A new window into psychosis
Researchers link psychosis to the omission of chemical rewards in mouse brainsCredit: © 2020 Yagishita et al. A recent study ...
Tag: Diagnostics
Something in the water
Brazilian study correlates consumption of contaminated water with the severity of malformations caused by the Zika virusCredit: D'Or Institute for ...
Fruit flies advance research on ACOX1-related neurodegenerative disorders
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reports that a hyperactive variant ...
Rural Hondurans embrace cancer screening opportunities
An internationally collaborative group of Dartmouth and Honduran researchers and oncologists found a high level of compliance with referral to ...
African Americans, Hispanics less likely to receive recommended lung cancer imaging
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The use of PET-CT imaging gives doctors the best possible picture of non-small cell ...
Wireless, skin-mounted sensors monitor babies, pregnant women in the developing world
Soft, flexible devices are being tested, evaluated in Ghana, India, Kenya and ZambiaCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Every year, ...
Microbial DNA in patient blood may be tell-tale sign of cancer
From a simple blood draw, microbial DNA may reveal who has cancer and which type, even at early stagesCredit: Photo ...
Patient-friendly brain imager gets green light toward first prototype
Quantum sensor enables flexible, wearable designCredit: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M -- It might not start a fashion trend, but ...
Fatal overproduction of antibodies
Mutations in plasma cells play a key role in light chain amyloidosisCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Bone marrow plasma cells ...
Cancer cells spread using a copper-binding protein
Credit: Illustration: Boid Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have shown that the Atox1 protein, found in breast cancer ...
International study completes the largest genetic map of psychiatric disorders so far
A new genetic perspective on psychiatric disordersCredit: Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and the CIBERSAM. An international study published in ...
SARS influencing response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Singapore
AJR details how Singapore General Hospital responded to the SARS outbreak of 2003, including a thorough list of 43 ground ...
Wuhan CT scans reliable for coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosis, limited for differentiation
Chest CTs have low rate of misdiagnosis and can standardize imaging features and transformation rules for rapid diagnosis, yet modality ...
Understanding how the brain predicts could make treating autism easier
Credit: J.F. Podevin WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Our brains make our lives easier by predicting what will happen next based ...
IVI and DTU to strengthen external quality assurance in the face of rising AMR in Asia
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) received a Fleming Fund Regional Grant to increase the ...
New next-generation sequencing technique dramatically shortens diagnosis of sepsis
Availability of results within 5 to 6 hours of blood draw allows faster and more precise intervention when time is ...
New material could turn clothing into a health monitor
Nanomaterial can operate as an early-alert system, sensing slight changes in body temperatureCredit: University of Houston Researchers have reported a ...
New platform for cancer diagnostics and drug testing
Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg. Parts of tumor tissue, which is normally discarded in cancer surgery, bear information about the ...
Chinese researchers detail chest CT findings in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia
Most patients have ground-glass opacities (GGO) or mixed GGO and consolidation and vascular enlargement in the lesion--lesion likely to have ...
American Journal of Roentgenology names Andrew B. Rosenkrantz, MD next editor in chief
Dr. Rosenkrantz will become just the 13th editor in chief of the 113-year-old 'yellow journal' of radiology in July 2020Credit: ...