Richard Price, PhD, and John Lukens, PhD, Awarded $3.7 Million for Alzheimer’s Research Using Focused Ultrasound

June 2025 – Congrats to BIG faculty Richard Price and John Lukens for being awarded a new $3.7 million grant from the National Institute on Aging! Focused ultrasound in combination with microbubbles, an emerging and clinically relevant modality, has been shown to enhance the delivery of therapies to the brain. Price and Lukens, along with their research teams, plan to develop and deploy focused ultrasound strategies to deliver INPP5D neutralizing gene therapies to microglia in their research models. The aim is to improve microglial immune functions, restore neuronal health, and improve Alzheimer’s disease pathology. Visit this link to learn more!