NTU: £1 million funding from Eranda Rothschild Foundation to investigate novel, non-invasive treatment for Alzheimer’s, dementia and Parkinson’s

Evelyn de Rothschild
Jun 18
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A team of scientists at Nottingham Trent University is investigating the potential for delivering therapeutics to the brain via specialised microbubbles.

The work is being made possible with more than £1 million funding from the Eranda Rothschild Foundation.

It is hoped that when used in combination with focused ultrasound, these microscopic vehicles can open the body’s protective ‘blood brain barrier’ and allow the therapy inside to pass through and begin treating the specific area of interest.

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