Background: To compare the diagnostic effectiveness of ultrasound (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and their combined application in distinguishing between benign and malignant breast tumors, ...

Prince Edward Island's first private clinic for magnetic resonance imaging is set to open in Summerside this spring, says one of the new diagnostic centre's owners. "Personally, I see patients ...

Scientists in China have developed a modified virus found in birds that causes cancer cells to produce sugars the immune system can easily recognize and attack. The experimental therapy was tested ...

Neil was a teenage boy who had a number of difficulties following a pineal gland tumor. One of these difficulties was a rare form of amnesia. It meant that Neil could not recall the events of his ...

Zebrafish are known to detect color and brightness with the pineal gland, which is part of the brain. How they do so is now being elucidated. We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes ...

Researchers have elucidated how a single photoreceptor in the pineal gland of zebrafish detects color. We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes detect light waves corresponding to red ...

The incidence of pineal cysts (PC) in "standard" MRI was reviewed. Seven cases of PC were found from 400 consecutive MRI examinations. PC did not produce clinically relevant symptoms in any of the ...

The tissue adjacent to a tumor behaves differently than areas farther away: The tumor’s cancerous cells influence their surroundings, blocking the body’s immune defenses and creating a sort of haven ...

Neil was a teenage boy who had a number of difficulties following a pineal gland tumor. One of these difficulties was a rare form of amnesia. It meant that Neil could not recall the events of his day ...

State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Road ...