Focused Ultrasound in the News

New method delivers life-saving drugs to the brain—using sound waves

May 2022

This article provides an in-depth look at focused ultrasound for drug delivery, blood-brain barrier (BBB) opening, and more. Read interviews and learn about research from Foundation Chairman Neal F. Kassell, MD; Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD, Sunnybrook Research Institute and the University of Toronto; Graeme Woodworth, MD, University of Maryland; Elisa Konofagou, PhD, Columbia University; Jose ...

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Can Ultrasound Help Treat Alzheimer’s?

March 2022

Focused ultrasound is in the early-stages of research to address Alzheimer’s disease, but physicians are hopeful. This article explains how researchers are opening the blood-brain barrier in these patients and what is next in focused ultrasound for this devastating disease.

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Ultrasound May One Day Make the Drugs You Take More Effective. Here's How

February 2019

A startup is putting low-frequency sound waves to use with the aim of revolutionizing how drugs are delivered in the human body. Suono Bio is developing technology that uses ultrasound to push drugs directly into the human body’s cells or tissues, potentially making the drugs arrive at their intended destination more quickly and with greater ...

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Toronto researchers look at new approach for treating Alzheimer's

February 2019

Researchers in Toronto have started a new phase of a trial that they hope will one day lead to the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. Using a technique developed at Sunnybrook Hospital called focused ultrasound, the researchers are opening the blood-brain barrier in several areas of the brains of patients with mild to moderate ...

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New ultrasound treatment stops essential tremors

February 2018

Tim Dobbyn suffered from violent tremors that made it challenging to work, cook, or even drink without spilling. NBC News followed Tim as he underwent focused ultrasound therapy at the University of Maryland Medical Center. After a few days post-treatment, Tim says his hand is “rock steady.”

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Essential Tremor Treatment

October 2016

In this video, neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Kaplitt and patient Alexandra Lebenthal discuss new advances in treating essential tremor, a nerve disorder.

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Focused on a Cause

May 2016

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation, and chairman Neal F. Kassell, MD, are featured on the cover of the annual Generous Virginians issue of Virginia Business.

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Ultrasound Brain Surgery

October 2013

On “Trust Me I’m a Doctor,” Surgeon Gabriel Weston witnesses an incredible brain surgery using only focused beams of ultrasound, performed as part of a clinical trial at the University of Virginia.

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