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Nerve-Specific Fluorescent Probes

Visualizing Nerve Endings
One feature of patient individuality is that the person on the surgical table may not have his [MORE]

Cancer Markers In Toenail Tissue

Nicotine accumulates in toenail tissue whether or not the toes belong to a smoker or a nonsmoker who had [MORE]

Using Stem Cells to Test Autism Drugs

Neuron Precusor Cells
Researchers at the University of California-San Diego, and the Salk Institute, have taken skin cells from Rett [MORE]

Convenient Biosensors for ECG and EEG Monitoring

Brain Sensor
With both electrocardiograms and electroencephalograms, patients have to have electrodes “stuck” on their skin to get good signals.  [MORE]

Smell Sensor for Cell Phones to Detect Airborne Toxins

Michael J. Sailor
Mimicking sensory cells in the human nose, Michael Sailor, professor of biochemistry at UC-San Diego, and engineers [MORE]

Ultrasound Clot Busting

Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Stroke
With an apparatus resembling a Gamma Knife, University of California, San Diego professor Thilo Hoelscher [MORE]