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Unmasking brain tumors with gene therapy

If there’s anything that tumors are good at, it’s hiding themselves. Not from things like MRIs or CT scans, mind you, but from the immune system. Since a tumor grows from what were at one time normal, healthy cells it’s still “self,” still one of the tissues that makes you you. “Tumor cells display very [Read More]

Second sight for anesthesiologists

Intubating the patient is a critical step in any surgery where general anesthesia is being used. But as any anesthesiologist will tell you, intubating a child is very different from an adult, largely because there is less space available in which to maneuver the breathing (aka endotracheal) tube. There’s also less space in which to [Read More]

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Technology Development Fund launches 2012 funding cycle

The 2012 funding cycle is now open, with Letters of Intent (LOI) due to the Technology and Innovation Development Office (TIDO) by Feb. 24, 2012. Click for full details.

Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Zebrafish Do It—Just Too Little

Page 1: The Wall Street Journal highlights Children's zebrafish facility, the iSpawn breeding tank, Dr. Kunkel's collaboration with Pfizer, and Dr. Zon's research.

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