Results from a pilot clinical trial evaluating the safety and feasibility of repeated focused ultrasound-induced blood–brain barrier (BBB) opening combined with the monoclonal antibody drug Avastin ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.

I still vividly remember the first time we observed neurons responding not to audible sound, but to concentrated, precisely ...

In A Nutshell MIT researchers built a portable ultrasound device weighing just over one pound that images more than 4 inches ...

Treating prostate cancer through traditional means such as surgery or radiotherapy carries certain risks, with some patients experiencing impotence, urinary problems and bowel trouble, among other ...

Small study cites increased movements of unborn babies when moms smoked. The study looked at fetuses for both smoking and non-smoking women. The fetuses, whose mother's smoked, tended to touch their ...

Focusing ultrasound energy on a target site in the body to generate heat can burn and destroy the tissue in the site without a surgical procedure. This method is clinically applied to treat uterine ...

A helmet that looks more like sports gear than surgical equipment is quietly rewriting what is possible in brain medicine. By ...