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MR Solutions to showcase latest multi-modality MRI systems at EMIM 2019

MR Solutions’ latest compact preclinical, multi-modality MRI systems will be on display at the 14th European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM 2019) being held at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow on 19 to 22 March, 2019.

From MR Solutions 28 Feb 2019

NUS researchers make muscle recovery easier for patients with ingenious medical device

The journey of muscle rehabilitation can be long and arduous, and requires strong perseverance from the patient. Now, researchers from the National University of Singapore are making the recovery process much easier for patients with an ingenious medical device capable of regenerating muscles in a non-invasive and painless manner.

23 Jan 2019

Insights into magnetotactic bacteria could guide development of biological nanorobots

Magnetotactic bacteria are a unique aquatic species which use magnetic nanoparticles as an internal compass to navigate

12 Dec 2018

Innovative 'elastic' contrast media for more sensitive MRI diagnostics

Researchers from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie have found a new method for obtaining high-quality images in magnetic resonance imaging, that requires less contrast medium compared to current methods.

29 Nov 2018

Study presents new opportunities for targeted, healthy tissue-sparing cancer therapy

Medical physicist Dr. Aswin Hoffmann and his team from the Institute of Radiooncology - OncoRay at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are the first researchers worldwide to combine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a proton beam, thus demonstrating that in principle, this commonly used imaging method can indeed work with particle beam cancer treatments.

29 Nov 2018

MGH researchers use advanced imaging technology to measure magnetite levels in the brain

Investigators at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital have used magnetoencephalography - a technology that measures brain activity by detecting the weak magnetic fields produced by the brain's normal electrical currents - to measure levels of the iron-based mineral called magnetite in the human brain.

28 Nov 2018

Brain imaging study reveals 'hot spot' for cue-reactivity in substance users

When patients with dependence on alcohol, cocaine or nicotine are shown drug cues, or images related to the substance, an area of their brain known as the medial prefrontal cortex shows increased activity, report investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina in an article published online September 7, 2018 in Translational Psychiatry.

21 Nov 2018

New technology based on moths and magnets could help treat genetic diseases

A new technology that relies on a moth-infecting virus and nanomagnets could be used to edit defective genes that give rise to diseases like sickle cell, muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis.

14 Nov 2018

Scientists succeed in increasing stability, biocompatibility of light-transducing nanoparticles

A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, in collaboration with researchers from Monash University Australia, has succeeded in significantly increasing the stability and biocompatibility of special light-transducing nanoparticles.

13 Nov 2018

Magnetic nanosprings used as targeted drug delivery agents for anticancer therapy

A team of scientists from the Far Eastern Federal University and Korea Universityobtained cobalt and cobalt-iron nanosprings with unique combined magnetic properties and long-lasting elasticity that may be used to develop nanorobots, nanosensors, new types of memory, and targeted drug delivery agents (specifically, for anticancer therapy).

13 Nov 2018

New thrombolytic based on magnetite nanoparticles successfully tested on animals

New anti-thrombosis drug based on magnetite nanoparticles developed at ITMO University was successfully tested on animals. Preclinical studies conducted in terms of the project "PHARMA 2020" showed drug's high efficacy and no side effects.

9 Nov 2018

Purdue researchers invent new smart drainage device to help glaucoma patients

Purdue University researchers have invented a new smart drainage device to help patients with glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the world, as they try to save their eyesight.

9 Nov 2018

Radio frequency probes inspired by microstrip patch antennas increase MRI resolution

High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines can work better by changing the structure of radio probes from coils to antennas.

1 Nov 2018

Study shows how machinery within immune system activates T cells to attack cancer

In just a few years, CAR T-cell and other adoptive T-cell therapies have emerged as among the most promising forms of cancer immunotherapy.

31 Oct 2018

FDA approves ultra-high-field 7T Terra MRI scanner for clinical use

The ultra-high-field 7T Terra magnetic resonance imaging scanner at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute of the Keck School of Medicine of USC has received FDA approval for clinical use, opening up new avenues of care for patients with Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and other diseases that affect the brain.

31 Oct 2018

Could 'natural adaptive therapies' be a better way to keep cancer under control?

While many cancer therapies initially can be very successful, tumors often return and spread when remaining cancer cells develop resistance to treatment.

3 Oct 2018

Miniature magnetic swimming devices could deliver drugs to specific areas of body

Scientists have created miniature magnetic swimming devices - which mimic the appearance of sperm cells - that could revolutionize disease treatment by swimming drugs to specific areas of the body.

3 Oct 2018

Philips introduces Ingenia Ambition X 1.5T MR with fully-sealed BlueSeal magnet for helium-free operations

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, today launched the Ingenia Ambition X 1.5T MR. Incorporating Philips’ breakthrough BlueSeal fully-sealed magnet, the Ingenia Ambition X is the world’s first MR system to enable helium-free operations, reducing the chance of potentially lengthy and costly disruptions, and virtually eliminating dependency on a commodity with an unpredictable supply.

From Philips Healthcare 1 Oct 2018

New technology helps detect smallest magnetic fields produced in neuronal networks

The scientists in Freiburg will produce and optimize NV centers in diamond in order to achieve highly sensitive magnet field detectors working at room temperature, and by those means develop the world's first laser threshold magnetometer.

25 Sep 2018

Researchers simulate how different breast tissues respond to heat from MRIs

No woman's breast tissue is the same, so MRIs detecting and monitoring cancer shouldn't treat them all the same.

20 Sep 2018