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Researchers discover potential method to identify TBI using positron PET scans

Accurately diagnosing traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and concussions is difficult, as standard CT or MRI scans can't see most changes to the brain caused by these injuries.

24 Oct 2013

Multi-center study finds causes for neonatal mortality in infants with HLHS

A first-of-its-kind study led by Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, published online in the journal, Circulation, found that infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome born far from a hospital providing neonatal cardiac surgery for HLHS have increased neonatal mortality, with most deaths occurring before surgery.

24 Oct 2013

MEDIAN Technologies announces participation in World Conference on Lung Cancer

MEDIAN Technologies, a leading medical imaging software solutions developer and a service provider for image interpretation and management in oncology clinical trials and clinical routine, today announced its participation in the World Conference on Lung Cancer, to be held October 27-30, in Sydney, Australia.

24 Oct 2013

Unique approach to help discover how cell changes shape in response to topographies

Cells in the human body change shape as they crawl, split, or cling to other surfaces, but while the scientific literature is filled with examples of how cell shapes shift in response to things they touch, little is known about the rules that govern these changes. And there has been no high-throughput way to systematically test different topologies against different types of cells to optimize the surface of something like a medical implant.

24 Oct 2013

New imaging tool could someday be used for routine breast cancer screenings

Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer and cancer deaths among women worldwide. Routine screening can increase breast cancer survival by detecting the disease early and allowing doctors to address it at this critical stage.

23 Oct 2013

New PARP inhibitor shows early responses in patients with advanced BRCA-related cancers

An investigational new PARP inhibitor, BMN 673, is showing early responses in patients with heavily pretreated, advanced, BRCA-related cancers of the breast and ovary, according to phase I clinical trial results presented here at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, held Oct. 19-23.

23 Oct 2013

ASN strongly recommends all adults to undergo routine screening for chronic kidney disease

The American Society of Nephrology strongly recommends that all adults undergo routine screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD), the 8th leading cause of death in the U.S. This contradicts screening guidelines recently released by the American College of Physicians (ACP).

23 Oct 2013

Thomson Reuters, Orion Bionetworks partner to further understanding of multiple sclerosis

The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced a collaboration with Orion Bionetworks to further the understanding of multiple sclerosis and advance the development of new therapies by generating predictive models of patient stratification and drug targets.

22 Oct 2013

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage improves outcomes in patients with pseudocysts

Researchers report that in patients with pseudocysts with viscous debris-laden fluid, endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage by using a combination of a nasocystic drain and transmural stents improves clinical outcomes and lowers the stent occlusion rate compared with those who underwent drainage via stents alone.

22 Oct 2013

Nanopharmaceutical drug shows promise for cancers that resist antiangiogenic drugs

The nanopharmaceutical drug CRLX101 is showing promise as a potential new treatment for cancers that develop resistance to antiangiogenic drugs and radiation therapy, according to clinical trial results presented here at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, held Oct. 19 - 23.

22 Oct 2013

GVI uses Toshiba’s Spot Fluoroscopy to reduce radiation exposure to patients and physicians

Gates Vascular Institute is now able to conduct safer exams using Spot Fluoroscopy, a cardiovascular X-ray dose management technology from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. GVI utilizes Spot Fluoroscopy with its Infinix-i bi-plane to reduce radiation exposure to both patients and physicians.

21 Oct 2013

Clarified role of signal-relay proteins may help explain spread of cancer

Cell biologists at The Johns Hopkins University have teased apart two integral components of the machinery that causes cells to move. Their discovery shows that cellular projections, which act as hands to help a cell "crawl," are apparently always initiated by a network of message-relaying proteins inside the cell.

21 Oct 2013

Five Research Units established to uncover physiological basis for cognitive processes, cultural techniques

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing five new Research Units. This was decided by the DFG Senate at its October meeting. The purpose of the research collaborations is to offer researchers the possibility to pursue current, pressing issues in their subject areas and to establish innovative work directions.

19 Oct 2013

Schizophrenic hippocampal abnormalities blamed on glutamate

Elevated glutamate levels correlate with reduced tissue volume in the hippocampus of patients with schizophrenia, a study shows.

18 Oct 2013

Obesity may aggravate bipolar neuropathology

Being overweight may result in increased white matter loss in key brain regions in patients with bipolar disorder, research suggests.

18 Oct 2013

Israeli medical scientists to join U-M colleagues for medical science symposium

Medical scientists from two of Israel's premier universities will join University of Michigan colleagues Oct. 18-21 in Ann Arbor for what has become the university's largest ever joint medical science symposium with Israel.

18 Oct 2013

Profound abnormalities in brain activity discovered in retired American football players

A new study has discovered profound abnormalities in brain activity in a group of retired American football players.

18 Oct 2013

Researchers study link between different room types in NICU and developmental outcomes of infants

Medical technology has improved the survival rates of premature infants, but adverse developmental outcomes are a continuing problem. Researchers have turned their attention to the neonatal intensive care unit, where premature infants spend their first few weeks or months, for potential answers.

17 Oct 2013

Ultrasound prior to thyroidectomy important for planning surgery

Ultrasound imaging is commonly used to diagnose and evaluate patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, and to determine whether the disease has spread to lymph nodes in the neck that should be removed at the time of thyroidectomy.

17 Oct 2013

NIH funding helps develop chronic-pain network to accelerate research, treatments

What do migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis have in common? All involve chronic pain.

17 Oct 2013

Imaging News and Research

Researchers discover potential method to identify TBI using positron PET scans

Multi-center study finds causes for neonatal mortality in infants with HLHS

MEDIAN Technologies announces participation in World Conference on Lung Cancer

Unique approach to help discover how cell changes shape in response to topographies

New imaging tool could someday be used for routine breast cancer screenings

New PARP inhibitor shows early responses in patients with advanced BRCA-related cancers

ASN strongly recommends all adults to undergo routine screening for chronic kidney disease

Thomson Reuters, Orion Bionetworks partner to further understanding of multiple sclerosis

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage improves outcomes in patients with pseudocysts

Nanopharmaceutical drug shows promise for cancers that resist antiangiogenic drugs

GVI uses Toshiba’s Spot Fluoroscopy to reduce radiation exposure to patients and physicians

Clarified role of signal-relay proteins may help explain spread of cancer

Five Research Units established to uncover physiological basis for cognitive processes, cultural techniques

Schizophrenic hippocampal abnormalities blamed on glutamate

Obesity may aggravate bipolar neuropathology

Israeli medical scientists to join U-M colleagues for medical science symposium

Profound abnormalities in brain activity discovered in retired American football players

Researchers study link between different room types in NICU and developmental outcomes of infants

Ultrasound prior to thyroidectomy important for planning surgery

NIH funding helps develop chronic-pain network to accelerate research, treatments

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