A new X-ray imaging technique could transform how hospitals analyze tissue samples, potentially speeding up diagnoses and ...

The modern microscope is an incredibly powerful tool when it comes to detecting disease, but typically the biological material being studied needs to be stained or dyed to reveal its secrets. This can ...

In order to understand brain diseases, neuroscientists try to untangle the intricate nerve fibre labyrinth of our brain. Before analysing brain tissue under a microscope, it is often soaked in ...

A liver biopsy is a test that allows doctors to examine tissue from the liver under a microscope. It can test for several severe medical conditions, including cancer. A doctor may recommend a liver ...

In Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid-β peptides and tau proteins assemble into filaments that are thought to be harmful to the brain. Amyloid-β filaments clump together in the space between brain cells and ...

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