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Virginia Tech to advance brain, cancer research with focused ultrasound


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IMAGE: Virginia Tech will open a new focused ultrasound facility in its latest expansion, located at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, Va.
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Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech
By 2034, nearly one-quarter of Americans will have reached retirement age, according to the United States Census Bureau. But as people age, the brain becomes more susceptible to developing disorders, such as essential tremor, Parkinson s disease, and tumors.
Clinicians and researchers are looking to emerging noninvasive ways to interact with living brain tissue that can be precisely targeted to specific areas. Focused ultrasound, when guided by integrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is a promising new technology that is already used to treat patients with a variety of movement disorder conditions and solid tumors. ....

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