbfebdaf60c8.html

WV News

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/west-virginia-university-rockefeller-neuroscience-institutes-breakthrough-in-treating-alzheimer-s-using-targeted-drug-delivery/article_adf90c72-b2f0-11ee-99be-3337af9187db.html

The Federalist Papers

https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/new-alzheimers-treatment-shows-enormous-potential-reverse-disease-increase-quality-life/

Voice of America, Learning English

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/alzheimer-s-drugs-may-reach-brain-faster-with-ultrasound-tool/7431070.html

WV MetroNews

https://wvmetronews.com/2024/01/18/team-established-to-respond-to-worldwide-inquiries-following-wvu-rockefeller-neuroscience-60-minutes-segments/

The (Beckley) Register-Herald, Opinion

https://www.register-herald.com/opinion/a-case-for-science-and-investing-in-higher-ed-in-w-va/article_8519e4e8-b674-11ee-924c-23a845c57ed0.html

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail, Opinion

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/columnists/phil_kabler/statehouse-beat-wv-lawmakers-continuing-march-toward-theocracy/article_9b694cf1-544b-5808-972b-51a2f72f34c5.html

A breakthrough discovery from researchers at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute could help move Alzheimer’s drugs into the brain faster by temporarily breaching its protective shield.

The Associated Press

https://apnews.com/article/alzheimer-drug-blood-brain-barrier-5374da9b3ffa7d0047d2dfb2313a547e

The New England Journal of Medicine

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2308719

MedPage Today

https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/alzheimersdisease/108113

WV News

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/breakthrough-in-treating-alzheimer-s-using-targeted-drug-delivery-reported-in-new-england-journal-of/article_107942b0-aa89-11ee-886e-ff5ecfdb01be.html

WBOY-TV

https://www.wboy.com/news/health/wvu-rni-makes-potential-breakthrough-in-alzheimers-treatment/

WV MetroNews “Talkline,” A segment with Dr. Ali Rezai starts at 81:00.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/11096951/talklinethursday010424

India Today

https://www.indiatoday.in/health/story/scientists-develop-new-tool-to-help-alzheimers-drugs-get-into-the-brain-faster-2484423-2024-01-05

European Pharmaceutical Review

https://www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/190626/novel-drug-delivery-method-shows-promise-in-alzheimers/

WDTV-TV

https://www.wdtv.com/2024/01/05/wvu-medicine-announces-potential-breakthrough-alzheimers-treatment/

WESA Radio 

https://www.wesa.fm/health-science-tech/2024-01-09/wvu-researchers-alzheimers-ultrasound-therapy

McKnight’s Senior Living

https://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/home/technology/ultrasound-tech-could-allow-for-ultrafast-alzheimers-treatment-study-finds/

The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/health/blood-brain-barrier-alzheimers-ultrsound.html

Becker’s Hospital Review

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-safety-outcomes/alzheimers-drug-works-to-break-barriers-in-more-than-1-way.html

Female Arts

https://femalearts.com/an-ultrasound-experiment-targets-a-significant-challenge-in-brain-medicine/

MIT Technology Review

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/12/1086442/the-innovation-that-gets-an-alzheimers-drug-through-the-blood-brain-barrier/

WV News, Opinion

https://www.wvnews.com/theet/opinion/editorials/salutes/article_874db49c-ac01-11ee-a72b-bfe2d4eeba54.html

Killer Startups

https://www.killerstartups.com/groundbreaking-ultrasound-method-enhances-alzheimers-treatment/

The Stock Dork

https://www.thestockdork.com/breakthrough-alzheimers-treatment-demonstrates-accelerated-brain-plaque-removal-in-clinical-trials/

Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2024/01/19/combating-alzheimers-with-focused-ultrasound-drug-delivery/

Freethink

https://www.freethink.com/health/focused-ultrasound

“The Tony Robbins Podcast”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laJ5DGFBddU

Physics World

https://physicsworld.com/a/focused-ultrasound-plus-plaque-reducing-drugs-could-slow-alzheimers-progression/

Undark

https://undark.org/2024/01/29/brain-implant-addiction/

WV News, The State Journal

https://www.wvnews.com/statejournal/news/waves-of-the-future-wvu-researchers-hope-focused-ultrasound-continues-to-pave-way-to-better/article_d12e8c84-b940-11ee-912a-d7d005230678.html

The Stute

https://thestute.com/2024/02/02/brain-diseases-can-be-cured-by-ultrasound-and-implantation/

Neurology Live

https://www.neurologylive.com/view/combination-ultrasound-blood-brain-barrier-opening-aducanumab-significantly-reduces-amyloid-ad

The Dominion Post

https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/02/03/wvus-ali-rezai-talks-about-rockefeller-neurosciences-groundbreaking-ultrasound-research-and-national-media-attention/

Issues and Insights

https://issuesinsights.com/2024/02/06/are-we-on-the-cusp-of-historic-medical-technologies-part-2/

The Dominion Post, Opinion

https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/02/07/dr-rezai-and-rni-are-leading-the-way/