Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by dementia and memory loss for which no cure or prevention is available. Amyloid toxicity is a result of the non-specific interaction of toxic amyloid oligomers with the plasma membrane. We use biophysical approaches such as atomic force microscopy (AFM), Kelvin probe force
microscopy (KPFM), black lipid membrane (BLM) and...
Invented and developed at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Alberta, the MagnetTx Aurora-RT is a made in Canada solution that combines a 6 MV linac producing therapeutic radiation and a biplanar 0.5 T MRI. This treatment platform received FDA clearance and treated its first patients recently. The primary benefit of such a device is to provide 3D MRI with excellent soft tissue contrast...
