Developments in MRI techniques could improve the outcomes of high-intensity focused ultrasound treatments of essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease
Read article: Advanced MRI methods guide treatments of tremor
Clinical trial reveals that MR-guided focused ultrasound can help patients with treatment-resistant OCD and major depressive disorder
Read article: MR-guided focused ultrasound treats psychiatric disorders
MR-compatible graphene fibre microelectrodes enable full activation pattern mapping during simultaneous deep brain stimulation and functional MRI
Read article: Graphene electrodes enable functional MRI during deep brain stimulation
Study in mice reveals that graphene quantum dots could provide a therapy for the inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis
Read article: Graphene quantum dots could treat autoimmune disorders
A patch that delivers immune checkpoint inhibitors and cold plasma directly to tumours could boost immune response and kill cancer cells
Read article: Microneedle patch combines cold plasma and immunotherapy to treat melanoma
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound could be used to target blood cancer or circulating tumour cells
Read article: Tuned ultrasound selectively disrupts the structure of cancer cells
Non-toxic silicon nanocrystals enable more effective phototherapies by converting low-energy photons to higher energies
Read article: Progress in physical chemistry may enhance light-based therapies
The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America saw researchers present the latest diagnostic and therapeutic research advances
Read article: RSNA annual meeting showcases radiology research
Opening the blood-brain barrier could help progress future drug treatments for motor neurone disease
Read article: Ultrasound could enable future treatments for motor neurone disease
Focused ultrasound paired with microbubbles can get drugs into the brain, but no intensity of sonication allows large molecules to penetrate very far
Read article: Blood–brain barrier best breached by small molecules
