Museum dinosaur labs draw international researchers
... basement and the hospital down the street does CT scans for you, you get calls from researchers around the world. Especially when your computer can handle 3-D photos and you can send digital images over the Internet. That's what Jack and Celeste Horner have found at the Museum of the Rockies at Montana St...Blood test for diagnosing schizophrenia
...e brains of schizophrenic patients, as well as PET scans of the brains of live patients, have suggested that the number of these receptors is increased in schizophrenia. Therefore, by measuring this number it may be possible to diagnose the disease. Unfortunately, however, it is impossible to assess the nu......rchaeologist learned one: computed tomography (CT) scans can be useful tools in both medical and archaeolog... When Arnold inquired about the possibility of CT scans prior to artifact cleaning, he suggested that Arnold contact a radiology specialist at the Veterinar...Brain size in premature infants significantly smaller than full-term babies
New Haven, Conn. Brain scans of children born prematurely show key areas of the...archers conducted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on 25 eight-year-olds born prematurely and compared them to brain scans of 39 children of comparable...Bio-X awards $3 million in grants for imaginative interdisciplinary research and education projects
...heir proposal, medical imaging devices such as CAT scans and MRIs used to take pictures of the inside of the human body have been markedly improved compared with earlier devices. As a result, diagnostic radiologists who interpret the pictures often try to look at as many as 1,000 separate images of a singl...MS clinical trials confirm approach, demonstrate need to carefully refine targeted peptide therapy
...using clinical tests, immunology work-ups, and MRI scans to carefully monitor the effects of the therapy in patients. Two out of eight treated patients showed an increase in inflammatory brain lesions that was linked to the APL therapy by sophisticated studies of their immune cells. One patient developed...Molecular-scale roughness identified as factor in bacterias ability to stick to surfaces
... repulsive electric charge., he explains. Repeated scans of the surfaces of glass beads, mica, and glass slides showed no evidence of appreciably attractive or less repulsive areas on the order of the size of a bacterium or larger. Logan says, "Our results do not support theories that electric charge d...Researchers determine improved pattern for artificial light-harvesting molecule
...ions, from making magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans more accurate, to converting sunlight to energy for weakened plants....University of Florida scientist maps brain reactions to food
... in. One of the limitations of the study is that scans were taken of only a single slice of the brain. Effects on the whole brain, which Liu intends to investigate, could be more complicated. There were a number of novel concepts about the research, but Liu's temporal clustering analysis technique has...Study suggests ERT stimulates blood flow to key memory centers in brain
...nd Resnick used positron emission tomography (PET) scans to produce brain images of 28 cognitively healthy ...ilar conditions 24 months later. Utilizing the PET scans and other computer technology, Drs. Maki and Resnick were able to observe differences in brain blood...Scientists discover 66-million-year-old dinosaur with a heart
...ioner and amateur paleontologist, did the first CT scans on the fossil. Thescelosaurus means "marvelous lizard." Scientists have not yet conclusively identified which species of Thescelosaurus Willo is, but Russell and Hammer believe it is most likely T. neglectus. Neglectus translates as "neglected o...Schizophrenia research links form and function
...t the National Institute of Mental Health used PET scans to study how networks of neurons functioned in patients with schizophrenia as they performed tasks requiring use of their working memory. They found that tasks involving working memory abnormally activated neurons in a specific area of the prefronta...Jefferson scientists use gene repair technique to change albino mice hairs to black
...r system into action as well. The repair mechanism scans the DNA looking for any mismatches or two strands of DNA that don't seem in sync. When it finds a mismatch, it replaces one of the chemical bases with one that fits better. The scientists, then, can use this natural repair system to correct a bad mut...Good news for "wusses": Research links pain sensitivity to gene
...ead in the regulatorypart of the gene. PET scans in other labs at Hopkins have shown that the number of mureceptors in humans can differ dramatically: Some people have almost two timesmore mu receptors in certain brain areas than others. "People have long been skeptical that pain has a ge...Jefferson scientists further develop gene repair technique
...ir system intoaction as well. The repair mechanism scans the DNA looking for any mismatches ortwo strands of DNA that don't seem in sync. When it finds a mismatch, itreplaces one of the chemical bases with one that fits better. The scientists,then, can use this natural repair system to correct a bad mutati...Bees The Buzz In Landmine Detection
...ut of the hive and trigger the reader. The reader scans the tag oneach bee, then sends the bee's identification code, direction of flight and thetime to a modem. The modem downloads the data to a central computer. Thisprocess also will occur when a bee returns to the hive. Then, a system of an...Low Birth-Weight Risk Begins Early
... ITHACA, N.Y. -- Reviewing thousands of ultrasound scans at a Scottish hospital,pregnancy researchers found that many cases of extremely premature delivery andpoor fetal growth are likely to be determined as early as the first 12 weeks ofpregnancy. The finding may indicate that waiting until after concepti...Study Provides Guidance For Treating Patients With Brain Aneurysms
...ted into the blood flowing through the artery. CT scans and MRI scans alsocan detect a brain aneurysm. Dr. Wiebers and his colleagues found that for patients who have not...Medical Tip Sheet - November 1, 1998
... had been shot in the head andin the chest. Duplex scans combine doppler and ultrasound imaging t echnology,giving the physician both auditory and visual images of blood flow, enabling himor her to distinguish between blood vessels and other types of tissues. Available for interviews: Hrayr Shahinian, M.D....Hopkins Study Shows Brain Damage Evidence In "Ecstasy" Users
...than five years to develop, thescientists took PET scans of 14 men and women who reported heavy use of ecst...nsions called axons. In the study, the PET scans showed MDMA users had far fewer serotonintransporters than controls who didn't use the drug. Also, ...