Scientists have found a way to use tiny bubbles and ultrasound to deliver medicine directly into cells, which could help ...

ETH Zurich researchers show how under ultrasound, microbubbles gas-filled bubbles generate liquid jets that penetrate cell membrane like tiny pinpricks. The dynamics of jets is governed by a ...

Precision therapy with microbubbles Date: February 21, 2025 Source: ETH Zurich Summary: Researchers have investigated how microbubbles tiny gas bubbles can deliver drugs into cells in a targeted ...

But recent developments in medical physics have introduced ultrasound-activated microbubbles that temporarily open the BBB, allowing targeted drug delivery. This innovation could revolutionize ...

Microbubbles that react to ultrasound are a particularly promising method for this sort of therapy. These microbubbles are smaller than a red blood cell, filled with gas and have consist of a ...

For the first time, they have visualized how tiny cyclic microjets liquid jets generated by microbubbles penetrate the cell membrane, enabling the drug uptake. The targeted treatment of brain ...

The aim is to overcome the blood-brain barrier which normally only allows certain nutrients and oxygen to pass through. Microbubbles that react to ultrasound are a particularly promising method for ...

For the first time, they have visualized how tiny liquid jets generated by microbubbles penetrate the cell membrane enabling the drug uptake. The targeted treatment of brain diseases such as ...

In this case, microbubbles—each one only a fraction of the width of a human hair—are designed to mimic the alveoli in the human lung by releasing oxygen to the body and simultaneously removing carbon ...