New biomarker for predicting progression of multiple sclerosis identified
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have discovered a new biomarker that can predict the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS).
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A total body PET scanner can now help detect brain disease by assessing blood-brain barrier permeability
UC Davis Health's first-of-its-kind total body scanner EXPLORER is being given yet another new assignment—assessing how cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other systemic conditions, can affect the brain.
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Experimental cancer drug could streamline standard tuberculosis treatment and prevent post-TB lung disease
An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators report, ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Favorite music sets the brain's opioids in motion, imaging study reveals
Music can evoke intense pleasure, sometimes experienced physically as pleasant "chills." While the effect of music on pleasure is clear, the brain mechanisms behind musical enjoyment are not yet fully understood. The brain's ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Highly accurate blood test diagnoses Alzheimer's disease, measures extent of dementia
A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a study by researchers at Washington University ...
Mar 31, 2025
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New PET radiotracer provides first look at inflammation biomarker in human brain
A novel PET imaging approach can effectively quantify a key enzyme associated with brain inflammation, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The first-in-human study, which ...
Mar 28, 2025
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Silk sponges instead of animal testing: How a 3D cell culture system could advance cancer diagnostics
A consortium of Austrian research groups from the University of Vienna, MedUni Vienna and Technikum Wien, together with company partner DOC Medikus GmbH, has developed an innovative bioanalytical test system for radiopharmaceutical ...
Mar 21, 2025
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Hormone therapy among older women linked to tau accumulation, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease
A new study by Mass General Brigham researchers has found faster accumulation of tau—a key indicator of Alzheimer's disease—in the brains of women over the age of 70 who took menopausal hormone therapy (HT) more than a decade ...
Mar 5, 2025
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Repurposed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drug becomes imaging probe to help diagnose neurodegeneration
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear imaging technique used to diagnose conditions such as cancer. An innovative advance from scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is enhancing the technique's ability ...
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Preclinical Alzheimer's disease: Study finds faster tau accumulation in females
An international team of researchers, led by Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has conducted a meta-analysis revealing that women with high β-amyloid (Aβ) exhibit significantly faster tau accumulation ...
