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A magnetic probe for pH and, perhaps, disease

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Hank Hogan

There could be a new way to detect disease, researchers say. The technique uses MRI of hyperpolarized bicarbonate to measure tissue pH, which often is low when pathology is present. Because of this, the pH probe could detect disease and also measure treatment response. A team from Cambridge University, Cancer Research UK’s Cambridge Research Institute, GE Healthcare of Amersham, all in the UK, and from Imagnia AB of Malmö, Sweden, demonstrated the technique in a mouse tumor model. The key isn’t in the MRI scanner itself, said team member and Cambridge biomedical magnetic resonance...Read full article

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    Published: July 2008
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