January 30, 2019 - Progress in Focused Ultrasound for Glioblastomas and more news

View this email in your browser January 30, 2019 IN THIS ISSUE Top News | Foundation News | Patient News | Research News | Industry News | Events We're debuting a new look. See the updated format below. You'll now receive two short newsletters each month on the latest in the field of focused ultrasound.  Progress in Focused Ultrasound for Glioblastomas Focused ultrasound researchers worldwide are making unprecedented progress in addressing the unmet need of providing life-extending treatment for patients with deadly brain tumors – glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Most recently, a new clinical trial has begun in Korea, and the results of a first-in-human study in Toronto were published. A number of other clinical firsts in this area have occurred in the past several months.  READ MORE >   Foundation News In Memoriam: Foundation Council Member Tony Mendez The Foundation recently lost a good friend and a champion of focused ultrasound in Tony Mendez, retired CIA officer, author, and award-winning artist.  READ MORE > Foundation Welcomes New Council Members We are pleased to announce that four professionals with a wide array of expertise have joined the Foundation’s Council, a dedicated group of goodwill ambassadors.  READ MORE > New Foundation Website Launched Please browse our new website, highlighting the people essential to our mission of advancing focused ultrasound: the patients, experts, donors, and industry leaders.  SEE THE SITE > Blog Post on Focused Ultrasound for Alzheimer's Disease In October, neurosurgeon Ali Rezai, MD, began the first US focused ultrasound trial for Alzheimer’s disease. Here, he discusses the patient’s progress and his plans for the future. READ THE POST >  More Foundation News Symposium 2018 Full Program and Abstract Book Now Available >  Patient News Neurologist Explains Diagnosing Essential Tremor The University of Maryland's Paul Fishman, MD, PhD, explains how he evaluates patients for essential tremor in the latest Insightec blog post.  READ THE BLOG POST > Focused Ultrasound Featured on NBC’s TV Series, New Amsterdam NBC’s new hit medical drama “New Amsterdam” recently featured a storyline using focused ultrasound to treat a patient’s brain tumor. READ MORE AND WATCH THE EPISODE >  More Patient News 'Brain Surgery without Surgery': Incisionless Procedure Helping Fix Uncontrollable Tremors | ABC News Australia Research News Epilepsy Clinical Trial Begins at Ohio State University Researchers have begun a Foundation-funded clinical trial using focused ultrasound to control a specific type of epilepsy in adult patients. READ MORE > WATCH: DR. KRISHNA DISCUSSES THE TRIAL > New Alzheimer’s Disease Trial Begins in Toronto A 30-patient Alzheimer’s disease trial using focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier in multiple regions has begun at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. READ MORE >  WATCH: DR. LIPSMAN DISCUSSES THE TRIAL > Call for Abstracts: EUFUS/ISTU Meeting Submit your abstracts for the joint meeting of the European Focused Ultrasound Charitable Society (EUFUS) and the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU). READ MORE > Modeling Charts Clinical Path for Liver Cancer Trial A companion paper illustrating the clinical significance and utility of a 2018 focused ultrasound plus ThermoDox liver cancer trial was published in Radiology. READ MORE > Research Update: Focused Ultrasound and Bone Regeneration The University of Michigan's Mario Fabiilli, PhD, and Renny Franceschi, PhD, used focused ultrasound to trigger heat-activated, gene-switching cells to control bone regeneration. READ MORE > January 2019 Research Roundup Can focused ultrasound activate chemicals to kill brain cancer cells? Researchers in Japan have published a new, promising study.  READ THE PAPER > Visit our free, online research library of focused ultrasound publications.  More Research News New MOOC Course Released: Bruno Quesson, PhD, on MRI guidance for focused ultrasound  |  Learn more about the MOOC > Register for a Pediatric Focused Ultrasound Meeting April 11, 2019 | Toronto, Canada Pioneering a Range of New Uses for High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) | UCSF Radiology Sounding Out the Brain | Knowable Magazine  Ultrasound Ablation in the Treatment of Essential Tremor | Neurology Times Tell us about your research news for our next newsletter > Industry News Foundation, Sonic Concepts, and Verasonics Partner on Preclinical Research Platform The Foundation is collaborating with two well-known companies in the industry to develop a turnkey ultrasound-guided preclinical research system.  READ MORE >  More Industry News The Future Is Now: “Now we can do incisionless surgery” with Insightec CEO Maurice R. Ferré MD and Fotis Georgiadis | Thrive Global FDA Approves Scalpel-free Parkinson Treatment | MD Magazine Tell us about your industry news for our next newsletter > Upcoming Events February 14-17, 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC February 27–March 3, 2019 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria March 3-8, 2019 Winter School on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Les Houches, France  March 23-28, 2019 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas April 28–May 2, 2019 Society For Thermal Medicine (STM) 36th Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, Florida May 4-10, 2019 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 13-15, 2019 Ultrasound Energy - ISTU and EUFUS Joint Meeting, Barcelona, Spain Abstract Deadline is February 15, 2019.