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Analyzing structural brain changes in Alzheimer's disease
By applying the techniques to the newly completed dataset of the multi-institution Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), the scientists demonstrated that such sub-regional brain vol...
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Read moreLoss of Tumor Supressor Gene Essential in Transforming Benign Nerve Tumors into Cancers
The work, a collaboration between the Institute for Molecular Medicine, the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and the cancer center’s Sarcoma Program, could lead to the development of n...
Life Sciences | Read moreLoss of tumor supressor gene essential to transforming benign nerve tumors into cancers
The work, a collaboration between the Institute for Molecular Medicine, the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and the cancer center's Sarcoma Program, could lead to the development...
Life Sciences | Read moreNew genetic link between cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid dysfunction identified
Genes previously known to be essential to the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of cardiac muscle -- a healthy heartbeat -- have now also been found to play a key role in thyroid hormone (TH) ...
Life Sciences | Read moreDeficits in brain's reward system observed in ADHD patients
A brain-imaging study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory provides the first definitive evidence that patients suffering from attention deficit hyper...
Studies and Analyses | Read morePET/CT scans may help detect recurring prostate cancer earlier
A new study published in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET)/computer tomography (CT) scans with the imaging agent choline could detect...
Medical Engineering | Read moreNew chemical synthesis could streamline drug design
A team of MIT chemists has devised a new way to add fluorine to a variety of compounds used in many drugs and agricultural chemicals, an advance that could offer more flexibility and potential cost-sa...
Life Sciences | Read moreScientists Create Energy-Burning Brown Fat in Mice
A team led by Bruce Spiegelman, PhD, has identified both parts of a molecular switch that normally causes some immature muscle cells in the embryo to become brown fat cells. With this switch i...
Health and Medicine | Read moreMemory test and PET scans detect early signs of Alzheimer's
The research found that among 85 participants in the study with mild cognitive impairment, those with low scores on a memory recall test and low glucose metabolism in particular brain regions, as dete...
Health and Medicine | Read moreStudy shows PET can measure effectiveness of novel breast cancer treatment
A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer tr...
Studies and Analyses | Read morePET Scans May Improve Accuracy of Dementia Diagnosis
A new study shows that the use of positron emission tomography (PET) scans may improve the accuracy of dementia diagnoses early in disease onset for more than one out of four patients. The results wer...
Medical Engineering | Read morePET scan can non invasively measure early assessment of treatment for common type of breast cancer
Using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning and a glucose analogue called FDG, a research team led by Hannah Linden, M.D. and David Mankoff M.D., of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the Univ...
Medical Engineering | Read moreUsing PET/CT imaging, UCLA researchers can tell after a single treatment if chemotherapy is working
Using a combination Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) scanner, researchers monitored 50 patients undergoing treatment for high-grade soft tissue sarcomas. The patients we...
Health and Medicine | Read moreAlzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative announces completion of genome-wide analysis
The ADNI data will be used by researchers to search for genes that contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease, which currently affects up to 5 million people in the United States alone....
Life Sciences | Read moreCognitive training can alter the biochemistry of the brain
The study, which is published in the prestigious scientific journal Science, was conducted with the help of PET scanning and provides deeper insight into the complex interplay between cognition and th...
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