
Neuroscience researchers who use optogenetics (control of genetically modified neurons with light-sensitive ion channels) will be interested in a new ultrasound technique proposed by Elisa Konofagou’s group at Columbia University. See Non-invasive, Focused Ultrasound-Facilitated Gene Delivery for Optogenetics in Scientific Reports.
Will measuring proportional cell survival allow the comparison of focused ultrasound to gamma knife ablation for individual or combined lesioning in the brain? See Equivalence of Cell Survival Data for Radiation Dose and Thermal Dose in Ablative Treatments: Analysis Applied to Essential Tremor Thalamotomy by Focused Ultrasound and Gamma Knife in the International Journal of Hyperthermia.