A HORSE NAMED PEA IS FIRST TO TEST FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TREATMENT OF SKIN TUMORS CALLED SARCOIDS

BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 22 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

There is no "one-fix-for-all" solution for sarcoids, saidSophie Bogers, an assistant professor of large animal surgery. Many of them require chemotherapy or invasive surgery. But she wants a better solution.

Elsewhere on the Virginia Tech campus, in biomedical engineer Eli Vlaisavljevich's lab, a colleague has what may be that better solution: A technology called histotripsy that uses focused ultrasound to produce a bubble cloud that can break down tumor tissue.

A team of engineers and veterinarians are working together to develop a wearable device that would allow histotripsy to be performed safely on horses.This spring, ...