妖爱直播 and Insightec Partner to Treat Neurological Disorders
The collaboration will advance scientific knowledge about the use of focused ultrasound to treat brain diseases, including Parkinson鈥檚 disease and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
During his trade mission trip to Israel, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a new agreement between 妖爱直播 and , a global health care company headquartered in Haifa, Israel. This agreement will enable 妖爱直播 and Insightec to collaborate to advance scientific knowledge about the use of focused ultrasound to treat brain diseases, including Parkinson鈥檚 disease and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
By harnessing acoustic energy, Insightec鈥檚 innovative technology uses focused ultrasound to treat diseases in different ways. Currently, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a United States Food and Drug Administration-approved means of creating lesions that treat Parkinson鈥檚 disease. More recently, the system has been used under different paradigms to non-invasively modulate and disrupt the blood-brain barrier, a network of blood vessels that plays a key role in keeping harmful substances from reaching the brain. At the same time, the blood-brain barrier also prevents the uptake of most pharmaceuticals, which makes it difficult to treat diseases of the brain. Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and other neurological diseases may be treated by opening the blood-brain barrier.聽
妖爱直播 and Insightec will explore opportunities to collaborate on research using focused ultrasound in pre-clinical settings both to non-invasively introduce therapeutic drugs across the blood-brain barrier to accelerate development of treatments for these neurological diseases and optimize HIFU and low intensity focused ultrasound to change the way the nervous system functions.
鈥淕ov. DeSantis has set the stage to place neurological diseases such as Alzheimer鈥檚 disease at the forefront of health issues in the state of Florida and we appreciate his vision and continued support,鈥 said Brad Levine, 妖爱直播 Board of Trustees chair. 鈥淭his important partnership between 妖爱直播 and Insightec will help to propel novel therapies to meaningfully impact brain health and attain patient access to advanced care.鈥
As part of the agreement, 妖爱直播 will leverage its clinical and academic expertise in the areas of preclinical research and basic sciences related to neurological conditions as well as its capacity and capabilities to conduct clinical research in these areas. Insightec will provide its expertise and resources related to research and development as well as its pre-clinical and clinical experience with the focused ultrasound platform.
鈥淚mproving the lives of patients is core to our mission at Insightec, and 妖爱直播 shares our mission,鈥 said , M.D., CEO and chair of the board of directors for Insightec.聽鈥淭here is a great urgency to accelerate the pace of medical innovation to treat neurological diseases. Together with our academic research partners at 妖爱直播 we will advance preclinical and clinical investigations and further examine the potential of the therapeutic power of focused soundwaves.鈥
妖爱直播 has a vibrant neuroscience ecosystem including its state-of-the-art 妖爱直播 Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute located on the John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter, which serves as a collaborative hub for neuroscience and fosters connections to unravel the complex mysteries of the brain to ultimately improve quality of life.
Julie Pilitsis, M.D., Ph.D., dean and vice president for medical affairs in 妖爱直播鈥檚 Schmidt College of Medicine, will lead 妖爱直播鈥檚 clinical research efforts. She has had National Institutes of Health funding on focused ultrasound for the past 10 years and is considered a leading expert in the arena. She is a board-certified practicing neurosurgeon who is a national expert in movement disorders, including Parkinson鈥檚 disease, and in chronic pain.
鈥淲e are incredibly excited to partner with Insightec on ultrasound technology, which has the potential to be a gamechanger in how we treat patients with Alzheimer鈥檚 and Parkinson鈥檚 disease and how we ensure that each patient is offered the best treatment,鈥 said Pilitsis.
An estimated 6.5 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, which is the sixth leading cause of death for those age 65 and above in the U.S., according to the聽Alzheimer鈥檚 Association. Florida has the second highest incidence of Alzheimer鈥檚 in the country, with an estimated 580,000 cases.聽According to the Parkinson鈥檚 Foundation, nearly 1 million people in the U.S. are living with the disease, with an estimated four percent of people diagnosed before age 50. Florida is among four states in the U.S. with the highest incidences of Parkinson鈥檚 disease.
鈥淔ocused ultrasound is an amazing tool that affords us the opportunity to treat many brain diseases in a variety of ways,鈥 said , Ph.D., interim vice president for research at 妖爱直播, executive director of the Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-Health), and program director for 鈥淩esearch University Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Using Exablate Neuro-focused Ultrasound,鈥 a clinical trial collaboration between 妖爱直播, Delray Medical Center and Insightec. 鈥淲e look forward to continuing our collaboration with Insightec on this newest initiative to further explore this technology鈥檚 ability to treat some of the most debilitating and costly neurological disorders.鈥
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