Neat News 2681 (added 2023-05-04)
Ultrasound to enable treatment against brain cancer
© Taheri-Kadkhoda et al. [CC BY 2.0]
The blood-brain barrier protects the neurons in the brain from pathogens, but unfortunately also from chemotherapy against brain tumours such as glioblastoma. Now in a four-minute treatment the blood-brain barrier is opened by some ultrasound, enabling chemotherapy. The effect lasts for about one hour.
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