Radiology & Imaging

Physicists and doctors develop new radiation-free imaging technique

Imaging techniques such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography and ultrasound have become indispensable in the medical world. Each method not only opens unique insights into people's ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Magnetic field and hydrogels could be used to grow new cartilage

Using a magnetic field and hydrogels, a team of researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a new possible way to rebuild complex body tissues, which could result in ...

Oncology & Cancer

How an idea from a lab may change cancer treatments

In recent years, researchers have begun to fight cancer by genetically engineering a patient's own immune system to target the disease. Quad Technologies, a company that grew out of a Northeastern research lab, has been developing ...

Neuroscience

Mapping of magnetic particles in the human brain

Many living organisms, such as migratory birds, are thought to possess a magnetotactic sense, which enables them to respond to the Earth's magnetic field. Whether or not humans are capable of sensing magnetism is the subject ...

Medical research

New effort to find why replacement hips and knees go bad

A Case Western Reserve University chemistry professor has begun imbedding magnetic nanoparticles in the toughest of plastics to understand why more than 40,000 Americans must replace their knee and hip replacements annually.

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