PET one day may supplant invasive coronary angiography for monitoring heart transplant survivors who are at risk of developing life-threatening cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), if preliminary results published online Sept. 2 hold up in larger studies.  {read more here}

F-18 Flutemetamol (F-18 Flute) alone has been used to procure positive or negative results in visual interpretations of beta-amyloid in the brain as a tool to aid in the diagnosis and study of Alzheimer’s disease. Quantitative analysis could further supercharge this technique by bringing in more data about regional and total tracer uptake, according to a study published Aug. 21 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine . {read more here}

The FBI has issued a warning that hackers are actively targeting the healthcare industry, reports Reuters.  The announcement follows the recent attack on hospital group Community Health Systems, which put the personal information of about 4.5 million patients at risk. {read more here}

A $1.5 million contract for the development of an investigative, monoclonal-antibody based PET radiotracer that can detect pancreatic cancer has been awarded to Telik, the Palo Alto-based pharmaceutical company announced today. {read more here}