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Nanoparticles Restore Brain Function, Offering Hope Against Alzheimer’s Disease

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Nanoparticles Restore Brain Function in Alzheimer’s

Business Honor
23 December, 2025

Nanoparticles repair the barrier between the blood and brain, clear toxic proteins, and improve memory in mice, suggesting future Alzheimer’s treatments.

Scientists may have achieved an important milestone toward curing Alzheimer's disease in mice using a new nanotechnology method. Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and West China Hospital of Sichuan University have created supramolecular nanoparticles that repair the barrier between the blood and the brain and remove damaging proteins linked to Alzheimer's.

Unlike common pharmacological treatments, these nanoparticles function as therapy themselves. They have the goal to duplicate molecules which support the brain's removal of amyloid-beta, a sticky protein that builds in Alzheimer's disease and causes memory loss. In mouse models aimed at excess amyloid-beta, just three injections reduced harmful protein levels by more than half within an hour and recovered cognitive performance to normal levels over many months.

An article published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, offers a new perspective on neurodegenerative illnesses. Rather than focusing on neurons, the nanoparticles revive the brain's natural cleanup system, which slows as the barrier between the blood and the brain weakens with age. By linking to amyloid-beta and engaging with the LRP1 receptor, nanoparticles reprogram the barrier to remove chemicals, allowing the brain's vascular system to remove them into the bloodstream.

This approach differs from antibody treatments that directly attack amyloid plaques as it addresses the basic clearance mechanism, which could offer a safer and more lasting solution. This suggests a bright future for Alzheimer's treatment. Scientists expect that by improving the brain's own cleanup system and vascular health, they will be able to develop medicines which reverse cognitive loss. Nanotechnology could go beyond repairing neurons and renew the brain's protective systems in the future.