I-Alpheus™ Medical, Inc, inkampani ezimele eyakha inkundla yenoveli ye-sonodynamic therapy (SDT) eqondise kumdlavuza womzimba oqinile, namuhla imemezele ukusungulwa kweBhodi yabo Yezeluleko Zesayensi (SAB) ngokuqokwa kochwepheshe abahamba phambili emhlabeni emkhakheni we-neuro- i-oncology, neurosurgery, chemistry, kanye nebhayoloji yamangqamuzana. Amalungu asungula i-SAB azobandakanya uDkt. Roger Stupp (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine), uDkt David Reardon (i-Harvard Medical School kanye neDana-Farber Cancer Institute), uDkt. Walter Stummer (University Hospital Münster, Germany), kanye noDkt. Mathias Senge (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland).
“Siyaziqhenya ukumemezela abaholi abaqavile emhlabeni jikelele be-glioblastoma njengengxenye yebhodi lethu lokweluleka ngesayensi,” kuphawula u-Vijay Agarwal, MD, oyi-CEO ye-Alpheus Medical. “Ngaleli qembu elivelele, sikulungele ukuqhubeka nenqubekelaphambili yethu empini yokulwa nomdlavuza wobuchopho osebone ukwehluleka okuningi kakhulu kanye nezinqubo zokwelapha ezincane emashumini eminyaka. Imizamo yomtholampilo kanye nesiqondiso salo ndunankulu we-SAB ngokuhambisana nomjikelezo wethu wezimali wakamuva we-$16M Series A kuzoba usizo njengoba siqala uhlolo lwethu lwe-FIH futhi sihlola ubufakazi bezifundo zomqondo zabanye umdlavuza oqinile wesimila.”
Ukwelashwa kwe-SDT okuphathelene nobunikazi be-Alpheus Medical kuyinhlanganisela yedivayisi yezidakamizwa esungulayo, engahlaseli eqondise amangqamuzana omdlavuza kuyo yonke i-hemisphere isebenzisa amandla aphansi, i-ultrasound yendawo enkulu. Ukwelashwa kwenziwa endaweni yesiguli esingalalisiwe, kungase kuphindwe, futhi akudingi ukusetshenziswa kwezithombe, njenge-MRI.
"Ngijabule ukuhola leli thimba labahlengikazi nabacwaningi abakhethekile njengoba siqala ukubhalisa ocwaningweni lokuqala kubantu ezinyangeni ezizayo," kusho uRoger Stupp, MD, uSihlalo we-Alpheus Medical SAB, Co-Director of the Malnati. I-Brain Tumor Institute ye-Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, kanye noMphathi we-Neuro-Oncology e-Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. “Ngokukhetha nokubulala amangqamuzana omdlavuza kuwo wonke umhlaba nge-SDT, indlela ka-Alpheus iyethembisa kakhulu futhi inamandla okushintsha kakhulu indlela esiphatha ngayo iziguli ezine-glioblastoma ephindaphindayo.”
