🔬 Science Mar 31, 2026 · Debra Herrick - UC Santa Barbara

New sensor could allow MRIs to see molecular-level changes

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New sensor could allow MRIs to see molecular-level changes
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Researchers have developed a genetic sensor that could allow MRIs to image molecular-level changes.
You’ve seen people sliding into the tube of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine on your favorite medical drama, or maybe you’ve been inside one yourself, waiting as the noisy scanner makes images of your brain, heart, bones, or other structures, which doctors use to identify injury or disease.
Since the 1970s, MRIs have been important diagnostic tools, combining a magnetic field

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