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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"Histotripsy works by using targeted ultrasound waves to form microbubbles within the tumor. The forces created as those bubbles form and collapse cause the mass to break apart, killing tumor cells and leaving the debris to be cleaned up by the immune system.
What that could mean for patients is treatment without the physical toll of radiation or chemotherapy, fewer concerns with drug compatibility, far shorter recovery times than with surgery and less treatment discomfort.
A handle is submerged in a liquid adjusting the test material
Dr. Alex Duryea, Ph.D., Manager of Applied Research at HistoSonics, adjusts an ultrasound “phantom”—a gel mixed with red blood cells that serves as the test’s tumor—prior to performing a histotripsy treatment demonstration at HistoSonics. Photo: Erica Bass/Michigan Medicine
This is possible because it is much easier to ensure that histotripsy treatments are hitting the tumor, and not healthy tissue, compared to radiation or invasive procedures."h/t @bigzaphod & @lisamelton