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Hyperthermia and targeting heat shock proteins: innovative approaches for neurodegenerative disorders and Long COVID

David M. Smadja, M. Marc Abreu
Frontiers in Neuroscience Summary & key facts 2025 10 citations

This paper reviews early evidence that raising body temperature in a controlled way — called whole-body hyperthermia — may affect brain problems seen in diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's and in some cases of Long COVID. Heating the body to fever-like levels can boost special protective proteins (heat shock proteins),…

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