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  MRI Saves Heart Muscle

  March 5, 2013 — Researchers using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) discovered that thinned non-contracting heart muscle caused by a heart attack can potentially improve in function and be reversed after ... > full story
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  Scarring of Heart Muscle Linked With Increased Risk of Death in Patients With Type of Cardiomyopathy

  March 5, 2013 — Detection of midwall fibrosis (the presence of scar tissue in the middle of the heart muscle wall) via magnetic resonance imaging among patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (a condition ... > full story
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  Connectome Project Releases Brain Data

  March 5, 2013 — The Human Connectome Project, a five-year endeavor to link brain connectivity to human behavior, has released a set of high-quality imaging and behavioral data to the scientific ... > full story
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  Novel Small Molecules Used to Visualize Prostate Cancer

  March 5, 2013 — Two novel radiolabeled small molecules targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen have excellent potential for further development as diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, according to ... > full story
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  Single Gene Might Explain Dramatic Differences Among People With Schizophrenia

  March 5, 2013 — Some of the dramatic differences seen among patients with schizophrenia may be explained by a single gene that regulates a group of other schizophrenia risk ... > full story
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  Infrared Digital Holography Allows Firefighters to See Through Flames, Image Moving People

  February 26, 2013 — Firefighters now have a new tool that could help save lives. A team of researchers have developed a new technique using digital holography that can "see" people through intense flames -- the first ... > full story
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  Scientists Find Way to Image Brain Waste Removal Process Which May Lead to Alzheimer's Diagnostic

  February 25, 2013 — A novel way to image the brain’s glymphatic pathway may provide the basis for a new strategy to evaluate Alzheimer's disease susceptibility, according to a new ... > full story
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  Microbubbles Improve Myocardial Remodelling After Infarction

  February 21, 2013 — Scientists have successfully tested a method in mice allowing the morphological and functional sequelae of a myocardial infarction to be reduced. Tiny gas bubbles are made to oscillate within the ... > full story
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  New Mayo Clinic Protocol Allows for MRI in Select Pacemaker Patients

  February 21, 2013 — A new protocol at Mayo Clinic in Arizona allows select patients to have an MRI exam even though they have a ... > full story
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  Human Heart Tissue Development Slower Than Other Mammals

  February 20, 2013 — The walls of the human heart are a disorganized jumble of tissue until relatively late in pregnancy, despite having the shape of a fully functioning heart, according to a pioneering ... > full story

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