Neuroscience
Precision laser surgery cuts focal epileptic seizure spread
In a busy hospital waiting room, a young man's muscles began contracting in a harsh, unyielding spasm as a quick-acting student rushed to his aid.
Jun 6, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop method to monitor patients with spinal muscular atrophy using sound waves
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a terrible disease in which a genetic mutation causes certain nerves responsible for sending signals to muscles to degenerate. This leads to muscles wasting away, and many patients have died ...
May 15, 2024
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Dentistry
Tiny bots that can deep clean teeth
Nano-sized robots manipulated using a magnetic field can help kill bacteria deep inside dentinal tubules and boost the success of root canal treatments, a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) ...
May 16, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop label-free microscopic techniques to visualize extracellular vesicles in cancer
The Biophotonics Imaging Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology has developed imaging techniques that investigate tissues without using any staining or labels. The researchers created a unique system ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Noninvasive Cytophone device detects melanoma in earliest stages, could prevent fatal disease spread
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team led by Vladimir Zharov, Ph.D., D.Sc., has demonstrated the ability to detect and kill circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood using a noninvasive device ...
Jun 13, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New method allows surgeons to identify brain tumors in real time
When operating on cancer, surgeons want to remove tumors and not healthy tissue. This is especially important and challenging when dealing with brain tumors, which are often spread out and mixed in with the healthy tissue. ...
Apr 18, 2016
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Medical research
New technology measures oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time
In an engineering breakthrough, a Washington University in St. Louis biomedical researcher has discovered a way to use light and color to measure oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time.
Mar 25, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop laser technology to fight cancer
Researchers at the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma have developed a technology that goes on a "seek and destroy" mission for cancerous tumors. They have harnessed ...
Jul 23, 2012
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Neuroscience
Lightweight, head-mounted microscope unveils brain oxygenation in freely moving mice
The brain consumes approximately 25% of the body's oxygen to fuel its neural activities, underscoring the importance of sufficient oxygen supply for maintaining normal cognitive operations. Consequently, monitoring cerebral ...
Apr 2, 2024
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Cardiology
Using deep learning to process raw photoacoustic channel data and guide cardiac interventions
Cardiovascular diseases rank among the top causes of death across the world, and cardiac interventions are similarly very common. For example, cardiac catheter ablation procedures, which are used to treat arrythmias, number ...
Nov 13, 2023
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