Medical research

How mathematics can help us understand tumor growth

In daily life, we unfortunately have become used to seeing images of tumors and melanomas. You may have noticed that they're are not entirely symmetric. This asymmetry is useful to doctors in their diagnoses, but why are ...

Oncology & Cancer

Adverse effects from cancer drug trials explained

A team of researchers investigating how a certain type of drugs can kill cells has discovered that these drugs can do more harm than good when used in combination with other cancer treatments.

Radiology & Imaging

An MRI technique to improve the detection of tumors

A research group from the Moscow Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine has created a physical model to maintain the quality of one of the most commonly used MRI pulse sequences: diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Since the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The effect of social distancing on the spread of disease

The number of cases tested positive for COVID-19 initially grew exponentially in China, but then slowed down. Dirk Brockmann, professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) and project group leader at the Robert Koch-Institut ...

Neuroscience

Imaging nerve regeneration provides insight to success of repair

When peripheral nerves are injured and surgically repaired, regeneration must occur in a timely fashion to restore sensory and motor function. Current methods for following nerve regeneration provide only limited information ...

Oncology & Cancer

Novel imaging technology may reduce biopsies for breast tumors

In American women, breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death. While routine screening helps to detect breast cancer, existing technology frequently identifies suspicious lesions ...

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