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AI-powered eye scans could revolutionize early detection of Parkinson's

Markers that indicate the presence of Parkinson's disease in patients on average seven years before clinical presentation have been identified by a UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital research team.

21 Aug 2023

Gene therapy repairs neural connections in mice with Hurler syndrome

A new study from the University of Minnesota is the first to demonstrate the ability for gene therapy to repair neural connections for those with the rare genetic brain disorder known as Hurler syndrome.

21 Aug 2023

Deep learning-based model can predict the need for intensive care in COVID-19 patients

The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a huge blow to healthcare systems and highlighted their major shortcomings.

21 Aug 2023

New microneedles could monitor melanoma therapy response

Patients with melanoma, the most concerning form of skin cancer in which pigment-producing cells start to grow out of control, can benefit from existing immunotherapies, but by far not all of them do.

21 Aug 2023

COVID-19 infection linked to increased risk of high blood pressure

An analysis of electronic medical records for more than 45,000 people found that COVID-19 infection was significantly associated with the development of high blood pressure, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

21 Aug 2023

The cognitive effects of the MIND diet

The effects of a three-year dietary intervention on cognitive decline in older adults.

21 Aug 2023

The effect of low dose rate exposure to ionising radiation on the risk of cancer

The effects of long-term exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on cancer mortality.

21 Aug 2023

Is there an association between sleep-disordered breathing and Alzheimer's disease?

Researchers evaluated the impact of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) on neuroimaging biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

21 Aug 2023

AI-based model indicates chest radiography as a potential biomarker of aging

A recent study developed an AI model to determine the age of individuals by analyzing chest radiographs.

21 Aug 2023

Breakthrough project reveals extraordinary diversity of brain changes in people with mental illnesses

A breakthrough project mapping brain changes in nearly 1,300 people diagnosed with six different types of mental illness has revealed the extraordinary diversity of brain changes found in people with conditions like major depression and schizophrenia.

21 Aug 2023

RARα receptor plays unexpected role in T cell activation

According to new research in the journal Immunity, T cells have a nuclear receptor doing something very odd - but very important - to help them fight pathogens and destroy cancer cells.

18 Aug 2023

Cleveland Clinic London performs first augmented reality-assisted total knee replacement

Cleveland Clinic London is the first hospital in London to successfully perform a total knee replacement procedure with the assistance of an augmented reality-based surgical platform that was designed with artificial intelligence and machine learning.

18 Aug 2023

Phase I trial shows promise: Brain stimulation spurs upper-extremity recovery in stroke patients

Researchers performed an open-label phase I trial.

18 Aug 2023

New drug candidate nearly doubles survival for patients with aggressive childhood brain tumors

For the first time, researchers have found a potential drug candidate that improved outcomes for patients with a type of childhood brain tumor for which there are no effective treatments.

17 Aug 2023

Deep learning-based AI model can estimate age from chest radiographs of healthy individuals

What if "looking your age" refers not to your face, but to your chest? Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) model that utilizes chest radiographs to accurately estimate a patient's chronological age.

17 Aug 2023

Researchers receive DoD grant to target chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer

Researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)'s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program to target chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer.

17 Aug 2023

Powerful imaging mass cytometry could revolutionize the diagnosis of lupus nephritis

Chandra Mohan, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering, is reporting the first use of the powerful imaging mass cytometry (IMC) to examine the kidneys of patients with lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus), an autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs and become fatal, and to diagnose lupus nephritis (LN) in those patients.

17 Aug 2023

Imaging News and Research

AI-powered eye scans could revolutionize early detection of Parkinson's

Gene therapy repairs neural connections in mice with Hurler syndrome

Deep learning-based model can predict the need for intensive care in COVID-19 patients

New microneedles could monitor melanoma therapy response

COVID-19 infection linked to increased risk of high blood pressure

The cognitive effects of the MIND diet

The effect of low dose rate exposure to ionising radiation on the risk of cancer

Is there an association between sleep-disordered breathing and Alzheimer's disease?

AI-based model indicates chest radiography as a potential biomarker of aging

Breakthrough project reveals extraordinary diversity of brain changes in people with mental illnesses

RARα receptor plays unexpected role in T cell activation

Cleveland Clinic London performs first augmented reality-assisted total knee replacement

Phase I trial shows promise: Brain stimulation spurs upper-extremity recovery in stroke patients

New drug candidate nearly doubles survival for patients with aggressive childhood brain tumors

Deep learning-based AI model can estimate age from chest radiographs of healthy individuals

Researchers receive DoD grant to target chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer

Powerful imaging mass cytometry could revolutionize the diagnosis of lupus nephritis

New method uses AI to augment spatial transcriptomics technologies

Study explores the challenges of the clinical diagnoses of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The association of ambient air pollution and abnormal left ventricular diastolic function

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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