Focused Ultrasound in the News

Bloomberg reporter Noah Buhayer shares his experience on being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor, and how focused ultrasound holds the promise for noninvasive brain surgery.

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation was mentioned in an article highlighting a patient’s experience with sonodynamic therapy for glioblastoma.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust proudly announces the remarkable outcomes of its clinical trials, underscoring its commitment to pioneering research and transforming patient care.

Mary, from Cobham, Surrey, suffered from essential tremor for 50 years before undergoing focused ultrasound therapy.

Ian is a retired firefighter who underwent focused ultrasound for the symptoms of his Parkinson’s disease at the University of Dundee’s School of Medicine as part of an international clinical trial.

Steve O’Connor, from Manchester, has essential tremor, but is looking forward to raising a toast at his wedding thanks to focused ultrasound.

In this opinion piece by Dr. Suzanne LeBlang, Director of Clinical Relations at the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, she highlights the barriers that still exist for women to access noninvasive FUS treatment for fibroids and the lack of investment in women’s health research.

Dr. Suzanne LeBlang, Director of Clinical Relations at Focused Ultrasound Foundation, discusses the use of focused ultrasound in Alzheimer’s treatment with BrainStorm host Meryl Comer.

Dr. Neal Kassell, founder and chairman of the Foundation, shares about the revolutionary role focused ultrasound can have in cancer treatment

Dr. Neal Kassell, founder and chairman of the Foundation, recounts the lifesaving operations he performed on President Joe Biden’s aneurysms.

Dr. Neal Kassell, founder and chairman of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, was quoted in an article highlighting the use of focused ultrasound for addiction treatment.

Dr. Neal Kassell, founder and chairman of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, spoke with NPR’s Moira Gunn about noninvasive focused ultrasound.

In this guest column, Dr. Neal Kassell highlights the way focused ultrasound can be used in the fight against cancer through the opening of the blood-brain barrier.

A study using focused ultrasound to help patients with Alzheimer’s and patients with addiction was featured on 60 Minutes. The promising study is giving hope to those struggling with both conditions.

The UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Prost8 have partnered to establish a centre in Bath using focused ultrasound to treat prostate cancer.

The UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Prost8 have partnered to establish a centre in Bath using focused ultrasound to treat prostate cancer.

Nicola Horlick is a Council member for the UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation and CEO of Money&Co., a peer-to-peer lending platform that lends to subject matter experts, music artists, music publishers and record labels, and small legal firms. She shares her husband’s battle with prostate cancer. Read the Article Online.

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.