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Molecular structure could help explain albinism, melanoma

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Arthropods and mollusks are Nature's true bluebloods - thanks to hemocyanin, an oxygen-carrying large protein complex, which can even be turned into the enzymatically active chemical phenoloxidase.





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Greater use of in-patient diagnostic imaging improves patient outcomes without significantly impacting costs

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospitals that make greater use of inpatient diagnostic imaging exams achieve lower in-hospital mortality rates with little or no impact on costs, according to a peer-reviewed study of more than 1 million patient outcomes ...


Most radiation oncologists utilize advanced medical imaging techniques, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study shows that 95 percent of radiation oncologists use advanced imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) ...


Weighting cancer drugs to make them hit tumors harder

Other Sciences /

created Mar 02, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists have devised a blueprint for boosting anti-cancer drugs' effectiveness and lowering their toxicity by attaching the equivalent of a lead sinker onto the drugs. This extra weight makes the drugs penetrate and accumulate ...


RIT scholars explore the impact of imaging on our reality

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imaging is the use of machines to enhance humans' ability to perceive things, often by producing visible phenomena that cannot be seen with the naked eye. But, can imaging technology distort reality and even change what humans ...


Computerized order entry/decision support systems: Effective solution to managing imaging utilization

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Providing physicians with a computerized order entry/decision support system that provides immediate feedback regarding imaging appropriateness at the time of ordering may be an effective solution to managing imaging utilization, ...


Lung scintigraphy more reliable than CTA in excluding pulmonary embolism in pregnant patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A medical imaging procedure known as lung scintigraphy may be more reliable than pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) for identifying or excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnant patients, according to a study published in ...


Proteins may behave differently in natural environments

Biology /

created Nov 14, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When in an environment similar to that in which they exist naturally, proteins and multiprotein assemblies may demonstrate actions or dynamics different than those they exhibit when in the static form in which they are most ...


Scientists capture nanoscale images with short and intense X-ray laser

Scientists capture nanoscale images with short and intense X-ray laser

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 13, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 0

LLNL scientists for the first time have validated the idea of using extremely short and intense X-ray pulses to capture images of objects such as proteins before the X-rays destroy the sample.


PET imaging before radiation not ideal for determining boost radiation doses

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PHILADELPHIA) Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of non-small cell lung cancer prior to receiving radiation therapy should not be the basis for determining areas that may benefit from higher doses of radiation, according ...


Researcher improves LCDs with 3-D nanoimaging process

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Charles Rosenblatt, professor of physics and macromolecular science at Case Western Reserve University, and his research group have developed a method of 3D optical imaging of anisotropic fluids such as liquid crystals, with ...



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