Yeah, lasers might help at getting rid of certain kinds of junk. As you mentioned, lasers might be useful at getting rid of beta-amyloid plaque (unfortunately, plaque is probably not the right target since amyloid oligomers are likely to be a lot more important in the development of Alzheimer’s). LumiThera is developing a laser system to get rid of drusen which is one of kinds of junk that causes AMD. Longecity funded an unsuccessful attempt at using lasers to eliminate lipofuscin; apparently, the organisms used in the experiment lacked lipofuscin.
Also haven’t you heard of the use of lasers to disrupt/destroy amyloid plaque? (which could presunmably also be useful for protein aggregates?)
Yeah, lasers might help at getting rid of certain kinds of junk. As you mentioned, lasers might be useful at getting rid of beta-amyloid plaque (unfortunately, plaque is probably not the right target since amyloid oligomers are likely to be a lot more important in the development of Alzheimer’s). LumiThera is developing a laser system to get rid of drusen which is one of kinds of junk that causes AMD. Longecity funded an unsuccessful attempt at using lasers to eliminate lipofuscin; apparently, the organisms used in the experiment lacked lipofuscin.