The FDA has approved Bayer’s Gadavist (gadobutrol) injection as the first MRI contrast agent for pediatric patients younger than two years of age, including term neonates.

Lung cancer, particularly adenocarcinoma, may spread through the airway, according to a review article published in the December 2014 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. These intrapulmonary aerogenous metastases will have implications for staging, management and prognosis.

Researchers at Yale have confirmed that smoking cigarettes activates the brain’s pleasure and satisfaction response differently in men compared with women, a discovery that could help aid addiction treatment.

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) is embarking on an ambitious gene-sequencing project with 11 genomics institutions in England. The objective is to find targeted treatments for a spectrum of illnesses.

Singapore-based Zecotek Photonics, makers of industrial imaging technologies, announced today that the company has settled a lawsuit brought against Philips and Saint Gobain over patent infringement regarding new PET detector technology.

High-grade astrocytoma is a particularly aggressive form of glioma. Parameters of PET imaging such as the minimal time-to-peak could help clinicians narrow in on the best line of treatment for each patient, according to a study published Dec. 23 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

The chief executive officer of Park Avenue hedge fund Third Point, is set to donate $15 million to Mount Sinai Hospital and the Icahn School of Medicine in New York City for a new research institute devoted to studying Alzheimer’s disease.

One gene in particular could be the key master for proper brain development, researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Researc