Author Archives: David J. Neff

Nano Killers Aim at Mini Tumors

Nano Killers Aim at Mini Tumors And you though nano-technology was the stuff of science fiction. A company called Kereos is developing a pair of nanotechnologies to identify tumors that measure just 1 mm in diameter, then kill them with a tiny but precise amount of a chemotherapy drug. Even our own Robert Smith, the director of cancer screening is ...

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Wired News: Dragging Doctors to the Info Age

Dragging Doctors to the Info Age Wired has a great story on “dragging doctors into the info age”. This article takes a look at how medical errors can be reduced using electronic forms. U.S. hospitals are hardly as computerized as, say, the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Internal Revenue Service. Physicians can spend entire days without touching a keyboard, ...

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Cancer Drugs Aim at More Targets

Cancer Drugs Aim at More Targets Good article from Wired on the new cancer drugs coming to market soon. “These drugs represent the next generation of anti-angiogenesis drugs beyond Avastin,” said William Li, president and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, a non-profit institution based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “If chemotherapy is like a dirty bomb and Avastin like a smart ...

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C-Tools 2.0 Update

The C-Tools 2.0 PDA project is coming along very well. We have 4 of our tools that have now been moved into Beta testing, while the other 7 tools are quickly moving into Alpha testing. Our developer has also begun work on the PocketPC color version of the tools. (Something to share with your Microsoft Contacts) You can find an ...

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