Chemists create cancer-detecting nanoparticles
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 07:56
in Physics & Chemistry
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be a doctor's best friend for detecting a tumour in the body without resorting to surgery. MRI scans use pulses of magnetic waves and gauge the return signals to identify different types of tissue in the body, distinguishing bone from muscle, fluids from solids, and so on...
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