Oncology & Cancer
Imaging advance to speed quest for cell therapies
Cancer treatments that involve transplanting cells into patients could move forward faster thanks to a new imaging system.
Aug 27, 2018
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Cardiology
Security millimetre wave body scanner safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators
Body scanners used for security checks are safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators, according to late breaking research presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
Aug 26, 2018
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Radiology & Imaging
Making MRI scans safer for kids
When it comes to medical imaging, pediatric radiologist and biomedical engineer Shreyas Vasanawala knows that kids aren't the same as adults.
Aug 17, 2018
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Neuroscience
First language study using new generation of wearable brain scanner
Scientists have carried out the first study of human cognition using a new generation of brain scanner that can be worn like a helmet. This marks an important step forward in the translation of their new technique from the ...
Aug 8, 2018
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Neuroscience
MRI resolution enhanced at cellular level
Neuroscience researchers have long used Magnetic Resonance Imaging to study the basic structure of the brain in health and disease, but MRI scanners can't typically provide insights at the cellular level. In an MRI image, ...
Jul 26, 2018
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Medical research
First human scanned with next-generation 3-D colour medical scanner
The first human has been scanned with a revolutionary new 3D colour medical scanner invented in New Zealand by father and son scientists from the Universities of Canterbury and Otago.
Jul 10, 2018
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Cardiology
Blood flow in the heart revealed in a flash
Researchers at Linköping University have for the first time been able to use information from computer tomography images to simulate the heart function of an individual patient. Some of the modeling methods they use were ...
Jul 10, 2018
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Autism spectrum disorders
Defining the biology of autism
When approaching faculty to gauge interest in a new Feinberg center focusing on autism, Peter Penzes, Ph.D., Ruth and Evelyn Dunbar Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, received puzzled responses from some professors ...
Apr 9, 2018
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Health
Canadian stroke victims at higher risk of dying in rural hospitals
Canadians who suffer a stroke have a higher risk of dying if they are treated in a rural hospital rather than an urban one. According to a new study published in PLOS One by Université Laval researchers, the mortality rate ...
Feb 12, 2018
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Neuroscience
Brain development and aging
The brain is a complex organ—a network of nerve cells, or neurons, producing thought, memory, action, and feeling. How does this complex system change from childhood to adulthood to late life in order to maintain optimal ...
Jun 5, 2017
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