September 30, 2021 - Patient’s Pain Relieved by Focused Ultrasound - and more news

September 30, 2021 IN THIS ISSUE Top News | Foundation News | Patient News | Research News  Industry News | Webinars | Events     Meet Terri: Patient’s Pain Relieved by Focused Ultrasound In 2016, Terri was diagnosed with neuropathic pain, which forced her to quit her job and made simple tasks like sitting, walking, and playing with her dogs unbearable. Neuropathic pain is very complex and can result in dysfunctional pain signals being processed in the brain. Terri participated in a focused ultrasound clinical trial* at the University of Maryland in fall 2020 and says the treatment “was like a miracle.” WATCH HER STORY >  *The clinical trial that Terri participated in has since finished enrolling patients. Foundation News Watch Now: John Grisham and Neal Kassell, MD, Participate in Geschke Lecture Series Foundation Board member, John Grisham, and Chairman, Neal F. Kassell, MD, discussed focused ultrasound as part of the Geschke Lecture Series. The discussion was moderated by Foundation Council member Jane Metcalfe. The event has reached an estimated 200,000 people in large part thanks to social media sharing.  WATCH NOW >  Foundation and CRI Host Cancer Immunotherapy Workshop The Foundation partnered with the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) to host a virtual workshop to discuss recent advances in focused ultrasound for cancer immunotherapy. Video recordings of the presentations are now available. A summary of the workshop will be published soon. READ MORE >  Workshop Series: Bubble Activity in Therapeutic Ultrasound Speaker details are now available for the next two workshops in the “Detecting, Mapping, and Quantifying Bubble Activity in Therapeutic Ultrasound” virtual series. Registrants can watch previous workshop recordings in the online portal. Join us every Friday until October 29 at 10:00 am Eastern. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER >  In Memoriam: Aaron Stern, MD, PhD We recently lost a devoted supporter and friend, Dr. Aaron Stern. Dr. Stern joined the Foundation’s Council in 2012 and served until his passing earlier this year. READ MORE >  Patient News University of Washington to Offer HIFU for Prostate Cancer Patients Prostate cancer patients in the Pacific Northwest will soon have access a new, noninvasive treatment option. The University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle will implement EDAP’s Focal One HIFU device. In 2018, the Focal One device earned US FDA approval for the ablation of prostate tissue.   READ THE PRESS RELEASE > More Patient News Going Steady: Patients in Fountain Valley Benefit from New Tremor Treatment | Los Angeles Times Daily Pilot HIFU Treatment that Preserves Women's Fertility Now Available in Malaysia | The Sun Daily Focused Ultrasound Helps Eliminate Essential Tremor Condition in Patients | Kansas City Business Journal Ramona Woman Sees Big Improvement to Hand Tremors after Incisionless Brain Surgery | Ramona Sentinel Research News Glioblastoma Clinical Trial: Initial Results Presented Researchers are investigating focused ultrasound-activated sonodynamic therapy to treat patients with recurrent glioblastoma. The team presented early results after dosing 3 of the 30 patients and noted the method was well-tolerated and safe.   The trial is ongoing at the Ivy Brain Tumor Center at Barrow Neurological Institute.   READ THE PRESS RELEASE > LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRIAL > Johns Hopkins and Collaborators Create Medical Device Design and Innovation Laboratories Three new innovation laboratories are focused on bringing together the worlds of ultrasound and spinal cord injury. The sites are called HEPIUS (Holistic Electrical, ultrasonic and Physiological Interventions Unburdening those with Spinal cord injury) after the Greek god of medicine and healing. READ MORE >  Focused Ultrasound—Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Opening for Patients with Glioma is Safe, Controlled, and Monitorable A group of researchers analyzed MRI, histology, and harmonic dose data to determine that the use of microbubbles and focused ultrasound was safe for opening the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in patients with infiltrating gliomas. Data from the Phase 0 trial showed a significant, 2.2-fold increase of fluorescein accumulation in tumor tissues that were treated with microbubbles and focused ultrasound. READ MORE >  Meeting Report: Society for Neuro-Oncology Brain Metastases Conference The 3rd Annual Conference on Brain Metastases was held virtually August 19–20, 2021. Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD, presented data from his recently completed metastatic breast cancer treatment study.  The meeting included live presentations, prerecorded abstract presentations, and an electronic poster session. READ MORE > Three Focused Ultrasound Researchers Earn Prestigious Awardsnews@fusfoundation.org Mikhail Shapiro, PhD, was recently named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator. Muna Aryal, PhD, received a 2021 Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award for her project using focused ultrasound to enhance antibody delivery for brain imaging and therapy. Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, was named a 2021 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and an HHMI investigator.  SEND US IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD > news@fusfoundation.org news@fusfoundation.org Visit our free, online research library of focused ultrasound publications.   More Research News Liquid Biopsy: Changing How We Treat Cancer | Future of Personal Health & USA Today Focused Ultrasound Breakthroughs from the Summer of 2021 | Newswise First UK Patients Treated for Liver Cancer Using Ultrasound Technology | National Health Executive Bradford Woman has Cancer Treated with New Treatment | Telegraph & Argus High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound: A Novel Non-Invasive Cancer Treatment | Technology Network Dr. Ehdaie Weighs in on Focal Therapy with MRgFUS for GG2/3 Prostate Cancer | Urology Times MR-Guided Focal Therapy Emerges as Alternative to Radical Therapy for Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer | Urology Times Industry News Theraclion Announces Approval of First US Clinical Trial The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Theraclion’s first US trial to noninvasively address varicose veins using their SONOVEIN device.  The trial will be conducted in New Jersey by Steve Elias, MD, Nicos Labropoulos, MD, and Antonios Gasparis, MD. If successful, Theraclion will conduct a pivotal study for FDA review for market authorization. READ THE PRESS RELEASE >  Researchers Seek Industry Partner for Advancing Focused Ultrasound Device for Breast Cancer Researchers at Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes have developed a focused ultrasound prototype for breast cancer.   The device was designed to reduce treatment times and risks. The team is seeking partners to assist in making the system widely available to patients. READ MORE >  Webinars Nonlinear HIFU: Modeling, Sources, and Bioeffects Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 11:00 am Eastern Presented by Vera A. Khokhlova from the University of Washington Hosted by the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound LEARN MORE AND REGISTER > Detecting, Mapping, and Quantifying Bubble Activity in Therapeutic Ultrasound Every Friday, September 24 – October 29, 2021, at 10:00 am Eastern Hosted by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine's Future Fund LEARN MORE AND REGISTER > Recent Webinar Recordings Ultrasound as a Remote Control for Cellular Therapy | Mikhail Shapiro, PhD | Hosted by the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (1 hour 2 minutes) Curing With Sound | John Grisham and Neal F. Kassell, MD | Hosted by the Nantucket Atheneum’s Geschke Lecture Series (1 hour) Do you have news for our newsletter? 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