Dr. Darshan Shah
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Yeah, and this is where I'm just so mind-blown at how approaching a problem differently can make such a tremendous difference. And we know Alzheimer's, more and more of us are suffering from Alzheimer's. There's research out there showing that up to a third of us will suffer from Alzheimer's in the next few decades. And it's just too high of a number.
Yeah, and this is where I'm just so mind-blown at how approaching a problem differently can make such a tremendous difference. And we know Alzheimer's, more and more of us are suffering from Alzheimer's. There's research out there showing that up to a third of us will suffer from Alzheimer's in the next few decades. And it's just too high of a number.
Yeah, exactly. It's just mind-blowing. And so the way it works, well, we don't really know how it works. I think there's multiple different ways this is working. Number one is by reducing the baseline level of inflammation. Number two is by reducing the overall toxic burden to our brain. Number three is by actually removing some of these malformed proteins. So we can detect the amyloid protein.
Yeah, exactly. It's just mind-blowing. And so the way it works, well, we don't really know how it works. I think there's multiple different ways this is working. Number one is by reducing the baseline level of inflammation. Number two is by reducing the overall toxic burden to our brain. Number three is by actually removing some of these malformed proteins. So we can detect the amyloid protein.
Yeah, exactly. It's just mind-blowing. And so the way it works, well, we don't really know how it works. I think there's multiple different ways this is working. Number one is by reducing the baseline level of inflammation. Number two is by reducing the overall toxic burden to our brain. Number three is by actually removing some of these malformed proteins. So we can detect the amyloid protein.
We can detect a tau protein in our blood now. There's actually blood tests that use a detector.
We can detect a tau protein in our blood now. There's actually blood tests that use a detector.
We can detect a tau protein in our blood now. There's actually blood tests that use a detector.
Absolutely, and we're doing the study right now, measuring these before and after plasmapheresis, and I can tell you from my own personal experience measuring my markers, I have almost 80% reduction in the post markers. Now, that's biomarker change.
Absolutely, and we're doing the study right now, measuring these before and after plasmapheresis, and I can tell you from my own personal experience measuring my markers, I have almost 80% reduction in the post markers. Now, that's biomarker change.
Absolutely, and we're doing the study right now, measuring these before and after plasmapheresis, and I can tell you from my own personal experience measuring my markers, I have almost 80% reduction in the post markers. Now, that's biomarker change.
There's also studies that have been done by Dr. Kiproff up in San Francisco where he showed a 61% reduction in the rate of acceleration of Alzheimer's symptoms in Alzheimer's patients. He's showing the actual clinical relevance, and we're seeing the biomarker relevance for using plasma exchange to treat Alzheimer's disease.
There's also studies that have been done by Dr. Kiproff up in San Francisco where he showed a 61% reduction in the rate of acceleration of Alzheimer's symptoms in Alzheimer's patients. He's showing the actual clinical relevance, and we're seeing the biomarker relevance for using plasma exchange to treat Alzheimer's disease.
There's also studies that have been done by Dr. Kiproff up in San Francisco where he showed a 61% reduction in the rate of acceleration of Alzheimer's symptoms in Alzheimer's patients. He's showing the actual clinical relevance, and we're seeing the biomarker relevance for using plasma exchange to treat Alzheimer's disease.
And I think that there still needs to be a lot more science done around this, but it's just mind-blowing to have a treatment that can cause this much of a reduction of symptoms without having to give a drug that could potentially have horrible side effects. Like some of the Alzheimer's drugs, you get brain bleeding, right? And this has almost zero side effects.
And I think that there still needs to be a lot more science done around this, but it's just mind-blowing to have a treatment that can cause this much of a reduction of symptoms without having to give a drug that could potentially have horrible side effects. Like some of the Alzheimer's drugs, you get brain bleeding, right? And this has almost zero side effects.
And I think that there still needs to be a lot more science done around this, but it's just mind-blowing to have a treatment that can cause this much of a reduction of symptoms without having to give a drug that could potentially have horrible side effects. Like some of the Alzheimer's drugs, you get brain bleeding, right? And this has almost zero side effects.
Exactly, it's a needle poke.
Exactly, it's a needle poke.
Exactly, it's a needle poke.