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Radiology & Imaging

AI-assisted technique offers effective and painless breast imaging alternative

A Caltech-led team has developed a safe, effective, and painless breast imaging technique that incorporates machine learning to help differentiate between suspicious and healthy tissue. The method has now been tested on patients ...

Immunology

Engineered protein can turn off tissue-damaging immune cells in autoimmune diseases

An engineered protein turns off the kind of immune cells most likely to damage tissue as part of type-1 diabetes, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, shows a new study in mice.

Gastroenterology

New technology monitors bladder dysfunction in patients

Dr. Jason Kim and Dr. Steven Weissbart of the Women's Pelvic Health and Continence Center at Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) have successfully performed one of the nation's first—and the East Coast's very first—Glean ...

Radiology & Imaging

Dual wavefront correction enhances quality of deep-tissue imaging

Wavefront shaping is a promising approach to deep tissue imaging. Until now, it was possible only via an invasive approach: fluorescent points were manually inserted into the sample, and the tissue was indirectly mapped by ...

Gastroenterology

New 'smart capsule' tracks health of the GI tract

Scientists are increasingly finding that the gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a vital role in our overall health. While its main functions center around digestion, the GI tract is also involved in the production of hormones, ...

Surgery

Scientists 3D-print part of human femur as strong as real bone

A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur—the longest and strongest bone in the body—that mimics the strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a real femur. The findings were published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Electrochemical catheter hub could prevent bloodstream infections

Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an electrochemical catheter hub that could someday help prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) that annually kill thousands ...

Addiction

Handy pen-like tool could help detect opioids from the skin

Opioids like fentanyl, morphine and oxycodone are the drugs most linked to overdoses in the U.S. Typical screening methods for drug usage involve collection of blood, saliva or urine samples. Now, in Analytical Chemistry, ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

'ALS on a chip' model reveals altered motor neuron signaling

Using stem cells from patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Cedars-Sinai has created a lifelike model of the mysterious and fatal disease that could help identify a cause of the illness as well as effective treatments.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers develop first test of cure for Chagas disease

Researchers at the University of Georgia's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have developed the first test to determine whether treatment for Chagas disease was effective. The study is published in the journal ...

Surgery

Surgeons trial new robotic system for throat cancer surgery

A pioneering study at King's College London, University of Oxford and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust has successfully tested a new robotic surgical system for treating head and neck conditions, marking a significant ...

Radiology & Imaging

New PET tracers advance central nervous system imaging

Two newly developed PET imaging agents have been proven effective in identifying the histamine H3 receptor (H3R) that is highly expressed in neurological and psychiatric conditions. The novel agents have a long half-life, ...

Genetics

Scientists discover new approach to gene therapy

Researchers have found a promising new method for gene therapy. They successfully restarted inactive genes by bringing them closer to genetic switches on the DNA called enhancers. The intermediate piece of DNA was cut out ...

Neuroscience

Virtual reality could help stroke survivors regain movement

A paper published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has found that virtual reality (VR), when used in addition to standard therapy, can help stroke survivors regain arm movement. The findings suggest that VR ...

Biomedical technology

Cultured nerve tissue can be used in ALS studies

Motor neurons are nerve cells that control our muscles by sending signals from the brain and spinal cord out to the body. In diseases such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), these cells are destroyed, leading to muscle ...