Tag Archives: imaging

[ad_1] Seeing what the hell is going on inside of us is useful for many aspects of modern medicine. But how to do this without cutting and cutting barriers such as flesh and bone to observe intact living tissue, such as our brains, is a difficult thing to do. Thick, …

[ad_1] A new study by scientists from the University of Southampton has made a breakthrough that could help research treatments for age-related vision loss. With an aging society, conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are becoming more prevalent, affecting around 300 new patients every week in the UK. AMD …

[ad_1] Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer benefit significantly from an innovative radiotherapy technique co-developed by MedUni Vienna under the direction of Richard Pötter and Christian Kirisits. The technique provides better tumor control and produces fewer side effects. This is confirmed by the results of the prospective, international and multicenter …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 25, 2020 Researchers have revealed how high-frequency sound waves can be used to build new materials, make smart nanoparticles, and even deliver medications to the lungs for painless, needle-free vaccinations. While sound waves have been a part of science and medicine for decades – …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 24, 2020 When it comes to brain scans to evaluate head trauma, detect brain cancer, and perform numerous other tests, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the best option, but MRI scanners are expensive, require special infrastructure, and are immobile . Now a team led …

[ad_1] If you’ve ever studied chemistry or biology, there’s a very good chance you’ve come across the common pictorial representation of what a chromosome should look like. As millions of high school and college students attest, it is a tall, narrow X shape, displaying the appearance of two chromatids joined …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 The ability to “see” the inner workings of structures (organelles) within cells in real time offers the promise of advances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The dynamics of organelles drive the self-efficient micro-world of cells, but current super-resolution microscopy techniques …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 18, 2020 Successful drug development has a significant impact on the quality of life of people around the world. Being able to monitor how molecules enter target cells and observe what they do when they are inside is key to identifying the best candidates. …

[ad_1] Since the onset of the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, concerns about the virus’ impact on pregnancy have increased. However, there has been little professional consensus on how best to manage pregnancy during the pandemic given the limited data currently available. A recent review published in the magazine Global challenges …

[ad_1] Researchers at the ASTRO 2020 virtual annual meeting are publicizing a new study demonstrating the ability of PSMA PET / CT to distinguish between localized and metastatic cases of high-risk prostate cancer. Staging of the disease is currently done with the use of a CT scan, usually of the …