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Family history may be important predictor of heart disease in South Asians

New research by UT Southwestern cardiologists shows that people of South Asian descent with a family history of coronary heart disease are significantly more likely to have high levels of calcium buildup in their arteries - an indicator of higher risk for heart attacks.

8 Sep 2017

Retinal imaging may help doctors confirm or rule out frontotemporal degeneration

Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that is present in tens of thousands of Americans, but is often difficult to diagnose accurately.

8 Sep 2017

Machine learning and whole-genomic sequence data could predict physical traits including the face for identification study reveals

A study conducted by a team of researchers from Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI) found that whole-genome sequencing data and machine learning can be used in the prediction of individual faces and other physical traits.

8 Sep 2017

Median Technologies to exhibit its imaging solutions and services at ESMO 2017 Congress

Median Technologies, the Imaging Phenomics Company, announced today that it will be exhibiting at the ESMO 2017 Congress, September 8-12 at IFEMA, Feria de Madrid, Spain

8 Sep 2017

Syngene introduces accurate and cost-effective NuGenius+ gel imaging system

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to introduce its NuGenius+ gel imaging system. This cost-effective system is configured with powerful new software for generating accurate, high quality images of stain-free protein gels, in addition to DNA agarose and SDS- PAGE gels, saving scientists valuable time with their research.

From Syngene 8 Sep 2017

Syngene’s G:BOX automated imaging system features HI-LED lighting option

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to announce its latest options for its highly successful G:BOX automated multi-purpose gel and blot imaging systems are now available.

From Syngene 8 Sep 2017

Top German University uses Syngene’s G:BOX Chemi XX6 for rapid analysis of genes and proteins

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, today announced its G:BOX Chemi XX6 multi-application imager is being utilized by scientists at a top University in Germany to speed up analysis of genes and proteins associated with neurodegenerative conditions.

From Syngene 8 Sep 2017

PXi multi-application imager used for new fluorescent peptide imaging application

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce its PXi multi-application imager is being used by scientists at the prestigious Freie Universtät Berlin for the new application of imaging fluorescent peptides on Western blots.

From Syngene 8 Sep 2017

G:BOX Chemi XX6 imaging system used to analyze how bacteria react to stressors

Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is pleased to announce its G:BOX Chemi XX6 multi-application imager is being utilized by scientists at the University of Warwick to rapidly and accurately analyze how Gram positive bacteria react to stressors.

From Syngene 8 Sep 2017

Novel dental imaging technique using food-grade cuttlefish ink developed

A team of researchers and engineers from the University of California San Diego have found a new use for food-grade cuttlefish ink – to detect gum disease.

7 Sep 2017

Penn researchers find abnormally shortened telomeres in young DMD patients’ muscle stem cells

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have made a discovery about muscular dystrophy disorders that suggest new possibilities for treatment.

7 Sep 2017

New photoacoustic imaging technique uses squid ink to examine patient's gum health

Squid ink might be a great ingredient to make black pasta, but it could also one day make getting checked for gum disease at the dentist less tedious and even painless.

7 Sep 2017

Seeing the full picture, real-time analysis of live-cells

Every cell is a miniature factory taking in raw material (extracellular signals) and processing it to produce something (a biological response). But unlike a factory that can be easily tweaked to run at steady-state and look the same from day to day, cells are dynamic.

From Sartorius 7 Sep 2017

New microfluidic device offers insights on cancer metastasis

As cancer grows, it evolves. Individual cells become more aggressive and break away to flow through the body and spread to distant areas.

7 Sep 2017

Structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter seen in children with ASD traits

Structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter match up consistently with the severity of autistic symptoms not only in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but also, to some degree, in those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who also have autistic traits.

6 Sep 2017

X36 Series from Mettler-Toledo offers adaptable x-ray inspection for new levels of flexibility

As food and pharmaceutical manufacturers strive to ensure maximum efficiency on their processing lines to maintain competitiveness, the X36 Series from Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray can help. This series of adaptable x-ray inspection systems uses the most advanced imaging technology on the market to provide high-detection sensitivity appropriate to a broad range of packaged applications.

From Mettler-Toledo International Inc. 6 Sep 2017

Second prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise received by MR Solutions

MR Solutions has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise from the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey at their Guildford headquarters in September in recognition of their outstanding success in growing international sales. It was only a year earlier that MR Solutions had won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation.

From MR Solutions 6 Sep 2017

Fluorescent dye imaging tool lights up benign brain tumors during surgery

An experimental imaging tool that uses a targeted fluorescent dye successfully lit up the benign brain tumors of patients during removal surgery, allowing surgeons to identify tumor tissue, a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows.

6 Sep 2017

New app uses smartphone camera to provide detailed information about heart health

Want to know how healthy your heart is? Now there's an app for that. In a proof-of-concept clinical trial, engineers at Caltech, Huntington Medical Research Institute, and USC have demonstrated that the camera on your smartphone can noninvasively provide detailed information about your heart's health.

6 Sep 2017

Scientists show how receptors for drugs act inside cells

G protein-coupled receptors are the key target of a large number of drugs. Würzburg scientists have now been able to show more precisely how these receptors act in the cell interior.

5 Sep 2017

Imaging News and Research

Family history may be important predictor of heart disease in South Asians

Retinal imaging may help doctors confirm or rule out frontotemporal degeneration

Machine learning and whole-genomic sequence data could predict physical traits including the face for identification study reveals

Median Technologies to exhibit its imaging solutions and services at ESMO 2017 Congress

Syngene introduces accurate and cost-effective NuGenius+ gel imaging system

Syngene’s G:BOX automated imaging system features HI-LED lighting option

Top German University uses Syngene’s G:BOX Chemi XX6 for rapid analysis of genes and proteins

PXi multi-application imager used for new fluorescent peptide imaging application

G:BOX Chemi XX6 imaging system used to analyze how bacteria react to stressors

Novel dental imaging technique using food-grade cuttlefish ink developed

Penn researchers find abnormally shortened telomeres in young DMD patients’ muscle stem cells

New photoacoustic imaging technique uses squid ink to examine patient's gum health

Seeing the full picture, real-time analysis of live-cells

New microfluidic device offers insights on cancer metastasis

Structural abnormalities in the brain's white matter seen in children with ASD traits

X36 Series from Mettler-Toledo offers adaptable x-ray inspection for new levels of flexibility

Second prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise received by MR Solutions

Fluorescent dye imaging tool lights up benign brain tumors during surgery

New app uses smartphone camera to provide detailed information about heart health

Scientists show how receptors for drugs act inside cells

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