Need to X-ray soft tissue? New contrast agent offers a way to see cartilage

A doctor orders an X-ray for a patient with a knee ache. The bones look fine, and the most likely prognosis is arthritis, ...
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Heart Calcification: Here’s Why The Heart Turns Into Bone And What Researchers Are Doing About It

The heart's connective tissue cells turn into bone producers as a reaction to injury, researchers from University of California, Los Angeles' Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and ...
Nature

Extracellular matrix calcification: where is the action?

Physiological extracellular matrix (ECM) calcification or mineralization is restricted to bones, teeth and the hypertrophic zone of growth plate cartilage. In contrast, pathological ECM calcification ...
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Inositec’s INS-3001 Significantly Reduces Cardiovascular Calcification in Proof-of-Concept Studies Published in Nature Communications

ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inositec, a pioneer in the development of life-saving small molecule drugs based on myo-inositol hexaphosphate (IP6), announced today that positive proof-of-concept data on ...
Medscape

Imaging Techniques for the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancers

Plain x-ray of the pelvis and abdomen may demonstrate soft-tissue mass with or without calcification. A very large pelvic or abdominal mass will cause lateral displacement of the bowel loops.
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Giant multicystic pulmonary hamartoma in a young woman

A 24-year-old woman was admitted after a pulmonary lesion was incidentally detected during a routine health check-up. She was asymptomatic, and both physical examination and laboratory test results ...