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Newswise: Virtual Press Briefing on Recent Advances in Focused Ultrasound
Released: 20-Oct-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Virtual Press Briefing on Recent Advances in Focused Ultrasound
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

The 8th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound – a hybrid virtual and in-person four-day event held in Bethesda, MD –, includes an interactive virtual press briefing featuring the most recent clinical and preclinical advances and emerging applications of focused ultrasound.

Newswise: Tom Ryder Joins Focused Ultrasound Foundation Board of Directors
Released: 2-Mar-2022 6:05 AM EST
Tom Ryder Joins Focused Ultrasound Foundation Board of Directors
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Thomas O. Ryder, an investor, entrepreneur, and retired corporate executive, was elected to the Focused Ultrasound Foundation's Board of Directors at their March 1 meeting.

Released: 31-Oct-2018 12:30 PM EDT
First U.S. Trial of Focused Ultrasound to Treat Neuropathic Pain Begins
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

The early-stage, pilot trial aims to establish the safety of destroying a small target in the brain to treat chronic neuropathic pain.

Released: 17-Oct-2018 3:30 PM EDT
Revolutionary Noninvasive Therapy Shows Promise for Immunotherapy and Opening Blood-Brain Barrier to Enable Treatment of Neurological Disease and Cancer
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

A briefing featuring key data presented at the 6th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound. Researchers and clinicians will highlight breakthrough advances in the use of focused ultrasound in cancer immunotherapy and for opening the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

Released: 11-Sep-2018 7:00 AM EDT
Press Briefing on Recent Clinical and Preclinical Advances in Focused Ultrasound
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Revolutionary Noninvasive Therapy Shows Promise for Immunotherapy and Opening Blood-Brain Barrier to Enable Treatment of Neurological Disease and Cancer

Released: 25-Jul-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Landmark Trial Using Focused Ultrasound in Alzheimer’s Patients Presented at AAIC Meeting, Published in Nature Communications
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

The results of the first ever clinical trial of focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease were published today in Nature Communications and also presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Chicago, Illinois. The pilot trial demonstrated the feasibility and preliminary safety of focally, reversibly and repetitively opening the BBB.

Released: 6-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Virginia Governor Northam Visits Foundation to Discuss Global Impact of State’s Investment in Focused Ultrasound
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

On Tuesday, June 5, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam visited the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and met with the Foundation’s staff as well as with members of the Foundation’s Board and Council, and donors. Virginia House of Delegates Leader David Toscano, representatives from the University of Virginia, and members of the local media were also in attendance.

Released: 4-Jun-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Governor Northam to Visit Charlottesville Foundation to Recognize Impact of Focused Ultrasound
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam will visit the Focused Ultrasound Foundation to discuss the impact of the State’s investment in pioneering this revolutionary technology. Invited guests will include the media, Foundation Board members, physicians and health industry leaders, and Foundation friends and supporters.

Released: 1-May-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Focused Ultrasound Clinical Trial to Treat Depression Begins in Toronto
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

In a North American first, researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto have launched a pilot clinical trial to determine the safety, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of using focused ultrasound to help patients with treatment-resistant major depression.

Released: 26-Apr-2018 3:15 PM EDT
First Patient Treated with Focused Ultrasound in Parkinson's Disease Pivotal Trial
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

The first patient in a multicenter pivotal trial using focused ultrasound to address the major motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease has been treated at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York.

Released: 26-Apr-2018 10:30 AM EDT
MITA Announces Partnership with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) announced that it has formed a partnership with the Focused Ultrasound Foundation to raise awareness of focused ultrasound technology among policymakers, payers, and medical specialty societies.

Released: 24-Apr-2018 11:05 AM EDT
First Patients Treated in Veterinary Focused Ultrasound Trials
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

In November 2017, the Focused Ultrasound Foundation launched a new veterinary program to develop focused ultrasound therapies for the treatment of companion animals. The Foundation is currently supporting trials to investigate treating cancer and promote wound healing in pets – and more studies are in the pipeline.

Released: 27-Mar-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Technology Innovator to Deliver Keynote Address at Focused Ultrasound Symposium
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, which annually produces CES®, the largest technology and innovation show in the world, will deliver a keynote address at the 6th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, in Reston, Virginia.

Released: 5-Jan-2018 10:05 AM EST
John Grisham and Focused Ultrasound Foundation to Talk about Game-changing Technology at CES in Las Vegas
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation will join life-changing technology innovators from around the world at CES 2018, taking place January 9–12 in Las Vegas. Known as the “Global Stage for Innovation,” CES will feature more than 3,900 exhibitors this year and host more than 170,000 attendees.

Released: 14-Nov-2017 9:05 AM EST
Focused Ultrasound Foundation Launches Veterinary Program
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has launched a veterinary program to study focused ultrasound therapies for the treatment of animals. The initiative enables veterinary researchers to test state-of-the-art therapies in their patients, while collecting data necessary to accelerate the adoption of the technology for human applications.

Released: 1-Nov-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Focused Ultrasound Foundation Receives Transformative $10 Million Gift to Accelerate Development and Adoption of Game-changing Therapeutic Technology
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has received a pledge of $10 million in unrestricted funds from an anonymous donor to be matched 1:1 by 2022. This pledge comes at a pivotal time for the Foundation and the focused ultrasound field.

Released: 24-Oct-2017 12:05 PM EDT
First Ever Clinical Trial Evaluating Keytruda in Combination with Focused Ultrasound for Metastatic Breast Cancer Begins at University of Virginia
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

For the first time, non-invasive focused ultrasound therapy is being used to ablate (or destroy) a portion of the primary tumor or metastatic tumors in conjunction with the cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda.

Released: 6-Oct-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Richard Price of UVA Receives Inaugural Andrew J. Lockhart Prize
Focused Ultrasound Foundation

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation announced that Richard Price, PhD, professor of biomedical engineering, radiology and radiation oncology at the University of Virginia, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the $75,000 Andrew J. Lockhart Memorial Prize. Andrew’s parents, Terry and Eugene Lockhart, presented the prize to Dr. Price on October 2.



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