October 3, 2023, Oxford, United Kingdom—The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has designated the University of Oxford a Centre of Excellence in focused ultrasound. Oxford has become Europe’s fifth Centre of Excellence and eleventh worldwide. The recognition coincides with the University of Oxford’s recent Focused Ultrasound Day celebration. Professor Constantin Coussios and Dr. Paul Lyon will co-lead ...
In this article from the Washington Post, 6-year-old Callie is the first to participate in a clinical trial using focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier in an effort to treat diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, a fatal childhood cancer.
In this segment from the Today Show, NBC’s Joe Fryer shares the story of an essential tremor patient who has his second side treated with focused ultrasound.
Learn how researchers and industry are using focused ultrasound and microbubbles to address brain disorders and cancer. The article also addresses the technology’s potential in the field of gene therapy.
This article highlights the Foundation’s launch and our efforts to advance the technology in the region.
BBC Click recently featured Peter whose neuroendocrine cancer has caused tumors throughout his body, including his liver. He took part in a focused ultrasound clinical trial in the UK that is exploring histotripsy – a non-thermal method of using focused ultrasound to mechanically destroy target tissue – to noninvasively destroy liver tumors.
This article shares the advantages that focused ultrasound treatment has over traditional therapies for patients with essential tremor. Professor Wladyslaw Gedroyc, a pioneer in focused ultrasound, shares his experience with the technology.
This article provides an in-depth look at focused ultrasound for drug delivery, blood-brain barrier (BBB) opening, and more.
Two new centers, in Italy and Serbia, will be treating patients with SONOVEIN®. This new milestone is in line with the Theraclion’s growth strategy in the treatment of varicose veins.
The team at the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at Imperial College London has welcomed a new researcher funded by the charity.
