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Researchers use skull-implantable ultrasound to help deliver chemotherapy to the brain

May 5, 2023 By Sean Whooley

Northwestern Medicine skull-implantable ultrasound for chemotherapy delivery

Northwestern Medicine shared results from a first-in-human clinical trial for a skull-implantable ultrasound device that supports chemotherapy delivery. The device opened the blood-brain barrier to repeatedly permeate large, critical regions of the human brain. This enabled the delivery of chemotherapy injected intravenously. With the patient awake, a four-minute procedure opens the blood-brain barrier and patients […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Drug-Device Combinations, Neurological, Oncology Tagged With: chemotherapy, Northwestern University, ultrasound

Merck and Vesselon preclinical study reports dramatic tumor pharmacokinetics findings

September 22, 2021 By Brian Buntz

Merck/Vesselon

Merck & Co. (NSDQ:MRNA) scientists have explored fighting cancer by way of the STING (stimulator of interferon genes)-controlled innate immune pathway. Now, the company has published research in Advanced Therapeutics detailing a preclinical study with its partner Vesselon Inc. that reported impressive pharmacokinetics results related to MSA-1, a STING agonist. The researchers found that low […]

Filed Under: Featured, Oncology, Pharmaceuticals, Technology Tagged With: Keytruda, Merck, MSA-1, oncology, tumor, ultrasound, Vesselon

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