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New research allows doctors to image dangerous 'hardening' of the arteries
(University of Cambridge) Researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, have shown how a radioactive agent developed in the 1960s to detect bone cancer can be re-purposed to highlight the build-up of unstable calcium deposits in arteries, a process that can cause heart attack and stroke. The technique, reported in the journal Nature Communications, could help in the diagnosis of these conditions in at-risk patients and in the development of new medicines.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news