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Gas Filled Surfactant Microbubbles (Joint w/ Drexel. Drexel is the lead)
Surfactant Microbubbles and Process for Preparing and Methods of Using the SameBackground & Summary It has been well documented that chronically hypoxic tumor microenvironments result in both chemotherapy and radiation therapy resistance and pose a major hurdle for effective radiation therapy. In addition, therapy resistance is more pronounced at...
Published: 5/20/2024   |   Inventor(s): John Eisenbrey, Flemming Forsberg, Patrick O'Kane, Margaret Wheatley, Lorenzo Albala
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Category(s): Therapeutics, Cancer
Enhancing radiation therapy sensitivity by overcoming tumor hypoxia
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARYBiomedical engineers and physicians at Drexel University and The Thomas Jefferson University have developed a new method for targeted delivery of oxygen to solid tumors to enhance the sensitivity of radiation therapy. Focused radiation therapy is frequently used in the treatment of breast and numerous other cancers to...
Published: 8/27/2024   |   Inventor(s): Margaret Wheatley, Lorenzo Albala, Patrick O'kane, Flemming Forsberg, John Eisenbrey
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Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Pharmaceuticals & Therapeutics, Materials & Chemicals, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Polymers, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Imaging, Pharmaceuticals & Therapeutics > Pharma: Drug Delivery