A prognostic Alzheimer’s disease blood test in the symptom-free stage
Memory deficit is a normal side effect of aging; at what point does memory loss become pathological?Credit: Michael Schwettmann Using ...
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‘Virtual biopsies’ could replace tissue biopsies in future thanks to new technique
Credit: Evis Sala/University of Cambridge A new advanced computing technique using routine medical scans to enable doctors to take fewer, ...
Routine eye scans may give clues to cognitive decline in diabetes
In older people with type 1 diabetes, damage to the retina may be linked to memory problems and other cognitive ...
Researchers aim AI at rising oral cancers with $3.3M grant from National Cancer Institute
Case Western Reserve and local, global partners work to better predict which patients with oral squamous cell carcinomas will need ...
UAB researcher develops technology to aid COVID-19 vaccine immunity monitoring
In advance of public vaccination, a quick and accurate COVID-19 antibody test will help determine the presence of neutralizing antibodies, ...
Imaging of ballistic wounds, bullet composition and implications for MRI safety
Since patients with ballistic embedded fragments are frequently denied MRI, due to indeterminate bullet composition sans shell casings, radiography and ...
Quick look under the skin
Self-learning algorithms analyze medical imaging dataCredit: Astrid Eckert / TUM Imaging techniques enable a detailed look inside an organism. But ...
Medical oddity reveals unheard-of ‘immunity gene’ mutations and new way to screen them
Researchers baffled by an infant's rare encephalitis case unusual in children found unheard-of mutations and a new way to examine ...
American Roentgen Ray Society awards 2021 scholarships to Tatiana Kelil, Camilo Jaimes
Kelil to pursue personalized breast cancer risk assessment using imaging biomarkers and machine learning; Jaimes to investigate fetal diffusion tensor ...
AI-supported test predicts eye disease three years before symptoms
Credit: Novai/UCL/Western Eye Hospital A pioneering new eye test, developed by scientists at UCL in collaboration with the Western Eye ...
Lithuanian researchers propose combination of methods to improve anticancer drug delivery
Application of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound in combination with microbubbles might enhance the delivery of chemotherapy medication used for treating cancersCredit: ...
Rosalind Franklin University researcher elected AAAS Fellow
Judith Potashkin, PhD, has identified several potential molecular blood biomarkers for Parkinson's diseaseCredit: Mike Schmidt NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Judith ...
New theranostic approach reduces tumor volume and increases survival in NET study
Credit: Images created by associate professor Carleen Cullinane (Peter MaCallum Cancer Centre). Reston, Virginia--A pair of copper radionuclides that target ...
Self-collected saliva samples prove effective for diagnosing COVID-19
Use of self-collected saliva can minimize healthcare worker exposure and expand testing capabilities for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, researchers report ...
Lung ultrasounds could help determine COVID-19 outcome
Credit: Umberto Sabatini MELVILLE, N.Y., December 10, 2020 -- For some, COVID-19 can result in severe pneumonia or even death, ...
Rapid lateral flow immunoassay developed for fluorescence detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA
Credit: SIBET The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for rapid and accurate nucleic acid detection at the point of ...
Development of high-speed nanoPCR technology for point-of-care diagnosis of COVID-19
The new technology can accurately diagnose the infection in less than 20 minutes, with zero false positive and false negativeCredit: ...
New spin-out company signals quantum leap for brain imaging
Credit: University of Nottingham A new type of wearable brain scanner, designed to allow people to move freely whilst being ...
TU Graz develops screening system for lung sound analysis
The prototype of a lung sound recording system developed at TU Graz (Austria) allows high-quality recordings of lung sounds, which ...
Cervical cancer survival may improve by targeting senescent “zombie” cells
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University How well women with cervical cancer respond to treatment and survive correlates with ...