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Currently, the only major treatment for heart failure is transplantation. However, it is estimated that less than 30% of patients survive long enough to receive their new hearts. The local cell death following myocardial infarction plays a major role in …
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Submitted by Elizabeth Huynh, Dr. Zheng Lab, University of Toronto Converting nanoparticles or monomeric compounds into larger supramolecular structures by endogenous or external stimuli is increasingly popular because these materials are useful for …
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Submitted by Terri A. Swanson, Senior Scientist, Comparative Medicine, Pfizer Inc. and Theresa Tuthill, Head of Cardiovascular, Metabolic, and Musculoskeletal Imaging for the Clinical and Translational Imaging group at Pfizer Inc. Terri Swanson, Theresa …
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Submitted by Dr. Carlton Bates Dr. Carlton Bates heads an NIH funded research program at the University of Pittsburgh which also benefits from his clinical service as the Chief of Pediatric Nephrology. Many of the mouse models Dr. Bates has generated …
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Shared by Dr. Peng Huang Dr. Peng Huang presented his work on the development of a clinically translatable cancer theranostic agent at the World Molecular Imaging Conference in Hawaii. This therapy uses a near-infrared (NIR) cyanine dye and human serum …
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Submitted by Dr. Yu-Qing Zhou, PhD from the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. At the Mouse Imaging Centre of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, we have collaborated with VisualSonics Inc. since early 2000 and used their products from …
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Submitted by Dr. Frida Dangardt, Physician and Medical Researcher, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. With improving treatment, the survival rate of children with different types of chronic disease has increased substantially in the last decade. Therefore, …
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Submitted by Maria Stansczak, MS, Co-Authors: Jing Chen-Roetling, John Eisenbrey, Flemming Forsberg, Ji-Bin Liu, Raymond Regan - Departments of Radiology and Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia Intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH) is …
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Submitted by Dr. Giuseppe Ferrauto Molecular Imaging is emerging as an innovative and multidisciplinary field of research aimed at visualizing and quantifying the signature of diseases, making it possible for an earlier and more precise diagnosis. The …
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The fundamental goal of basic science (pre-clinical) research is to translate what we learn in cells and animal models to human physiology and human disease states. Today, it's not uncommon to hear terms such as “Knowledge Translation” and “Translational …