January 25, 2024 – 60 Minutes Features FUS for Alzheimer’s and Addiction and more news…

Also, Tony Robbins talks FUS on podcast

January 25, 2024 Focused Ultrasound for Alzheimer’s Disease and Addiction Featured on 60 Minutes The show featured innovative focused ultrasound research to address Alzheimer's disease and drug addiction. During the 26-minute-long segment, two patients shared their stories of how focused ultrasound has impacted their lives. Watch Now Tony Robbins Podcast Showcases Focused Ultrasound Innovations The well-known inspirational speaker spoke with guest stars Dr. Ali Rezai and Insightec’s JJ Desai about focused ultrasound for brain disorders. The hour-long episode features two patients and discusses Parkinson's disease, brain cancer, Alzheimer’s, anxiety, and opioid addiction. Watch Now Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor Now Reimbursed for US Military Members Tricare insurance is now covering focused ultrasound treatment for essential tremor. The ruling affects 9.5 million US military members and their covered dependents. Read the Press Release First Patient Treated in New Histotripsy Clinical Trial for Kidney Tumors HistoSonics has announced the start of enrollment for their #HOPE4KIDNEY pivotal trial assessing the use of histotripsy to treat kidney tumors. The first treatment took place in Florida, and the multi-center trial will enroll up to 68 participants. Read More University of Virginia Team Secures $3 Million Grant for Focused Ultrasound Research on Cerebral Cavernomas The $3.1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute will be used to investigate using focused ultrasound to improve the treatment of cerebral cavernous malformations. To build upon initial Foundation-funded studies, researchers will use focused ultrasound to deliver drugs to these abnormally formed blood vessels. Read the Press Release Comprehensive Review: Focused Ultrasound Blood-Brain Barrier Opening for Delivering Drugs to Gliomas Researchers summarized the current use of focused ultrasound for delivering drugs across the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of gliomas. The team analyzed 60 published studies plus 13 clinical trials, for a total of 73 projects. Read More Meeting Report: American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2023 AAPM held its 65th Annual Meeting in Houston last July. The Foundation sponsored a symposium on using focused ultrasound with microbubbles for therapeutic effects. Read More Foundation Council Names New Co-Chair Jay Adams, who has been an integral force on the Foundation’s Council since 2009, will now lead the group alongside co-chair Jane Metcalfe. Former co-chair Nora Seilheimer will remain on the Council, and we are grateful for her leadership over the past two years. Meet the Council Society for Neuro-Oncology Seeks Applicants for Future Leaders Development Program The program aims to cultivate the careers and train young physician-scientists to become future leaders in the field of neuro-oncology. Ten participants will be accepted, and applications are due February 16. Learn More Focused Ultrasound Intellectual Property Update: Fourth Quarter 2023 The Foundation tracks recently issued patents filed with the US Patent Office related to the field. Nine new US patents related to focused ultrasound were issued in the final quarter of 2023. See the List Forwarded this email by a friend? Sign up to receive these emails here. And Don't Miss Focused Ultrasound in Forbes | Combating Alzheimer’s With Focused Ultrasound Drug Delivery Research Funding Opportunities | Read the Latest Government Bioscience Grants Report from G2G Consulting Recognizing Pioneers in the Field | Bradford Wood, MD, Earns Jose M. Yrizarry Memorial Award at Spectrum Conference See Recent News Events February 28 - March 3, 2024 European Congress of Radiology (ECR2024), Vienna, Austria March 1, 2024 Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound to the Brain 2024, Utrecht, the Netherlands March 5-9, 2024 AD/PD Advances in Science & Therapy: International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases and related neurological disorders, Lisbon, Portugal See All Upcoming Events Do you have news for our newsletter? Tell us about it! “There are no miracle cures here. It's advancing medicine with calculated risks and pushing the frontiers.” ‒ Ali Rezai, MD, as part of the 60 Minutes segment