Opening the blood-brain barrier with collapsing bubbles

[klotza]

There have been some stories in the news lately about using focused ultrasound and collapsing bubbles to open the blood-brain barrier and deliver drugs to treat a brain tumour. e.g. here

I was actually involved in the early stages of this project, working on theory and simulations. I wrote a post about the project and my work in it.

http://klotza.blogspot.com/2015/11/bursting-bubbles-breach-blood-brain.html

 

[berkeman]

There have been some stories in the news lately about using focused ultrasound and collapsing bubbles to open the blood-brain barrier and deliver drugs to treat a brain tumour. e.g. here

I was actually involved in the early stages of this project, working on theory and simulations. I wrote a post about the project and my work in it.

http://klotza.blogspot.com/2015/11/bursting-bubbles-breach-blood-brain.html

Interesting stuff! Thanks.

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[veronica123]

Thanks for posting this stuff, really worth reading it.