September 26, 2019 - ALS Clinical Trial Results Published – and more news

September 26, 2019 IN THIS ISSUE Top News | Foundation News | Patient News | Research News | Industry News | Events Focused Ultrasound for ALS: Results of First Clinical Trial Published The findings of a ground-breaking, early stage clinical trial to assess the feasibility and safety of using focused ultrasound in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease – have been published in Nature Communications.    READ MORE > The image above depicts opening the blood-brain barrier to deliver therapeutic agents. This novel approach is the ultimate goal of current research into treating ALS using focused ultrasound.  Foundation News Focused Ultrasound and Cancer Immunotherapy Workshop Results Now Available Read discussion highlights and next steps from the Focused Ultrasound and Cancer Immunotherapy Workshop.  READ THE WHITE PAPER > Lockhart Memorial Prize Offered for Cancer Research Applications are being accepted for this annual $75,000 cash award established in memory of Andrew Lockhart.  READ MORE > Patient News Meet J.D.: The First ALS Patient in Focused Ultrasound Trial J.D. knows that what he is doing will not cure him of ALS or ease his symptoms – but he’s willing to do it anyway. READ HIS STORY > NASA Engineer Finds Focused Ultrasound Is “the Fix” for Prostate Cancer NASA safety engineer, Victor Murray, took a pragmatic approach to his prostate cancer diagnosis and found focused ultrasound therapy to be the answer.   READ HIS STORY >  More Patient News A New Paradigm in Prostate Cancer Treatment | Local 10 News Research News Focused Ultrasound for Parkinson’s Disease Featured in Special Issue of Journal Movement Disorders The September 2019 issue of Movement Disorders provides an in-depth review and expert commentary on focused ultrasound research in Parkinson’s disease. READ MORE > Meeting Report: Korean Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound The Foundation’s Focused Ultrasound Ambassador to Asia, Dong-guk Paeng, PhD, shares highlights from the recent meeting of the Korean Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound. READ MORE > Funding Opportunity for Scientists Pursuing Advanced Degrees The Achievement Rewards for College Students Foundation aims to advance American innovation in science and engineering by supporting US citizens pursuing advanced degrees in the STEM fields. READ MORE  > Research Roundup In this case report, a Swiss team used the Profound Sonalleve device to ablate nerves causing low back pain.    READ MORE > Visit our free, online research library of focused ultrasound publications. *Login required  More Research News Exploding Shells Boost Immune Response to Brain Cancer | UC San Diego Clinical Trial Explores Opening Blood-brain Barrier in Fight Against Alzheimer's [video] | WKYC TV Industry News Profound Medical Partners with Vituro Health Profound Medical and Vituro Health will jointly market the TULSA-PRO device, which was recently FDA approved to ablate prostate tissue. Vituro Health offers concierge care among leading US urologists and will begin treating patients with TULSA-PRO in Sarasota, Florida.  READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT >  More Industry News Int'l Training Workshop on Ultrasound Therapy for Tumors Opens in South Africa | China.org Do you have news for our newsletter? Tell us about it!  Upcoming Events September 27 – October 1, 2019 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, Barcelona, Spain October 6-9, 2019 IUS IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Glasgow, Scotland 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