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The researchers aim to create new chemicals – known as tracers – to illuminate these unstable plaques in patients. The tracers – which contain small amounts of radioactivity – are injected into the bloodstream and stick to the plaques. This allows their detection on an imaging technique known as positron emission tomography (PET) scanning.
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http://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medicine/news-events/latest-news/ps1-8m-bid-to-beat-heart-disease-targets-unseen-ri