
Ultrasound could enable future treatments for motor neurone disease
Opening the blood-brain barrier could help progress future drug treatments for motor neurone disease
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James Bezer is a PhD student contributor to Physics World, working in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London. His research is on the physics of microbubbles, which are used as contrast agents in ultrasound scans, and are also used as targeted drug delivery agents. He has a Master's degree in physics, also from Imperial.
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