Brain Matters August 2016

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This month Jon Weingart discusses a novel way to get past the blood-brain barrier.

Program notes:

0:20 Blood brain barrier keeps toxic substances out
1:20 Deliver ultrasound without opening the skin
2:21 Perhaps a skull implant
3:21 How long can it stay in place?
4:21 So many things implanted these days
5:16 No curative therapies for this tumor
6:55 End