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Alzheimer's patient volunteers for first scan

11-24-2006 · EurekAlert!

The University of Manchester's Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre will carry out its first positron emission tomography (PET) brain scan on a patient volunteer this Friday (24 November 2006) at 10:00.

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