Ucwaningo: I-Ultrasound iphendulela imiphumela ye-Alzheimer ku-Amice

Ucwaningo olunyatheliswa encwadini ethi Science Translational Medicine luveza lokho okuye kwabizwa ngokuthi 'ukuphumelela' ekulwa nesifo se-Alzheimer , ngokusho kwabacwaningi baseYunivesithi yaseQueensland e-Australia.

Ucwaningo Lokucwaninga

Ucwaningo lwaluqhutshwa ngamagundane angu-20 abenzelwe ukuthuthukisa isikhala se-Alzheimer-like of plaque ebuchosheni babo.

(Ukungakwazi ukususa ubuchopho obuningi bama-protein-plaque- ngenye yezinto eziphawulekayo zesifo se-Alzheimer.) Lezi zimfucuza zibonisa ukwehla kwamakhono abo okucabangela njengoba kulinganiswa izivivinyo ezintathu ezihlukene, kuhlanganise nekhono lokuhamba nge-maze- ukuhlolwa okujwayelekile okusetshenziselwa ukuhlola imemori kanye nekhono lezindawo kumagundane.

Ingxenye yamagundane yayiphathwa ngamagagasi aphezulu aphezulu aphethwe ngokusebenzisa ukwelashwa kwe- ultrasound kanye nesigamu baphathwa nge-placebo (ukwelashwa okuyiqiniso). Amagundane athola ukwelashwa kwe-ultrasound masonto onke amaviki ayisihlanu kuya kwayisikhombisa.

Ekuphetheni kocwaningo, abacwaningi bacwaninga ubucholu bezinja futhi bathola ukwehla okukhulu kwamapuleki emagundeni athola ukwelashwa kwe-ultrasound. Ngamanye amazwi, ukwelashwa kwe-ultrasound kwasiza ukuqeda amagundane amaprotheni engeziwe e-brains abo ayephazamisa ukusebenza kobuchopho obuphilile.

Okubaluleke nakakhulu, lezi zinja zathola amandla okuhamba ngomsebenzi we-maze ngokulinganayo kanye namagundane ajwayelekile ayengenalo esifana nesifo se-Alzheimer's. Amagundane aphethwe yi-ultrasound aphinde athuthukiswe kwezinye izivivinyo ezimbili ukuhlola ukuqonda kwabo.

Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi ukwelashwa kwe-ultrasound kwandisa inkumbulo kumagundane, futhi abazange babonakale ukuthuthukisa noma yimuphi umphumela omubi wezokwelapha.

Kungani Le Ngcwaningo Ibizwa ngokuthi 'Ukuqhuma'?

Isayensi ibilokhu ilwa nombuzo wokuthi ungaphatha kanjani isifo se-Alzheimer iminyaka eminingi ngenempumelelo encane kakhulu. Kukhona okwamanje imishanguzo emine enqunyelwe ukuphatha isifo se-Alzheimer , futhi ukusebenza kwabo kuncane kakhulu. Imithi nayo ingaba nemiphumela eminingi emibi kanye nokusebenzisana kabi nezinye izidakamizwa.

Abacwaningi baye bahlola nokungenelela okuningi okungewona izidakamizwa , okunye okuye kwanciphisa ukuqhubeka kwezimpawu ze-dementia kodwa akekho oye waphulukisa lesi sifo.

Ngabe loluhlobo lwe-Ultrasound Treatment lungasebenza kubantu?

Nakhu umbuzo obalulekile: Ingabe lolu cwaningo, olubonakala luyi-groundbreaking, luzokwazi ukusetshenziswa kubantu abane-Alzheimer's disease? Ingabe izosebenza?

Ngokusho kwe-US National Library of Medicine, kunezinselelo ezimbalwa ekuhumusheni lolu cwaningo kubantu. Batshela ukuthi i-skull yomuntu iyimbi kakhulu kunayo yamagundane ukuze amaqhubu e-ultrasound adinge ukuqina. Kuyaziwa nokuthi yikuphi ukuthuthukiswa kwesifo se-Alzheimer's ama waves ultrasound kufanele ahlinzekwe kubantu ukuze baphumelele kakhulu.

Izinyathelo Ezilandelayo

Nakuba sisendaweni ende ekumemezeni amaza a-ultrasound ukuze kube yindlela ephumelelayo yokulungisa omunye umonakalo olethwa yi-Alzheimer, ngokuqinisekile lolu cwaningo lubonakala luyintuthuko enethemba. Sizodinga izifundo ezengeziwe nezilwane, futhi ekugcineni sivivinywe emitholampilo nabantu, ukucacisa ukuphumelela kwalokhu ukwelashwa okungase kube khona, kanye nokuqapha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwanoma yimiphi imiphumela emibi.

Ukufunda Okuhlobene Nezokwelapha Ezingahambi Nezidakamizwa Ngezifo Ze-Alzheimer's

Imithombo:

Isikhungo sikazwelonke se-Biotechnology Information, i-US National Library of Medicine. Mashi 12, 2015. Ukuphumelela kwe-Ultrasound 'ekuphatheni ama-Alzheimer kumagundane.

I-Science Translational Medicine. 11 Mashi 2015: Umq. 7, Issue 278, k. 278. Ukukhishwa kwe-ultrasound kususa i-amyloid-β futhi kubuyisela inkumbulo emfanekisweni wegundane wesifo se-Alzheimer's disease. http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/7/278/278ra33.abstract?sid=8b61377d-2a42-419d-8197-a3ec8d1eb503