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Social Network Analysis for Epidemiology
April 26, 2011 | Terry Sharrer | Posted in Newsletter
Tracking Disease Transmission
Suppose an outbreak of a new antibiotic- resistant pathogen appeared in one place and then another, and [MORE]
Capturing Neutrophils in a Microtrap
September 28, 2010 | Terry Sharrer | Posted in Newsletter
Capturing Neutrophils
Biomedical engineer Ken Kotz and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital have built a microfluidics device that captures mobilized [MORE]
Rapid TB Test
August 25, 2009 | Terry Sharrer | Posted in Newsletter
TB Detector
Tuberculosis sufferers account for some two billion people worldwide. The disease’s spread is a public health concern of the [MORE]
The Down Side of Antibiotics
September 9, 2008 | Terry Sharrer | Posted in Newsletter
Streptomycin pioneer Selman Waksman coined the term antibiotics and that class of medication has been an enormous benefit to mankind. [MORE]