medical devices
Singapore clears histotripsy, the sound-wave tumor treatment, for liver use
It follows Taiwan in May and Europe in July, and a 553-patient review this spring found the treatment hit its target 94% of the…
An MIT implant uses ultrasound to push drugs farther through brain tissue
A cardstock-thin cannula lined with 24 tiny transducers spread a test substance farther in gel and in mice, aimed one day at glioblastoma’s return.
Treating both sides of the brain with ultrasound helped Parkinson’s, at a cost
In a nine-centre trial of 54 patients, a second incisionless ultrasound lesion added modest motor gains, and one in four had lasting speech, gait…