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First Patient Enrolled in Trial for Bilateral Treatment of Essential Tremor

Researchers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London recently announced that they had completed treatment...

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Educating Policymakers on Focused Ultrasound: The Foundation and MITA Join Patients and Physicians on Capitol Hill

On Tuesday, February 26, a group of patients and physicians convened on Capitol Hill to educate...

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Now Accepting Applications for Global Internships

Each year, the Foundation’s Global Internship Program offers students who are interested in focused ultrasound the opportunity...

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Major news outlet stories on focused ultrasound.
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What is Focused Ultrasound?

Like a magnifying glass focusing beams of light on a single point, focused ultrasound concentrates ultrasound energy on a target in the body without harming healthy surrounding tissue.
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What can Focused Ultrasound Treat?

Focused ultrasound is being researched for over 100 diseases worldwide. While most are in the early stages, commercial treatment is now available in the US for essential tremor, uterine fibroids, bone metastases, and the prostate, and others are being treated elsewhere.
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Blog

How Focused Ultrasound Waves Eliminate Tremors
Written by Vibhor Krishna, MBBS Published: March 28, 2019
Why Collaboration Is Critically Important to Propelling Focused Ultrasound Forward – And What the Foundation Is Doing About It
Written by Neal F. Kassell, MD Published: March 14, 2019
Narendra Sanghvi: Modest Beginnings and Early Development of Focused Ultrasound
Written by Narendra Sanghvi Published: February 28, 2019
The Stigma of Negative Data … and How Preprint Servers Can Help
Written by Kelsie Timbie, PhD Published: February 14, 2019

Patient Stories

DONOR PROFILES: MORRY BLUMENFELD

S. Morry Blumenfeld, PhD, is an authority on medical device development, specifically in the areas of imaging and minimally invasive procedures...
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EXPERT PROFILES: IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST

Professor Wladyslaw Gedroyc discusses focused ultrasound research and clinical care at Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust...
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INDUSTRY PROFILES: CARTHERA

CarThera is making strides in treating patients with serious brain tumors. We interviewed their Scientific Director, Michael Canney, PhD, to learn more about this dynamic company....
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