Ultrasound Isn’t Just for Pregnancy. How It’s Helping Treat the Brain.

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Ultrasound is known for its use in imaging during pregnancy. But new advancements in the technology suggest that in the future, ultrasound could be used to disrupt the blood-brain barrier. This would allow doctors to more easily diagnose and directly treat illnesses like brain cancer without major surgery. WSJ’s Danny Lewis and Charlotte Gartenberg examine the new ways that ultrasound could be used more specifically and subtly to deliver accurate diagnoses and precise treatments. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Sign up for the WSJ's free The Future of Everything newsletter . Further reading: New Ultrasound Therapy Could Help Treat Alzheimer’s, Cancer Treatment Breakthrough for an Intractable Brain Cancer The ‘Mini Brains’ solving medical mysteries and raising concerns We Can Now See the Brain Like Never Before Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.1	Hey Future of Everything listeners.
0:17.6	A quick note before we get into today's episode, which is about new, less invasive
0:22.0	alternatives to some brain surgeries.
0:24.0	There are some graphic descriptions of these procedures,
0:27.0	so heads up if that makes you squeamish.
0:29.0	Now, on to the show.
0:31.0	Hi Danny.
0:35.0	Hey Charlotte.
0:36.0	Danny, have you ever had an ultrasound on your brain?
0:40.0	What? No. I did have one on my knee after I tore my acel years ago. Have you? Well, no, I had several when I was pregnant, but that had nothing to do with my brain.
0:50.6	Sure. And that's the classic one, right?
0:53.0	You know, the fetus imaging with the whoosh, whoosh.
0:57.0	Exactly.
1:00.0	That's the diagnostic use of ultrasound.
1:03.0	Doctors also use ultrasound to treat some conditions, though.
1:07.0	The ultrasound waves carry energy,
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