October 10, 2019 - New Glioblastoma Trial of Opening Blood-Brain Barrier for Chemotherapy – and more news

October 10, 2019 IN THIS ISSUE Top News | Foundation News | Research News | Industry News | Events New Trial of Focused Ultrasound in Glioblastoma: Opening the Blood-Brain Barrier for Chemotherapy The first patient has been treated in a US multicenter clinical trial evaluating the safety of using focused ultrasound to enhance the delivery of chemotherapy in patients with deadly brain tumors.    READ MORE >  Foundation News Foundation’s 2019 Summer Progress Report Published The report highlights notable achievements over the past four months, including new FDA approvals, three Foundation workshops, and expanded reimbursement coverage. READ THE REPORT > Blog: Focused Ultrasound Bubble Not About to Burst Anytime Soon Larry Crum, PhD, shares his experiences as one of the pioneers of focused ultrasound technology and offers a glimpse of where the field is headed. READ MORE > Foundation Council Member Profile: Jonna Mendez Retired CIA officer and author Jonna Mendez shares her interest in focused ultrasound and why she and her late husband Tony – best known for being portrayed in the film ARGO – joined the Foundation’s Council.  READ MORE >  More Foundation News Lockhart Memorial Prize Offered for Cancer Research The nomination deadline for this $75,000 prize is November 22. Research News Focused Ultrasound for Glioma Featured on the Cover of Theranostics The cover of the journal Theranostics featured preclinical research led by Nathan McDannold, PhD, investigating focused ultrasound blood-brain barrier opening for glioma.  READ MORE > Foundation-funded Research Update: Using Nonlinear Waves to Accelerate Thermal Ablation A team at the University of Washington led by Vera Khokhlova, PhD, sought to improve focused ultrasound ablation with "shock-enhanced" exposures.  READ MORE > Meeting Report: Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Symposium The first Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Symposium, held in Oxford, England, featured the presentation of translational preclinical and emerging clinical data. READ MORE  > Meeting Report: Italian Workshop for Focused Ultrasound in Neuroscience For the first time, multidisciplinary teams from five Italian sites convened to share experiences, research, and best practices in focused ultrasound for neurological disorders. READ MORE  > Research Roundup A team at Stanford University used focused ultrasound to significantly improve pancreatic islet cell transplantation in a mouse model.   READ MORE > Visit our free, online research library of focused ultrasound publications. *Login required  More Research News University of Maryland Study Uses Tiny Bubbles in Hopes of Getting Cancer-Fighting Drugs Inside the Brain | Baltimore Sun Oncological Long-term Outcome of Whole Gland HIFU and Open Radical Prostatectomy: A Comparative Analysis | MDLinx Industry News CarThera Shares Data and Explains Novel Approach at EANO Meeting CarThera announced promising clinical trial data at the 14th annual meeting of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology. READ MORE  > Meeting Report: AdvaMed’s MedTech Conference The 13th annual MedTech Conference celebrated notable successes of the industry and emphasized the power of medical technology in the lives of patients.  READ MORE >  More Industry News Doctors from 13 Countries Graduate from Chinese Ultrasound Surgery Training | Ghana News Agency Do you have news for our newsletter? Tell us about it!  Upcoming Events October 10-11, 2019 31st International Congress of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT), Heilbronn, Germany October 13-15, 2019 American Neurological Association (ANA) Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO October 15, 2019 The Michael J. Fox Foundation 13th Annual Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics Conference, New York, NY October 28-30, 2019 Milken Institute - Future of Health Summit, Washington, DC November 6-10, 2019 Society for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (SITC) 34th Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD November 20-24, 2019 Society for NeuroOncology (SNO) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ December 1-6, 2019 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 105th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL December 2-6, 2019 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), San Diego, CA