Patients with cancer that has spread to the bone are sometimes treated with alpha particle radiation therapy that is delivered into or very close to the tumor.
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Abhinav Jha, at Washington University in St. Louis, wants to use novel imaging to better understand how people absorb radiation therapy. His team won a four-year $2.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for the study, which aims to guide treatment decisions.
Memory loss is frequently the first symptom of Alzheimer's disease, followed by confusion and difficulties in thinking. These symptoms are characteristic of progressive brain tissue destruction. Toxic protein clusters first concentrate in the temporal lobes of the brain, the memory area, before spre