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  Scienceline » Bringing Bioimaging Back 

  http://scienceline.org/2007/10/26/tech-webster-bioimaging-dendrimer-mri-nanoparticle/

  Steve Isaacman is building things in the lab—floppy, tennis-ball-looking things. They are considered by some to be the future of bioimaging, a field where tiny compounds are sent into the bloodstream, ... allowing physicians to “see” a specific malady. One of the ways researchers can see into the body is with magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, a visualization tool used to home in on a blood clot, identify a broken bone, or spot cancer—the disease Isaacman is most interested in. But as it stands, current methods for visualizing ailments within the body have much to be desired, says James Canary, head of the chemistry lab where Isaacman is stirring three flasks full of what looks like pomegranate juice. Canary says “targeted contrast agents” that will distinguish between different maladies within the body – such as different types of cancer – and do so at a finer level are needed to improve this area of medicine. Contrast agents help distinguish a healthy area of the body from a broken one.   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  bio, bioimaging, biological, biology, biotechnology , nano, nanoparticles   [More...] [Less...]