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MGI enters strategic partnership with Prepaire Labs to advance drug discovery and precision medicine

MGI, a company committed to building core tools and technology to lead life science, today announced its collaboration with Prepaire Labs at MEDLAB Middle East 2024 to further empower precision medicine.

From MGI 6 Mar 2024

New AI model accurately identifies tumors and diseases in medical images

Medical diagnostics expert, doctor's assistant, and cartographer are all fair titles for an artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.

4 Mar 2024

New imaging approach could revolutionize breast cancer detection

An innovative breast imaging technique provides high sensitivity for detecting cancer while significantly reducing the likelihood of false positive results, according to a study published today in Radiology: Imaging Cancer, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

9 Feb 2024

Interdisciplinary dream team receives $3 million grant to revolutionize Alzheimer's diagnosis

What do a synthetic chemist, a medical imaging expert, and a neurologist have in common? They're coming together in the Biomedical Imaging Center at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology to develop better diagnostic tools and imaging agents to detect early-stage Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

6 Feb 2024

The power of precision oncology: closing the cancer care gap

According to American Cancer Society, Cancer causes about 1 in every 6 deaths globally, more than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined.

From MGI 5 Feb 2024

Do deep learning tools outperform humans in diagnosing breast cancer via ultrasound imaging?

The accuracy of deep learning (DL) in diagnosing breast cancer using ultrasound (US) compared to human readers in clinical settings.

31 Jan 2024

Researchers develop a more trustworthy method to diagnose diseases using AI tools

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Waterloo has developed a more trustworthy method to diagnose diseases such as COVID-19, pneumonia, and melanoma using artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

30 Jan 2024

European scientists target high-risk childhood cancer with liquid biopsy

Neuroblastoma mainly affects toddlers and young children - in the EU region there are 1500 new cases per year.

29 Jan 2024

Novel learning-based framework for predicting Alzheimer’s disease progression

About 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, according to the World Health Organization. The most common form is Alzheimer's disease, an incurable condition that causes brain function to deteriorate.

27 Jan 2024

Groundbreaking joint statement issued on the development and use of AI tools in radiology

The American College of Radiology, working in close collaboration with four other radiology societies from around the world, have issued a joint statement on the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in radiology.

25 Jan 2024

Monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer's offer little benefit, raise safety concerns

Researchers performed a meta-analysis of randomized trial studies that compared the use of amyloid-reducing monoclonal antibodies (MABs) in patients with Alzheimer's dementia at a dose consistent with that used in Phase 3 or FDA approval trials with the use of a placebo.

22 Jan 2024

HoloCare launches 3D surgical holograms across the UK and Europe

Norwegian healthtech startup HoloCare scales its commercial footprint across the UK and Europe, following UKCA and CE certification.

22 Jan 2024

New technique provides an unprecedented view inside the cell's control center

The cell nucleus is considered to be the control center of vital cellular processes, but its material properties continue to puzzle scientists.

18 Jan 2024

Study opens doors for more effective OCD treatment based on individual brain profiles

Marking a substantial advancement in understanding OCD, researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine have revealed key connections between clinical characteristics, neuroimaging and treatment, heralding new opportunities for improved diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

9 Jan 2024

New brain imaging technique sheds light on invisible mTBIs

Researchers have created a new brain imaging method that allows mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) to be diagnosed, even when existing imaging techniques like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) don't show any structural abnormalities.

3 Jan 2024

AI-generated images promise to transform medical diagnostics

Diagnosing cancer today involves using chemical "contrast agents" to improve the accuracy of medical imaging processes such as X-rays as well as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

3 Jan 2024

Study offers new insights into the brain's inhibitory control mechanisms

Published in the 2023 Volume 3 issue of Psychoradiology a team of dedicated researchers from The University of Hong Kong and The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China has conclusively identified the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) as a key input and causal regulator within the subcortical response inhibition nodes.

7 Dec 2023

Revolutionary self-folding nanoscale MRI agent sharpens cancer imaging

Study introduces a novel self-folding nanoscale contrast agent for MRI, enhancing tumor visualization with lower gadolinium loads and reduced risk of adverse effects.

5 Dec 2023

Neuroimaging and network modeling tools shed light on Alzheimer's disease in animal models

Indiana University researchers are collaborating on a novel approach to use neuroimaging and network modeling tools - previously developed to analyze brains of patients in the clinic - to investigate Alzheimer's disease progression in preclinical animal models.

4 Dec 2023

New molecular rulers for super-resolution microscopy: A breakthrough in biological imaging

Latest super-resolution microscopy methods now achieve an optical resolution in the range of a few nanometers.

1 Dec 2023