Integrated technologies from Mirion Medical can help physicists introduce theranostics into the clinic
Read article: Theranostics: building the bridge between nuclear medicine and radiation oncology
Experiments reveal how the electrical and thermal components of tumour treating fields contribute to glioblastoma cell death in clearly different ways
Read article: Decoupling electrical and thermal mechanisms could optimize brain tumour therapy
GeV-scale bremsstrahlung from an electron accelerator can be used to produce copper-64 and copper-67
Read article: Leftover gamma rays produce medically important radioisotopes
Low-level radiofrequency therapy inhibited the growth of glioblastoma cells and demonstrated clinical benefit in a patient with brain cancer
Read article: Tumour-specific radiofrequency fields suppress brain cancer growth
A mid-infrared femtosecond laser tuned to the collagen absorption peak can ablate pancreatic cancer while preserving healthy pancreatic tissues
Read article: Resonant laser ablation selectively destroys pancreatic tumours
Self-assembling microrobots can be magnetically delivered, manoeuvred and retrieved after targeted delivery of their therapeutic cargo
Read article: Magnetically controlled microrobots show promise for precision drug delivery
A photothermal, nanoparticle-based deep brain stimulation system restored motor skills in mice with Parkinson’s-like disease
Read article: Wireless deep brain stimulation reverses Parkinson’s disease in mice
Treatment with a cold atmospheric plasma reduced the recurrence rate of melanoma tumours after surgery by roughly 50%
Read article: Low-temperature plasma halves cancer recurrence in mice
Tiny bioresorbable acoustic microrobots deliver cancer drugs to shrink bladder tumours in mice
Read article: Could bubble-like microrobots be the drug delivery vehicles of the future?
Algorithm finds the optimal transducer location to focus ultrasound through the skull onto a target in the brain
Read article: Optimization algorithm improves safety of transcranial focused ultrasound treatments
