Using low-intensity focused ultrasound to non-surgically alter neuronal activity could help reduce both the perception of pain and pain-related autonomic effects
Read article: Can focused ultrasound provide a new way to manage pain?
A single dose of urea-powered radiolabelled nanobots reduced the size of bladder tumours in mice by 90%
Read article: Self-propelling nanobots shrink bladder tumours in mice by 90%
A metal-free nanozyme based on graphene quantum dots inhibits tumour growth in mice with no off-target toxicity
Read article: Metal-free graphene quantum dots show potential for cancer treatment
Initial findings from a first-in-human clinical trial show focused ultrasound can open the blood–brain barrier to deliver drugs that combat Alzheimer’s disease to the brain
Read article: Focused ultrasound plus plaque-reducing drugs could slow Alzheimer’s progression
A technique based on modulating quantum processes inside human cells could improve treatment for glioblastoma
Read article: Controlling quantum biological electron tunnelling could help brain cancer patients
Drug-delivery system uses ultrasound to release diagnostic or therapeutic compounds precisely when and where they’re needed
Read article: Biocompatible focused ultrasound delivers cancer drugs on target
A biodegradable ultrasound transducer based on piezoelectric nanofibres could improve outcomes for patients with brain cancer
Read article: Biodegradable ultrasound implant could improve brain tumour treatments
First in-human trial shows that low-intensity pulsed ultrasound combined with microbubbles opens the blood–brain barrier for drug delivery to brain tumours
Read article: Ultrasound implant helps deliver powerful chemotherapy to brain tumours
New magnetic nanomaterial-based technique could treat tumours that resist existing therapies
Read article: Mechanical nanosurgery attacks aggressive brain cancer
A novel hybrid chemo- and immunotherapy technique could help treat glioblastoma
Read article: Two-in-one gel suppresses aggressive brain tumours
