Fantastic Voyage Through Cardiology: From 1969 to 2008

Fantastic Voyage: Influenza

My previous young doctor host Walking quickly away Head down, embarrassed Scolded by a nurse—where was his mask? Too busy and careless, poor fool He still serves me well, dragging me into his wake. Here I go, following and fl oating A door nearby opens—negative pressure! In I go, but on a cancer ward, This should be positive pressure! To keep bugs out, not draw them in. I cannot complain All go...

Fantastic voyage: questions from the 21st century.

s a child, did you like reading science fiction or watching Star Trek? If so, this issue is really a treat for you! Robots the size of small VW bugs in the operating room assisting urologists in removing a prostate. Wireless endoscopy capsules, the size of large vitamin pills, touring through the small intestine, filming a scene straight out of Fantastic Voyage. Preimplantation genetic testing ...

A Fantastic Voyage in Genomics.

The microcircualtion--fantastic voyage: introduction.

Calcitonin's fantastic voyage: from hormone to marker of a genetic disorder.

The story of thyroid calcitonin is an illuminating example of the voyage of hormone from a therapeutic tool for bone disease to a tumour marker to screen for subclinical forms of cancer. Identified as a new thyroid hormone implicated in calcium metabolism, its pharmacological action offered a new therapeutic tool for the management of bone disease. By measuring the circulating calcitonin, a ran...