Archive for the 'Microscalpel' Category

New study counter-attacks the immune response that causes insulin-dependent diabetes

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Good news for the patients suffering from (insulin-dependent) Type 1 Diabetes . As now doctors of Masachusetts has discovered a new way to cure Type I Diabetes by isolating and killing the defective immune system cells that wipe out insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

Individual Cancerous Cells Can Be Targeted By Laser Microscalpel

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

A new laser “Microscalpel” has been developed by Austin Adela Ben-Yakar, Mechanical engineer and Assistant Professor of The University of Texas, Austin , claiming that this device can remove a cell without damaging the cells surrounding it.