We typically think of using ultrasound to take pictures of our organs ... Zanos and his team wondered whether FUS targeted at the spleen could help to tamp down inflammation.

In one study, led by Tracey’s colleagues at the Feinstein Institute and GE Research, rats receiving a few minutes of ultrasound treatment to the spleen nerve had a diminished inflammatory ...

delivered spleen-focused ultrasound stimulation (FUS) or sham stimulation, to 70 healthy participants. Through careful blood analyses and measurements, they investigated the levels of endotoxin ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have begun a pilot clinical trial to test the efficacy of using ultrasound to stimulate the spleen and reduce COVID-19-related ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota, in collaboration with researchers at Medtronic, have shown that noninvasive daily ultrasound stimulation of the spleen in mice with inflammatory ...

The SecondWave MINI device employs “low intensity” focused ultrasound (LiFU) technology for spleen stimulation to treat acute and chronic inflammation disorders. It is currently under clinical ...

When PHT is present, the spleen becomes enlarged and stiffer. SSM uses a painless technique similar to an ultrasound to measure these changes in stiffness. Several studies have shown that SSM is ...

Unexpectedly, Gigliotti found that the ultrasound treatment does not appear to act on the kidney but on the spleen, an organ that helps regulate immune system responses “During acute kidney ...

Average spleen size was larger in men and white athletes than in women and black athletes. A single ultrasound examination for determination of splenomegaly is of limited value in this population.

There’s an exception to fasting if you’re having an ultrasound of your gallbladder, liver, pancreas, or spleen. In those cases, you may be instructed to eat a fat-free meal the evening before ...