MRI for Mice, Other Small Creatures.(Roswell Park Cancer Institute)(magnetic resonance imaging)(Brief Article)

Biomolecular Diagnostics News, August, 2003

AntiCancer Inc. (7917 Ostrow St., San Diego, CA 9211 Tel: 619/654- 2555, 619/268-4175) and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, Tel: 716/845-2300, Website: roswellpark.org). have initiated a collaboration to develop multi- modality, non-invasive imaging in small animal models of human cancer. The two have jointly published a study on a high- resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system specifically designed for mice with metastatic cancer. The study, published in the latest issue of Cancer Research, demonstrated anti-metastatic activity of an experimental cancer agent.

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