Scans link 2 key pieces of schizophrenia puzzle
...ative images of the activity being measured. The scans were taken while patients performed an abstract reasoning / working memory task that activates the prefrontal cortex. As in previous studies, the patients showed reduced prefrontal activation and performed poorly on the task, suggesting disturbed fu...Hopkins scientists identify molecular details of water transport in the lung
...al lungs. The researchers used high-resolution CT scans to monitor blood vessel size and thickness of adjacent airway walls where water regulation is extremely important. To promote the flux of water across blood vessel walls, intravenous injections of saline were given under careful supervision. "Peo...UCLA researchers invent first technique to image Alzheimer's onset
... memory loss. Barrio and Small discovered that PET scans of patients injected with FDDNP showed the presenc... major gain." "Combining the FDDNP marker with PET scans will enable us to better screen participants for clinical trials and produce more accurate research ...Johns Hopkins researchers find more extensive bone defects caused by bladder exstrophy
...der emerges. The researchers reviewed abdominal CT scans from seven infants with classic bladder exstrophy as well as CT scans of 26 infants who had them taken for other reasons. The team then compared the geometry of pelvic gi...New view of bacteria-mineral interface to advance bioremediation
...ext. The laser starts at the top left of a sample, scans across various locations in a row, and then returns to the left to start again. The FTMS detects the spectrum of the minerals and bacteria present, and stores that data in memory along with spatial information about the locations of each sample spot....PNNL science, technology help keep America safe
...ICHLAND, Wash. - A holographic imaging system that scans people at airports for hidden weapons, a device that looks for threats and contraband in sealed containers, and an innovative polymer that helps detect nerve agents are among the many counter-terrorism technologies under development at the Department...New liver cancer treatment; the current picture
...irst two criteria, then further details, including scans of their tumours and reports are used to determine...r they meet the third criterion. "Various kinds of scans can be used; MRI, ultrasound, PET or CT scans, but they need to show that the tumours that they have...PET changes staging and treatment for newly diagnosed and recurrent lung cancer patients
...with suspected recurring disease revealed that PET scans were significantly more accurate in identifying th...or only 24% of the patients. In the same study PET scans found that 33% of the patients had less extensive disease and 37% had more extensive disease than co......9,500 pairs of twins many of whom received brain scans and cognitive tests. Their genetic similarity was confirmed by analyzing 78 different genetic markers. These individual pieces of DNA match exactly in identical twins, and half of them match in siblings. Recent research has shown that many cognitiv...First global-scale assessment of biodiversity beneath our feet
...Mark Dangerfield at Maquarie University Australia, scans each specimen and creates a high resolution image. Computer software then compares the image with a virtual collection to provide a match and identify the specimen. Thirdly, all of the scientists participating in the project are volunteering their t...Women with rare lung disease found to also have high prevalence of meningiomas
...e imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) brain scans on 250 women with the lung disease. They were loo...he criteria for diagnosing TS. Unexpectedly, MRI scans revealed that 8 patients had meningiomas a rate that far exceeds the 1 in 20,000 expected in the ge...Student discovers well-preserved embryo in dinosaur egg
...at University of Alabama at Birmingham, to have CT scans taken of the egg. Atkinson was one of the three students who unearthed the egg back in 1970. The CT scans confirmed the embryo's presence and revealed the orientation of its bones. Lamb then began manually ...Researchers uncover a piece of nature's secret nitrogen formula
...g through the crystals in a chandelier. A computer scans all the diffractions to create an image of the atoms' layout. The complex process is like trying to map the position of crystals in the chandelier by looking only at their scattered reflections. When the computer had finished mapping the results, it ...Society for Vertebrate Paleontology to hold annual meeting in Montana in October
...r growth strategies, dinosaur forebrains, using CT scans to study dinosaur skulls, and how the Triceratops got its horns. Two buses of scientists will tour the Two Medicine and Judith River formations in northcentral Montana with Jack Horner before the conference begins. Other field trips are scheduled ...Scientists identify chromosome location of genes associated with long life
... investigator, whose lab performed the genome-wide scans on 137 sets of two or more exceptionally long-lived siblings in the study, We have known that only a few genes influence longevity in lower organisms and that now appears to be true in humans. One in 10,000 Americans is a centenarian, topping the ave......mally invasive procedures using combinations of CT scans and fluoroscopy. Under the arrangement, Toshiba engineers and scientists will form a Hopkins-based team led by Kieran Murphy, M.D., associate professor of radiology at Hopkins, to expedite the application of technological advances to the patient c...New software streamlines the search for disease-causing genes
...se is shockingly simple," Usuka says. The software scans databases containing computerized maps of DNA mole... through maps of the human genome, Digital Disease scans the DNA of mice, which are genetically similar to people. "Human genes and mouse genes are about 80...Researchers find 'north pole' of the molecular world
..., thanks to the radial polarization. The team then scans the beam along the molecule in all directions until one of the radial planes lines up with the north or south pole, and the atom absorbs the energy. A slight burst of fluorescence tells the team when theyve hit their mark, and they can determine at e...Brain gene implicated in autism
...ion on chromosome 7 (7q31-33); three recent genome scans had pointed to the region as likely harboring an autism gene. It is a member of a family of 16 WNT genes, a number of which are known to influence brain development. Mice bred without genes essential to the functioning of WNT genes show diminished s...Researchers identify 170 genes involved in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
...ene probe on the chip. In the final step, a reader scans the material to see which genes are highly expressed or turned off. "These diseases are complex, involving genetic, environmental and microbial factors in their etiology," says Chakravarti. "Our next step is to follow patients over the course of the...