Displaying items by tag: department of radiology
Researchers find a role for citrullinated vimentin as a damage-associated molecular pattern molecule, or DAMP, that is generated by lung macrophages in response to environmental cadmium/carbon black.
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If these hollow capsules are modified to target a solid tumor, PET imaging and therapeutic ultrasound can be used to rupture them and release an anticancer drug at ground zero.
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In advance of public vaccination, a quick and accurate COVID-19 antibody test will help determine the presence of neutralizing antibodies, the molecules that aid in protection against the virus.
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The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB is recruiting Alabama women who have never had breast cancer for the study, to test a personalized approach to breast cancer screening.
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A local early-stage startup has been approved for low-cost, low-risk, non-invasive procedures for patients with chronic liver disease.
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Benjamin Larimer, Ph.D., has received a $1.5 million award to conduct research on a PET-based diagnostic tool that could identify patients who will respond to immunotherapy.
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Canon will serve as president for two years.
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An O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center scientist presents at a major oncology meeting about a novel artificial intelligence software tool to assist evaluating tumor response in advanced cancers.
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Coronary microvascular dysfunction is a precursor to later heart disease, heart failure and possible death.
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The procedure takes 30-45 minutes, and the patient is able to go home a few hours after it is over.
The radioactivity of scandium 43 dwindles fast, with a half-life of just 3.9 hours.
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Airway fractal dimension gives added prognostic information over traditional CT scan measures in COPD.
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A new discipline sits at the intersection of neuroscience and engineering, where lessons learned from circuits, networks and chips are combined with the latest findings on brain circuitry.
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UAB researchers were awarded a grant for new hybrid technology that could change diagnostic standards for patients.
Creating a fistula in the arm is vital before starting hemodialysis, yet half of fistulas fail to mature so that they are usable for dialysis.
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Morgan will serve on the Board of Trustees, while Canon will transition from the Board of Trustees to the Board of Governors for the American Board of Radiology.
Former MLB player Frank Baker says his experience at UAB’s Pancreatobiliary Disease Center was a home run.
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Approximately 20 percent of breast cancers found at screenings are in women ages 40-49, which is why breast imagers at UAB recommend women start having annual mammograms at age 40.
UAB's cyclotron provides glimpses into a new future of medicine.
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Alina Franke registered to donate her bone marrow in Hamburg, Germany, in 2009. She wound up being the one person in 24 million around the world on the Be The Match registry to be the perfect match that Jimmy Roberson needed.
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