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Friday, February 3, 2023 Maclean’s Q & A with Dr. Nir Lipsman

Dr. Nir Lipsman is featured in Maclean’s discussing MRI-guided focused ultrasound delivery of chemotherapy to a common form of brain tumour in children.

Friday, January 27, 2023 Then and Now: Dr. Sandra Black on advancing Alzheimer’s research

A timeline of advancing Alzheimer’s research at Sunnybrook

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Sunnybrook researchers safely breach the blood-brain barrier in large and critical brain structures in Alzheimer’s disease

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 INOVAIT invests in the Canadian image-guided therapy sector through its Focus Fund

Fund from Sunnybrook-led network will inject up to $22.7 million into the image-guided therapy sector to ultimately deliver better health care to Canadians

Tuesday, January 10, 2023 World first: Sunnybrook and SickKids clinical trial delivers chemotherapy to pediatric brain tumours using MRI-guided focused ultrasound

Researchers and physicians at Sunnybrook and SickKids are the first in the world to use MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, an aggressive and terminal pediatric brain tumour.

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