Features
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From Inspiration to Device
Peter Barath, MD, was concerned that some patients who had previously undergone procedures to clear blocked coronary arteries were returning months later with a condition called restenosis—renarrowing of the arteries. Read On
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“But wait!” Great Ideas and the Odd Observation
When you finish an experiment and the results support your hypothesis, you are probably having a good day in the lab. But when the unexpected happens and you step back, shake your head, and take another puzzled look, GREAT! Great Read On
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RE:INVENTION
One single novel idea emerging from a scientist’s imagination has the potential to help countless patients around the world, making it crucial to map out the quickest route from discovery to delivery. Enter the Cedars-Sinai Technology Transfer Office, which plays Read On
My Device
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My Device: LVAD
More than 5 million Americans are afflicted with congestive heart failure. Of these, 70,000 will have advanced heart failure that cannot be treated with conventional therapies. For these patients, the one-year survival rate is less than 50 percent and is Read On
Who's Who
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Who’s Who: Steven Rad, MD
Over the winter holiday of 2010, Steven Rad, MD—a third-year obstetrics and gynecology resident at Cedars-Sinai—traveled 9,300 miles to Mbarara Hospital in Uganda in East Africa. For one week, he and his mentor Dotun Ogunyemi, MD, director of Cedars-Sinai’s Obstetrics and Gynecology residency training program, partnered with their counterparts in Mbarara, seeing patients, conducting rounds, delivering babies, and teaching. Read On
Bench Notes
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White Knights
We know that white blood cells defend the body against infectious diseases and foreign materials. But how exactly do they detect the invaders they destroy? Scientists at Cedars-Sinai might have figured it out: They have discovered how a receptor on Read On
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The Spine Who Loved Me
When two adjacent discs in the lower back wear out, they become compressed and cause unmanageable pain, numbness, or other symptoms. Results from a two-year post-surgery multicenter trial* recently published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery shows that Read On
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Brain Cancer Vaccine Extends Life
New results indicate that an experimental vaccine developed at Cedars-Sinai’s Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute improves length of survival in newly diagnosed brain cancer patients. Even when a tumor is successfully removed, a few cells are almost invariably left behind. These Read On





