Bio-marker guided prognostic and functional evaluations of “Stroke”
Reported by: Dr. Venkat S. Karra, Ph.D. A new proof-of-concept study shows that plasma concentrations of precursor fragments of the neuropeptide enkephalin (proenkephalin A, or PENK-A) are elevated...
View ArticleImaging-guided biopsies: Is there a preferred strategy to choose?
Author: Dror Nir, PhD The most stressful period in a cancer patients’ pathway is from the moment they fail a screening test or present with suspicious symptoms to the moment they are diagnosed....
View ArticleIntroducing smart-imaging into radiologists’ daily practice.
Radiology congresses are all about imaging in medicine. Interestingly, radiology originates from radiation. It was the discovery of X-ray radiation at the beginning of the 20th century that opened the...
View ArticleKnowing the tumor’s size and location, could we target treatment to THE ROI...
Advances in techniques for cancer lesions’ detection and localisation [1-6] opened the road to methods of localised (“focused”) cancer treatment [7-10]. An obvious challenge on the road is reassuring...
View ArticleThe unfortunate ending of the Tower of Babel construction project and its...
The story of the city of Babel is recorded in the book of Genesis 11 1-9. At that time, everyone on earth spoke the same language. It is probably safe to assume that medical practitioners at that time...
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