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Bioimaging & Simulation

Using Brain Imaging to Demonstrate Weaker Neural Suppression for those with Autism

June 1, 2020
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Minneapolis, MN — According to the National Autism Association, people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may experience sensory hypersensitivity. A University of Minnesota Medical School researcher...

New Double-Contrast Technique Picks Up Small Tumours on MRI

May 26, 2020
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Davis, CA — Researchers at the University of California, Davis offers a significant advance in using magnetic resonance imaging to pick out even very small tumours from normal tissue. The work is published...

New Imaging Analysis Pipeline could Aid in Drug and Vaccine Development

May 25, 2020
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Chicago, IL — From testing drugs to developing vaccines, the close study of the immune system is key to improving real-world health outcomes. T-cells are integral to this research, as these white blood...

Potentially Treatable Genetic Mutations Revealed in Subset of Prostate Cancer Patients

May 25, 2020
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Reston, VA — Prostate cancer patients who do not respond well to PSMA-targeted therapy often have potentially treatable mutations in their DNA damage-repair genes, according to research published in...

Lighting Up Cells with Genetically-Encoded X-Ray-Sensitive Probes

May 21, 2020
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Shanghai, China — Microscopic visualization of sub-cellular structures and constituents plays a central role in cell biology. Synchrotron-based X-ray microscopy (XRM) provides a unique approach for...

2D Sandwich Sees Molecules with Clarity

May 18, 2020
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Houston, TX — A sandwich of molybdenum, sulfur and selenium turns out to be deliciously useful for detecting biomolecules. Tests at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering of a two-dimensional...

First Simulation of Full-Sized Mitochondrial Membrane

May 12, 2020
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Groningen, Netherlands — Scientists from the University of Groningen have developed a method that combines different resolution levels in a computer simulation of biological membranes. Their algorithm...

International Research Improves Quality of CT Scan Imagery

May 12, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Computed tomography, or CT, utilizes computational processes to combine many X-ray measurements taken from different angles of the body to produce tomographic images. This non-invasive...

Novel Radiotracer Meets Gold Standard for Imaging Prostate Cancer

May 12, 2020
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Tel Aviv, Israel — The novel radiopharmaceutical 18F-PSMA-1007 is both effective and readily available for detecting malignant prostate cancer lesions, according to research published in the April...

New Imaging Method Gives Insights into How Bacteria Move and Exchange Genetic information

May 7, 2020
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Exeter, UK — Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in advancing our understanding of how bacteria move and perform genetic exchange – that could potentially lead to the development of new...

Imaging Technology Allows Visualization of Nanoscale Structures Inside Whole Cells

May 5, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Since Robert Hooke’s first description of a cell in Micrographia 350 years ago, microscopy has played an important role in understanding the rules of life. However, the...

Researchers Measure Cancer Cell Mechanics in Living Animals Using Nanoparticles

April 30, 2020
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East Lansing, MI — A first-of-its-kind nanoparticle-based in vivo imaging technique that may one day be used to help diagnose and even treat cancer has been developed by researchers collaborating from...

New Imaging Technique Sheds Light on Adult Zebrafish Brain

April 30, 2020
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Ithaca, NY — Cornell scientists have developed a new technique for imaging a zebrafish’s brain at all stages of its development, which could have implications for the study of human brain disorders,...

New Staining Technique Visualizes Whole Organs and Bodies

April 28, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — A RIKEN research team has established an optimized three-dimensional (3D) tissue-staining and observation technique based on existing tissue clearing technology. Published in Nature...

Unprecedented 3D Images of Live Cells Plus details of molecules inside

April 21, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — The insides of living cells can be seen in their natural state in greater detail than ever before using a new technique developed by researchers in Japan. This advance should help reveal...

Self-Aligning Microscope Smashes Limits of Super-Resolution Microscopy

April 21, 2020
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Kensington, Australia — UNSW medical researchers have achieved unprecedented resolution capabilities in single-molecule microscopy to detect interactions between individual molecules within intact...

Simulations Show How to Make Gene Therapy more Effective

April 20, 2020
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Groningen, Netherlands — Diseases with a genetic cause could, in theory, be treated by supplying a correct version of the faulty gene. However, in practice, delivering new genetic material to human...

Atomic Force Microscopy Reveals High Heterogeneity in Bacterial Membrane Vesicles

April 9, 2020
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Kanazawa, Japan — One aspect of bacterial activity is the production of so-called extracellular membrane vesicles (MVs): biological ‘packages’ wrapped in a lipid-bilayer membrane, carrying...

Cell Muscle Movements Visualized for First Time

April 7, 2020
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Coventry, UK — The movements of cell muscles in the form of tiny filaments of proteins have been visualised at unprecedented detail by University of Warwick scientists. In a study published in the Biophysical...

Artificial Intelligence can Speed Up Detection of Stroke

March 31, 2020
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Turku, Finland — Timely detection and accurate segmentation of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) lesions on magnetic resonance images (MRIs) are essential for the triaging patient for endovascular therapy....

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