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Low Voltage Electroporation

April 9, 2013 | | Posted in Newsletter

Gene therapy mainly relies on viral vectors to introduce DNR or RNA into target cells.  Viruses have the advantage [MORE]

“Alpha Emitters” in Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy

April 9, 2013 | | Posted in Newsletter

Radiation therapy for cancer can be a tradeoff between beneficial damage to tumors and harmful damage to healthy tissue.  [MORE]

Disturbing Frequency of Surgical “Never Events”

February 26, 2013 | | Posted in Newsletter

“Never events,” like leaving a sponge in a patient’s body, or wrong site-wrong procedure-wrong patient, are never supposed to [MORE]

“Virtual Nanoscopy”

November 6, 2012 | | Posted in Newsletter

In electron microscopy, sharpness of an image, and depth of field vary inversely, just as with an SLR camera [MORE]

First Engineered Hepatic Vein from Stem Cells Successfully Implanted

September 11, 2012 | | Posted in Newsletter

Taking a nine cm groin vein from a living donor, then stripping it of cells before engrafting a 10 [MORE]

Google-Earth View of Bladder’s Interior

June 14, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

University of Washington Bladder Scope
Saying that he wants to give urologists “a Google Earth view of the bladder, University [MORE]

The Burden of Food Allergy

November 16, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

Peanuts, shrimp, eggs, and milk have long been known for causing food allergies, but in a recent study of [MORE]