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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging technique which physicians use for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions.

Positive top-line results from Biogen Idec’s peginterferon beta-1a Phase 3 trial on RRMS

Today Biogen Idec released the primary efficacy analysis and safety data from its Phase 3 pivotal clinical trial, ADVANCE.

28 Jan 2013

New method allows controlled release of drugs; could help develop targeted treatments

Researchers have discovered a method that allows for the controlled release of an active agent on the basis of a magnetic nanovehicle.

25 Jan 2013

Anorexics’ brains are structurally and functionally altered

When people see pictures of bodies, a whole range of brain regions are active. This network is altered in women with anorexia nervosa. In a functional magnetic resonance imaging study, two regions that are important for the processing of body images were functionally more weakly connected in anorexic women than in healthy women.

25 Jan 2013

Novartis receives FDA approval for Exjade to treat chronic iron overload in NTDT patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Exjade (deferasirox) to treat patients ages 10 years and older who have chronic iron overload resulting from a genetic blood disorder called non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia (NTDT).

23 Jan 2013

Anatomy of certain brain areas can predict children's language abilities at 1 year of age

Using a brain-imaging technique that examines the entire infant brain, researchers have found that the anatomy of certain brain areas - the hippocampus and cerebellum - can predict children's language abilities at 1 year of age.

22 Jan 2013

Hope for premature babies with neurologic disabilities

Damage caused by cerebral ischemia in premature babies could be reversed or prevented with early intervention, suggests research carried out in sheep and published in Science Translational Medicine.

22 Jan 2013

Neural clues found for impaired emotional response in bipolar disorder

Researchers have identified distinct trait- and state-related neural abnormalities during emotional response inhibition in patients with bipolar disorder.

22 Jan 2013

Imaging supports Braak Parkinson’s staging

A magnetic resonance imaging study supports the hypothesis that degeneration occurs in the substantia nigra pars compacta before the basal forebrain in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

22 Jan 2013

New imaging method for study of insulin-producing cells in diabetes

A new imaging method for the study of insulin-producing cells in diabetes among other uses is now being presented by a group of researchers at Umeå University in Sweden in the form of a video in the biomedical video journal, The Journal of Visualized Experiments.

21 Jan 2013

MRI ‘good accuracy’ for detecting residual breast cancer

Magnetic resonance imaging is superior to mammography for the detection of residual breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, research confirms.

21 Jan 2013

Head-scratching persists despite nodding syndrome study

Nodding syndrome is an epileptic disorder, with telltale nodding episodes caused by atonic seizures, concludes a pioneering study of the mysterious neurologic illness that has been reported in only three African countries.

17 Jan 2013

Dentate gyrus, fimbria volumes reduced in bipolar II disorder

Results from a Norwegian study suggest that the dentate gyrus and fimbria may play an important role in the pathophysiology of bipolar II disorder.

17 Jan 2013

New combination of neural imaging methods discovers brain's ability to adapt to injury

For the first time, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (CCBI) have used a new combination of neural imaging methods to discover exactly how the human brain adapts to injury.

17 Jan 2013

New initiative aims to accelerate biomarker search in Parkinson's

A new initiative aims to accelerate the search for biomarkers - changes in the body that can be used to predict, diagnose or monitor a disease - in Parkinson's disease, in part by improving collaboration among researchers and helping patients get involved in clinical studies.

16 Jan 2013