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Study: Annual wellness visits improve delivery of preventive services in elderly population

new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study assesses the effect of receiving an Annual Wellness Visit between 2011 and 2013 on the annual rate of eight preventive services recommended for the Medicare population following the AWV.

21 Sep 2018

Scientists predict how well the body will fight lung cancer by analyzing immune cell shapes

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have discovered how to quickly and accurately predict which lung cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy by analyzing how immune cells the body sends out to fight the disease are arranged.

20 Sep 2018

Novel method achieves accurate and precise temperature estimation in fat-containing tissues

Magnetic resonance thermometry is the only imaging technique that noninvasively provides temperature distribution in vivo. The water proton resonance frequency shift -based method is the most popular choice for MR temperature monitoring in aqueous tissues.

20 Sep 2018

Logos Biosystems Introduces the New CELENA X High Content Imaging System

Logos Biosystems has released the all-new CELENA® X integrated High Content Imaging System, providing the complete solution for rapid high content image acquisition and quantitative analysis.

From Logos Biosystems 20 Sep 2018

MILabs' VECTor6 system wins Commercial Innovation Award at WMIC 2018

MILabs is pleased to announce that its new VECTor6 with Broadband Photon Tomography technique has received the Commercial Innovation Award at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Seattle September 12th-15th, 2018.

20 Sep 2018

Researchers simulate how different breast tissues respond to heat from MRIs

No woman's breast tissue is the same, so MRIs detecting and monitoring cancer shouldn't treat them all the same.

20 Sep 2018

Researchers develop light-based technique to measure very weak magnetic fields

Researchers have developed a light-based technique for measuring very weak magnetic fields, such as those produced when neurons fire in the brain.

20 Sep 2018

Alzheimer’s diagnosis might become simpler with new brain imaging method

Accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease may be difficult in most patients as similar symptoms can be seen in several other disease conditions as well.

20 Sep 2018

Effects of prematurity found to be more severe for the brains of males than females

Brains of baby boys born prematurely are affected differently and more severely than premature infant girls' brains. This is according to a study published in the Springer Nature-branded journal Pediatric Research.

19 Sep 2018

Alector announces initiation of Phase 1 trial of AL001 for treating frontotemporal dementia

Alector, a privately held biotechnology company pioneering immuno-neurology, a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of neurodegeneration, today announced the initiation of its Phase 1 trial called INFRONT, which is evaluating AL001, the company's product candidate for the treatment of a genetically-defined sub-population of patients with frontotemporal dementia.

19 Sep 2018

Cancer Research UK invests £14 million to transform London into cancer biotherapeutics hub

The city of London will be transformed into a world leading hub for cancer biotherapeutics research and treatment, with a new £14 million investment from Cancer Research UK, announced today (Monday).

19 Sep 2018

New study reveals mechanisms that lead to cognitive decline in Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes has been linked with an increased risk of cognitive dysfunction and dementia, but the underlying mechanisms are uncertain.

19 Sep 2018

Three research projects from UNIST selected as the 2018 Basic Research Projects

Three research projects proposed by UNIST researchers in the first half of this year have been selected as the 2018 Basic Research Projects in Science and Engineering.

19 Sep 2018

UCalgary study could help physicians make better treatment decisions for stroke

More than 80 percent of strokes are caused when a blood vessel to the brain becomes blocked, called an ischemic stroke.

19 Sep 2018

Scientists find alterations in blood flow in response to body position change

For the first time ever, an international research group detected alterations in capillary blood flow around the face caused by body position change.

18 Sep 2018

Logos Biosystems releases new electrophoretic tissue clearing system with twice the features in half the space

Logos Biosystems has released the latest system for electrophoretic tissue clearing, the X-CLARITY™ Tissue Clearing System II. The new system has been upgraded with new features that make it streamlined, easier to use and more intuitive.

From Logos Biosystems 18 Sep 2018

Pittcon Program Committee: Dr. Fenella France to deliver 2019 Plenary Lecture

The Pittcon Program Committee is extremely pleased to announce that Fenella France, Chief of the Preservation Research and Testing Division at the Library of Congress, will deliver the 2019 Plenary Lecture.

From Pittcon 18 Sep 2018

Amyloid β protein makes comeback as therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

For many years amyloid β protein was considered to be a promising therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease but, for a long time, research results were very disappointing.

18 Sep 2018

People more likely to believe those with confident tone of voice than with accent

A recently published study shows that unless they speak in a confident tone of voice, you're less likely to believe someone who speaks with an accent.

18 Sep 2018

New fiber laser-based ultrasound sensor may have potential applications in medical diagnostics

By creating a new twist on fiber optic sensors, researchers in China have developed a smart, flexible photoacoustic imaging technique that may have potential applications in wearable devices, instrumentation and medical diagnostics.

18 Sep 2018

Imaging News and Research

Study: Annual wellness visits improve delivery of preventive services in elderly population

Scientists predict how well the body will fight lung cancer by analyzing immune cell shapes

Novel method achieves accurate and precise temperature estimation in fat-containing tissues

Logos Biosystems Introduces the New CELENA X High Content Imaging System

MILabs' VECTor6 system wins Commercial Innovation Award at WMIC 2018

Researchers simulate how different breast tissues respond to heat from MRIs

Researchers develop light-based technique to measure very weak magnetic fields

Alzheimer’s diagnosis might become simpler with new brain imaging method

Effects of prematurity found to be more severe for the brains of males than females

Alector announces initiation of Phase 1 trial of AL001 for treating frontotemporal dementia

Cancer Research UK invests £14 million to transform London into cancer biotherapeutics hub

New study reveals mechanisms that lead to cognitive decline in Type 2 diabetes

Three research projects from UNIST selected as the 2018 Basic Research Projects

UCalgary study could help physicians make better treatment decisions for stroke

Scientists find alterations in blood flow in response to body position change

Logos Biosystems releases new electrophoretic tissue clearing system with twice the features in half the space

Pittcon Program Committee: Dr. Fenella France to deliver 2019 Plenary Lecture

Amyloid β protein makes comeback as therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

People more likely to believe those with confident tone of voice than with accent

New fiber laser-based ultrasound sensor may have potential applications in medical diagnostics

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