Singapore, July 14 -- A new device combining ultrasound and advanced imaging to provide crucial information for the safe delivery of drugs into the brain has been developed by University of Queensland researchers in Australia.

The device allows real-time observation of individual cells after ultrasound treatment, which is an emerging technology for the delivery of drugs past the blood-brain barrier. The information learned about how treated cells respond and change could ultimately benefit the treatment of neurodegenerative brain disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

The custom-built device will examine sonoporation-based drug delivery. Sonoporation is an emerging strategy involving ultrasound-based treatment combined w...