Researchers in the United Kingdom have successfully shown for the first time that breast cancer patients can be trained to achieve single prolonged breath-holds of over five minutes.

Using a new imaging agent that binds to tau protein and makes it visible in positron emission tomography (PET) scans, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that measures of tau are better markers of the cognitive decline characteristic of Alzheimer’s than measures of amyloid beta seen in PET scans.

May 11, 2016 — ITM (Isotopen Technologien München AG), a specialized radiopharmaceutical company, announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) , has adopted a positive opinion on the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for EndolucinBeta. The radiopharmaceutical is a product of ITM´s subsidiary ITG Isotope Technologies Garching GmbH. CHMP is part of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

May 11, 2016 — aycan and business partner medQ, each celebrate 20-year anniversaries this month. Their partnership led to the creation of their joint solution, aycan workflow, a fully integrated radiology information system (RIS)/picture archiving and communication system (PACS) solution that provides a turnkey end-to-end digital imaging and patient management system.