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  Medical Physicists Improve Vision for Radiation Therapy

  Radiation therapy requires visualizing exactly where a tumor is located, usually from looking at hundreds of different X-ray , CT or PET scan images. A new system patches together 2D images into one ... > more
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  MRIs Peek into the Brains of Synesthesia Patients

  Cognitive neuroscientists have now documented hundreds of cases of synesthesia -- the condition in which one sense triggers the response of a different one. Using functional magnetic resonance ... > more
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  Biochemists Develop Diagnostic Tool to ID Strains Faster

  Biochemists have developed a new tool that can identify a strain of influenza in hours, instead of the usual days or weeks, potentially speeding up the development of new vaccines. A sample of the ... > more
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  Stents Help Cardiothoracic Surgeons Treat Aortic Aneurysms

  A new, minimally invasive procedure allows cardiothoracic surgeons to treat aortic aneurysm patients for whom open-chest surgery would pose serious risks. A stent endograft, inserted endoscopically ... > more
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  Engineers Devise Implantable Dosimeter to Track Success of Radiation Therapy

  Radiologists could soon measure the amount of radiation exposure experienced by different tissues using an implantable capsule. The device contains a small dosimeter and sends radiation exposure data ... > more
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  Psychiatrists Can Now Predict An Individual Patient's Response To A Drug

  The first in a new generation of gene microarrays, computer chips that chemically or electrically express DNA, can predict how a person's body will metabolize about 25 percent of drugs on the market, ... > more
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  Biomedical Engineers' 'Body-on-a-Chip' Could Reduce Cost of Developing New Drugs

  A new kind of microchip can host human cells to mimic the reaction of different tissues in the body. The chip could help reduce the need for animal testing, and lower the cost of developing new ... > more
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  Immune Modulation Therapy Attacks Link Between Inflammation and Congestive Heart Failure

  Inflammations that occur after a heart attack can be a severe complication that further damages the heart. Cardiologists are now trying a new approach called immune modulation therapy, which exposes ... > more
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  Competitive Eaters May Have Ability to Suppress Satiety Hormones

  Eating champions are able to keep gorging on food way past beyond the point where most people would be nauseated by food. While they practice to expand their stomach, much of their skills may come ... > more
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  Orthopedic Surgeons Help Athletes' ACLs Recover Better

  A new procedure for torn ACLs could keep athletes back in the game longer. The knee has two bundles of fibers connecting the thighbone to the shinbone, and the new procedure, called double bundle, ... > more

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