News tagged with biological phenomena


Scanning innovation can improve personalized medicine

New combinations of medical imaging technologies hold promise for improved early disease screening, cancer staging, therapeutic assessment, and other aspects of personalized medicine, according to Ge Wang, director of Virginia ...

Medical research created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New instrument helps researchers see how diseases start and develop in minute detail

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an established technique which over the years has made it possible for researchers and healthcare professionals to study biological phenomena in the body without using ionising radiation, ...

Medical research created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Incompatible assumptions common in biomedical research

Strong, incompatible views are common in biomedicine but are largely invisible to biomedical experts themselves, creating artificial barriers to effective modeling of complex biological phenomena. Researchers at the University ...

Medical research created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify genetic defect that leaves some without fingerprints

Like DNA, fingerprints are unique to each person or set of identical twins. That makes them a valuable identification tool for everything from crime detection to international travel. But what happens when the tips of our ...

Genetics created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast