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Microscopy techniques reveal a trail of destruction in bone collagen caused by high energy X-rays

A team of medical researchers at Charité has analyzed damage by focused high energetic X-rays in bone samples from fish and mammals at BESSY II.

22 Dec 2022

Radiation damage to mature sperm cannot be repaired and is instead passed on to the offspring

Whether radiation exposure of fathers can have consequences on their children is one of the most long-standing questions in radiation biology.

21 Dec 2022

Using DECT-derived metrics to definitively diagnose incidental adrenal adenomas

According to an open-access Editor's Choice accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology, for adrenal lesions evaluated by single-phase dual-energy CT (DECT), fat fraction had higher sensitivity than virtual non-contrast attenuation at both the clinically optimal threshold and at the traditional ≤10 HU threshold.

1 Dec 2022

Ohio State researchers enter federal cooperative agreement to develop radiation biodosimetry solutions

Researchers with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) have entered a federal cooperative agreement, valued up to $9.42 million, that will help them further develop Ohio State's biodosimetry technology to discover noninvasive biomarkers for radiation exposure – work that will have national security applications.

2 Nov 2022

FLASH radiotherapy may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors

FLASH radiation treatment – which delivers therapeutic doses of radiation in a fraction of a second – may hold promise as a potential treatment for tough-to-kill tumors, a first-in-human study in a small number of people with bone cancer suggests.

24 Oct 2022

Study reconsiders the recommended age for screening women with family history of breast cancer

A new study released in the American Cancer Society journal Cancer reconsiders guidelines for when to start screening with mammograms if a woman has a mother, sister, or daughter who was diagnosed with breast cancer.

21 Oct 2022

Study identifies gene mutations that impact radiation resistance and sensitivity

A new Northwestern Medicine study identifies common and rare gene mutations that impact radiation resistance and sensitivity, an important step toward providing more individualized and effective radiotherapy for patients with cancer.

20 Oct 2022

Labskin to develop new revolutionary approach to testing for radiation exposure

Labskin is delighted to announce our selection by The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), part of the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, to join a team of experts to develop new ways to evaluate radiation exposure in civilians and military personnel.

6 Oct 2022

UTHSC professor receives $5 million to explore the gut as therapeutic target for treating disease

Radhakrishna Rao, PhD, vice-chair and professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has received two large national awards totaling $5 million for separate studies involving the gut as a therapeutic target for treating disease.

26 Sep 2022

Research pits the simulation of beta radiation in cancer treatment against analytical method

A new paper published in EPJ Plus and authored by Eduardo De Paiva, from the Division of Medical Physics at the Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pits the gold standard simulation method used to calculate the interaction of the ionizing radiation with matter and estimate the radiation dose delivered to a target organ—Monte Carlo (MC) simulation — against an alternative analytic method, the Loevinger formula.

20 Sep 2022

NRL fungal experiment to launch as part of NASA's scheduled Artemis I mission

An experiment prepared by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will launch as part of NASA's scheduled Artemis I mission to orbit the moon Aug. 29.

26 Aug 2022

New robotic technology for neuroendovascular surgery could mean safer and more efficient procedures

Stroke surgery and other neuroendovascular procedures could be made safer and easier through robotics, according to research presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 19th Annual Meeting.

25 Jul 2022

Latest advancements in space health and medicine

When astronauts go to outer space, microgravity, intense cosmic radiation and extreme cold can have negative impacts on their bodies and health. Scientists want to better understand the intricate details of what happens to humans in space, and they're trying to come up with ways to counteract these effects.

25 Jul 2022

New noninvasive method could allow screening for hypertension-linked aldosterone adenomas

Researchers have developed a noninvasive method to identify a potential cause of hypertension with a drastic reduction in radiation exposure, a study shows.

13 Jul 2022

Rare Cells Capable of Transforming into Leukemia may Provide new Insight into Leukemic Landscape

In our latest interview, News Medical speaks to Adam G. Schrum, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery at the University of Missouri, about how dysfunction in an unusual type of thymocyte cell may develop into leukemia in some patients.

8 Jul 2022

Simple scan can reveal if people are at increased risk of late-life dementia

Late-life dementia is becoming increasingly common in people after 80 years of age.

27 Jun 2022

Study shows the potential for AI to automatically identify periodontal pathologies

A deep learning algorithm successfully detects periodontal disease from 2D bitewing radiographs, according to research presented at EuroPerio10, the world's leading congress in periodontology and implant dentistry organized by the European Federation of Periodontology.

16 Jun 2022