Diagnostic Imaging's Weekly Scan: March 30 — April 5 – diagnosticimaging.com
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Molecular Imaging
Novel PET imaging method quantifies brain inflammation enzyme
A novel PET imaging approach can effectively quantify a key enzyme associated with brain inflammation, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The first-in-human study, which imaged the COX-2 enzyme, offers a never-before-seen view of inflammation in the brain, opening the door for COX-2 PET imaging to be used in … Read more
Scientists confirm neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility
For the first time, scientists have confirmed a neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility, according to new research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. PET imaging shows that the brain increases dopamine production when completing cognitively demanding tasks, and that the more dopamine released, the more efficiently the tasks are … Read more
New technology unlocks secrets of bacterial gene expression
How do bacteria – harmless ones living in our bodies, or those that cause disease – organize their activities? A new study, combining powerful genomic-scale microscopy with a technical innovation, captured which genes bacteria turn on in different situations and in different spatial environments. The technology, described January 23 in Science, promises to take the study of … Read more