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New Technique Reveals Microscopic Heart Vessels with Unprecedented Clarity

A new imaging technique tested in patients could improve the evaluation of cardiac conditions and undiagnosed chest pain.

7 May 2024

New Technique Reveals Order and Flow in the Cell's Control Center

Though its material characteristics still baffle scientists, the cell nucleus is thought to be the center of control for essential cellular functions

22 Jan 2024

Light-Activated "Good Vibrations" can Destroy Cancer Cells

The Beach Boys' iconic hit single "Good Vibrations" takes on a whole new layer of meaning thanks to a recent discovery by Rice University scientists and collaborators, who have uncovered a way to destroy cancer cells by using the ability of some molecules to vibrate strongly when stimulated by light.

20 Dec 2023

Revolutionizing Precision in Super-Resolution Microscopy

Cutting-edge super-resolution microscopy techniques can now achieve optical resolutions within the range of a few nm, corresponding to the size of cellular molecules.

4 Dec 2023

GOV UK Introduces New 'AI Life Sciences' Fund - IEEE Comments

Last week, the UK Government announced it will be launching the AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission. Approximately £100 million will be allocated to help drive AI innovation and tackle the UK’s biggest healthcare challenges

9 Nov 2023

AZoNetwork Launches AZoAI, an Open - Access Platform for the Artificial Intelligence Industry

Leading scientific publisher introduces its 12th subject-specific website, AZoAI.com - the A to Z of Artificial Intelligence. The website educates and informs how the application of artificial intelligence will impact the science, engineering and healthcare sectors and provides industry experts in these fields with the latest news and content from the AI and machine learning industries.

3 Nov 2023

Researchers Identify Genes Responsible for Craniofacial Dysmorphology in Down Syndrome

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London and University College London have shed light on the genetics behind changes in the structure and shape of the face and head in a mouse model of Down Syndrome.

27 Apr 2023

Ingenious Approach to Identify AIEgens From Natural Fluorescent Species

Plants that glow in ultraviolet (UV) light are not only a figment of science fiction TV and film.

21 Apr 2023

Aston University receives funding for the development of a diagnostic tool for children with brain tumors

Birmingham based charity, Help Harry Help Others and Aston University researchers, are working together to develop a pioneering pre-surgical diagnostic tool, which could see the eventual outcome of children with brain tumors drastically improve.

15 Mar 2023

AI tool can accurately identify normal and abnormal chest X-rays in a clinical setting

An artificial intelligence tool can accurately identify normal and abnormal chest X-rays in a clinical setting, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

8 Mar 2023

AXT Bring Novel Photoacoustic Imaging Technology to Australian Medical Researchers

AXT is pleased to announce a further expansion to their preclinical imaging portfolio with the addition of Luxonus

From AXT Pty Ltd 15 Nov 2022

Research sheds light on non-invasive conjunctival goblet cell testing in patients

Conjunctival Goblet Cells (CGCs) are specialized epithelial cells that secrete mucins to generate the tear film’s mucus layer.

11 Apr 2022

AI analyzes tissue scans to identify cancer patients at risk of hyperprogressive disease

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze simple tissue scans, say they have discovered biomarkers that could tell doctors which lung cancer patients might actually get worse from immunotherapy.

5 Feb 2021

Gene therapy and medication can provide certain beneficial effects of physical exercise

Jose Bianco Moreira from NTNU is now convinced that gene therapy can be used to achieve the positive health benefits of physical exercise.

7 Dec 2020

Single-walled nanotubes emit delayed secondary fluorescence when triggered by multistep process

That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a second level of fluorescence is surprising and potentially useful.

4 Dec 2020

New study shows patients' own stem cells can be used to grow new bone

A new, groundbreaking study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows that a patients' own stem cells can be used to grow new bone. This can potentially help millions of people who are partially edentulous and have insufficient bone for the placement of dental implants.

17 Nov 2020

Oncopig fulfills the unmet clinical modeling needs for hepatocellular carcinoma

Volume 11, Issue 28 of Oncotarget features "Development and comprehensive characterization of porcine hepatocellular carcinoma for translational liver cancer investigation" by Gaba et, al. which reported that reliable development of Oncopig HCC cell lines was demonstrated through hepatocyte isolation and Cre recombinase exposure across 15 Oncopigs.

12 Oct 2020