Nanoparticle pinpoints blood vessel plaques

Friday, February 7, 2014 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

A team of researchers has developed a multifunctional nanoparticle that enables magnetic resonance imaging to pinpoint blood vessel plaques caused by atherosclerosis. The technology is a step toward creating a non-invasive method of identifying plaques vulnerable to rupture -- the cause of heart attack and stroke -- in time for treatment.

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