A Final Voyage Framed by Balance and Contrast

The "final voyage" of the Endeavor stent.

The “final” 5-year outcomes of combined trials with the Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting stent (E-ZES) by Kandzari et al. (1), published in this issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, might be considered a companion to the Kirtane et al. (2) publication in the issue last month of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, which reported on the “final” 5-year follow-up of the ENDEAVOR IV (A Randomize...

A novel MRI contrast agent synthesized by ion exchange method

Objective: In this study, the zeolite-coated iron oxide nanoparticles were evaluated as MRI contrast agent and effect of the nanocomposite synthesis method on MRI contrast was tested. Materials and Methods: Ion exchange method was used for synthesis of iron oxide-zeolite and the as prepared nanocomposite was characterized by XRD, FESEM and TEM. The nanocomposite toxicity in the cell culture, a...

Therapeutics of a Sea Voyage

own personal experience. In recent years its popularity has markedly declined, and it has become a comparatively rare prescription. The principal cause of this is to be found in the altered conditions of ocean travel. Passengers are no longer conveyed to India, America, or Australasia in sailing-ships, which take months of varied experience on the wide seas to reach their destination, but are h...

Nanobiotechnology: A voyage to future?

Nanobiotechnology is an emerging field that is potentially changing the way we treat diseases through drug delivery and tissue engineering. Methods of targeting nanoparticles to specific sites of the body while avoiding capture by vital organs are major hurdles that need to be answered. Whether actual or perceived, the potential health hazards associated with the production, distribution and us...

A Fantastic Voyage in Genomics.