New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Developed at NTHU

HSINCHU, Taiwan, March 12 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Ultrasound is widely used for conducting physical examinations, and plans are underway for expanding its application to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, dementia, and diabetes. A research team at National Tsing Hua University led by Associate Professor Yu-Chun Lin of the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Professor Chih-kuang Yeh of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences has successfully improved the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in mice by injecting cellular proteins that are highly sensitive to ultrasound waves into the deep brain region and afterwards using ultrasound to activate the neuron cells.

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