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Can sound waves help people quit cocaine? Cutting-edge clinical trial focuses in
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Can sound waves help people quit cocaine? Cutting-edge clinical trial focuses in

Innovative approach backed by $5 million from National Institutes of Health UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: “THIS TRIAL WILL INFORM US IF FOCUSED ULTRASOUND COULD CHANGE THE WAY SOME PATIENTS FEEL ABOUT COCAINE,” SAID PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NASSIMA AIT-DAOUD TIOURIRINE, MD, THE DIRECTOR OF UVA’S CENTER FOR LEADING EDGE ADDICTION RESEARCH (CLEAR). “WHAT IF WE...

Focused sound waves and immunotherapy combination shows promise in treating pancreatic cancers
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Focused sound waves and immunotherapy combination shows promise in treating pancreatic cancers

by Institute of Cancer Research Figure 1. Characterization of baseline effects of pHIFU treatments on KPC tumors. (a) Treatment sequencing regime used in this study. Subjects were injected IP with a combination of anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 3 days before pHIFU exposures, on exposure day (immediately after pHIFU) and every 3 days thereafter until the time...