Focused Ultrasound-induced Blood-Brain Barrier Opening

Speaker: Dr. Yao-Sheng Tung (Verasonics)

Time and Date: 9:00- , Oct. 20, 2014

Place: Room 521, Physicss Building, Handan Campus

Abstract

Alzhemier's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis account for more than 20 million patients. Although great progress has been made in recent years toward understanding of these diseases, few effective treatments and no cures are current available. Of the methods used for BBB disruption shown to be effective, Focused Ultrasound (FUS), in conjuction with microbubbles, is the only technique that can induce localized blood-brain barrier (BBB) opening noninvasively and regionally. FUS may thus have a huge impact in trans -BBB brain drug delivery. The primary objectve of this talk is to introduce some research progress of this particular approach.

Biography

Yao-Sheng Tung received his BS and MS degrees from National Taiwan University, in Taipei, Taiwan. He obtained his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 2012 and worked as a Postdoctoral scientist at University of Southern California in 2013. He is now a scientist at Verasonics, the leader of reasearch ultrasound, working on research and development, technical support, and marketing support.