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As we move forward at a greater speed into global economic world, the current international health care market and our position in the market provide a wide variety of economic...
Several advances in premature and neonatal care, such as, development in new drugs and equipments, and improvement of medical skills, have also undoubtedly contributed to the reductions in morbidity and...
Molecular imaging is a bioimaging that can detect biochemically and genetically relevant events in molecular level in cells and tissues via quantitative imaging signal. Molecular imaging provides potential advantages to...
Blood substitutes, especially red blood cell (RBC) substitutes, have been developed for the past five decades and have several advantages over allogenic packed RBCs, including a prolonged half-life, lack of...
Atherosclerosis is characterized by progressive accumulation of lipids and inflammatory cells within the artery wall. It is a diffuse systemic disease; however, some atherosclerotic plaques are more prone to rupture...
Angiogenesis, the process whereby new capillaries are formed by outgrowth from existing microvessels, is required for tumor growth and metastasis, as well as for healing of ischemic injuries. Because angiogenesis...
In the 1920's, Warburg reported an observation that cancer cells depend on glycolysis even in the presence of available oxygen likely due to impaired function of mitochondria. Since then, this...
The study of pain has recently received much attention, especially in understanding its neurophysiology by using new brain imaging techniques, such as positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance...
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been widely used in the clinic because of the benefit of high spatial and temporal resolution, and the excellent anatomical tissue contrast. Cancer-targeted MR molecular...
Neurodegenerative diseases are highly morbid and widespread in the nation with aged population. Since these are progressive and irreversible diseases, early detection and differentiation of the disease are important for...