User stories: Understanding Disease

issue concentration of deuterated glucose and/or fructose

June 30, 2025

Deuterium Metabolic Imaging to measure hepatic fructose metabolism

Chronic intake of high amounts of fructose has been linked to the development of metabolic disorders caused by the almost complete clearance of fructose…

Fig. 4 – The happy users from Politecnico di Milano (from left: Federica Buccino, Laura Vergani, Sara Bagherifard)

April 22, 2022

Micro-cracks and lacunar network in healthy and osteoporotic subjects: an experimental validation through synchrotron phase contrast imaging

The comprehension of bone damage processes is a crucial hint for the understanding of age-related fractures that are strongly linked to osteoporosis, a diffuse…