Monterey, CA New Imaging System Could Help Find Clues To Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & Other Disorders

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Regular readers of my blog know that in addition to supporting Hands to Help Seniors, I am also a major fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Association.  It's a terrible disease which afflicted both my father and my grandmother.  I have been tracking all of the latest research developments on this topic, and am hopeful there will be a cure found within my lifetime.  Scientists at Stanford University have now revealed via an article in the journal Nature that they have made part of a human brain (and all of a mouse brain) completely transparent in an imaging system so neurons sending and receiving information light up in spectacular color and in 3D.  Dubbed Clarity by its inventors, the brain can be tested over and over again with chemicals which highlight specific structures which they hope may find previous activity that occurred.  I am hopeful this and other tests will lead to a cure someday for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.  Both of our Platinum sponsors, Alliance Home Health and Family inHome Caregiving, see patients with these diseases every day and it's heart breaking to watch the suffering they go through.  Please note that this blog reflects my personal opinion and may or may not reflect the opinion of Hands to Help Seniors and the individual members comprising the Board of Governors.