News tagged with microscopic images
New Mayo software identifies and stratifies risk posed by lung nodules
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Mayo Clinic has developed a new software tool to noninvasively characterize pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a common type of cancerous nodule in the lungs. Results from a pilot study of ...
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Transplanted brain cells in monkeys light up personalized therapy
For the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey's skin into its brain and watched the cells develop into several types of mature brain cells, according to the authors of ...
Medical research
Mar 14, 2013 |
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New method halves wrongful cancer prognoses
The number of incorrect cancer prognoses can be halved with computerised image analysis. In three years time, the method can be used on patients with bowel cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.
Cancer
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Pill-sized device provides rapid, detailed imaging of esophageal lining
Physicians may soon have a new way to screen patients for Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition usually caused by chronic exposure to stomach acid. Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine ...
Medical research
Jan 13, 2013 |
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Three-in-one 'supermolecule' could detect cancer early, help destroy tumours and monitor treatment
The same protein could potentially be targeted to detect precancerous breast cells; deliver radiotherapy to destroy tumours; and monitor the effectiveness of treatment, according to a Cancer Research UK study ...
Cancer
Nov 06, 2012 |
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Novel microscopy method offers sharper view of brain's neural network
Shortly after the Hubble Space Telescope went into orbit in 1990 it was discovered that the craft had blurred vision. Fortunately, Space Shuttle astronauts were able to remedy the problem a few years later ...
Neuroscience
Aug 23, 2012 |
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Engineers put the squeeze on cells to diagnose disease
(Medical Xpress) -- If you throw a rubber balloon filled with water against a wall, it will spread out and deform on impact, while the same balloon filled with honey, which is more viscous, will deform much ...
Medical research
May 01, 2012 |
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Researchers train computer to evaluate breast cancer
Since 1928, the way breast cancer characteristics are evaluated and categorized has remained largely unchanged. It is done by hand, under a microscope. Pathologists examine the tumors visually and score them according to ...
Cancer
Nov 09, 2011 |
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A 3-D reconstructed image of neural dendritic trees using the advanced electron microscope technology
Neurons in the brain play a role as an electric wire conveying an electrical signal. Because this electric wire is connected with various joints (synapse), various brain functions can occur. A neuron which has dendritic trees ...
Medical research
Sep 13, 2011 |
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