by nminbre | Mar 21, 2025 | NIH News
Drugs and other treatments can be quite effective at killing cancer cells, yet many fall short as they struggle to penetrate deep into solid tumors due to physical barriers within the tissue. But in a recent study described in ACS Nano, researchers may have found...
by nminbre | Mar 20, 2025 | NIH News
Study in sheep effectively modulated deep brain regions without drilling into the skull Deep brain stimulation—the application of electricity to specific deep brain regions to modulate their function—has been used clinically for over 25 years. This technique is used...
by nminbre | Mar 5, 2025 | NIH News
New research suggests that engineered tissues could one day do some of the work of traditional electrical stimulation devices while offering more customizable and biologically friendly solutions. A team of NIH-funded researchers produced...
by nminbre | Feb 26, 2025 | NIH News
In NIBIB study, bone marrow transplantation during adolescence but not adulthood protected animal arteries Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) can potentially cure sickle cell disease, an inherited and painful blood disorder, but because of its potential drawbacks...
by nminbre | Feb 20, 2025 | NIH News
Muyinatu Bell, Ph.D., is a mid-career scientist at Johns Hopkins University who is recognized for her innovations that have improved the quality of ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging. Read her profile on our Meet a Scientist page. Read More
by nminbre | Feb 13, 2025 | NIH News
Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) is a promising technique for non-invasive brain stimulation. By transmitting low-intensity ultrasound waves, tFUS can target deep brain regions with potentially greater precision than other forms of...
