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X-rays for early Alzheimer’s disease detection

Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by admin.

Researchers demonstrate ability of experimental technique to image telltale brain plaques
UPTON, NY – Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, highly detailed x-ray imaging technique that could be developed into a method for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The technique has previously been used to look at [...]

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Plant microbe shares features with drug-resistant pathogen

Posted on 18. Jun, 2009 by admin.

Implications for biotech applications; possible targets for infection-fighting drugs
UPTON, NY — An international team of scientists has discovered extensive similarities between a strain of bacteria commonly associated with plants and one increasingly linked to opportunistic infections in hospital patients. The findings suggest caution in the use of the plant-associated strain for a range of biotech [...]

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