Watching the metabolism at work

Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich are taking magnetic resonance imaging a step further. With their new method, they can visualise metabolic processes in the body. Their objective is to improve the future diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

Illustration of a chest in which the human heart is visible
Hyperpolarised MRI technology reveals changes in the heart muscle’s sugar metabolism after a heart attack. (Illustration: Instituts for Biomedical Engineering / ETH Zurich, University of Zurich)
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