http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have created a single nanoparticle that can be tracked in real time with MRI as it homes in on cancer cells, tags them with a fluorescent dye and kills them with heat. The all-in-one particle is one of the first examples from a growing field called "theranostics" that develops technologies physicians can use to diagnose and treat diseases in a single procedure. http://www.physorg.com/news180022136.html Nanotechnology Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:09:22 EST news180022136 Inflammatory response of brain cells -as indicated by a molecular imaging technique -could tell researchers more about why certain neurologic disorders, such as migraine headaches and psychosis in schizophrenic patients, occur and provide insight into how to best treat them, according to two studies published in the November issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news176119933.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:12:48 EST news176119933 A new technique in Magnetic Resonance Imaging dubbed "Hyper-SAGE" has the potential to detect ultra low concentrations of clincal targets, such as lung and other cancers. Development of Hyper-SAGE was led by one of the world's foremost authorities on MRI technology, Alexander Pines, a chemist who holds joint appointments with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley. The key to this technique is xenon gas that has been zapped with laser light to "hyperpolarize" the spins of its atomic nuclei so that most are pointing in the same direction. http://www.physorg.com/news174319165.html Chemistry Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:00:36 EST news174319165 A promising new molecular imaging technique may provide physicians and patients with a noninvasive way to learn more information about a type of cancer of the uterus lining called "endometrial carcinoma" -- one of the most common malignant female tumors. This research was presented in a study published in the October issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news173602387.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:53:32 EST news173602387 SNM (Society of Nuclear Medicine) recently conducted a survey of nuclear pharmacies -pharmacies that supply the critical radioisotope Technetium-99m, which is used in more than 16 million nuclear medicine tests each year in the United States -to assess, anecdotally, the impact of the worldwide medical isotope shortage. According to the survey, 60 percent of radiopharmacies have been impacted by the most recent shortage. Technetium-99m is a product of Molybdenum-99, which has been in short supply recently. http://www.physorg.com/news171649770.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:54:47 EST news171649770 A new study shows that the use of positron emission tomography (PET) scans may improve the accuracy of dementia diagnoses early in disease onset for more than one out of four patients. http://www.physorg.com/news164289211.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:54:32 EST news164289211 In response to a recent report by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) stating that the U.S. population is exposed to seven times more radiation from medical imaging exams than in 1980, SNM urges Americans to consider the proven benefits of such imaging. http://www.physorg.com/news155558709.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:45:23 EST news155558709 Researchers have developed a new generation of microscopic particles for molecular imaging, constituting one of the first promising nanoparticle platforms that may be readily adapted for tumor targeting and treatment in the clinic. http://www.physorg.com/news149186855.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:47:35 EST news149186855 Coinciding with the observance of Nuclear Medicine Week (October 5 to 11) and National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), SNM released today a new fact sheet highlighting recent developments in molecular imaging technologies that are dramatically improving the ways in which breast cancer is diagnosed and treated. http://www.physorg.com/news142250845.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:07:25 EST news142250845 Coinciding with the observance of Nuclear Medicine Week (October 5 to 11) and National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), SNM released today a new fact sheet highlighting recent developments in molecular imaging technologies that are dramatically improving the ways in which breast cancer is diagnosed and treated. http://www.physorg.com/news142250815.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:06:55 EST news142250815 Coinciding with the observance of Nuclear Medicine Week (October 5 to 11) and National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), SNM released today a new fact sheet highlighting recent developments in molecular imaging technologies that are dramatically improving the ways in which breast cancer is diagnosed and treated. http://www.physorg.com/news142250779.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:06:19 EST news142250779