Future of Imaging September 24, 2007
Posted by rahul in Medicine.Tags: Imaging, Inflammation, Medicine 2.0, Molecular Medicine
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Dr Robin Choudhury and colleagues at the University of Oxford have developed a marker that attaches itself to particular molecules involved in inflammation. As a result, these molecules ‘light up’ on MRI scans.
The ‘VCAM-1’ molecule plays a key role in inflammation, which contributes to many diseases, including multiple sclerosis, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and atherosclerosis (a hardening and narrowing of the arteries which can lead to heart attack and stroke),
This study was published in September 24th Issue of Nature Medicine Journal.
