Intraoperative Radiotherapy Makes Uncertain Headway in the U.S.

Head Development: Craniofacial genetics makes headway

Studies of neural crest migration in animal models, and of human syndromes in which craniofacial development is abnormal, are helping us to understand both prenatal and postnatal development of the head.

What makes us human ?

What makes us human?

To RSVP or for more information, please call Daniel Leonardich at 415.734.2080 or email [email protected] Science for Life lectures are free with open seating. Parking is available across the street in the UCSF Rutter Center garage. Co-sponsored by San Francisco Conservatory of Music cellist Erin Wang will share with us a brief discussion of “evolution” from baroque through contempora...

What makes us human?

The title of this report was the theme of the 7th Oxford International Biomedical Centre (OIBC) Symposium, just a few months after the publication of a paper suggesting that the genus Pan (including the chimpanzee and the bonobo) should be merged with the genus Homo. It has been realised for many years that the chimpanzee is our nearest living relative, and recent DNA studies have strengthened ...

Commissioning the First Mobile Dedicated Accelerator for Intraoperative Electron Radiotherapy in Iran

Introduction: Intraoperative radiotherapy is a radiotherapy technique in which a high single fraction of radiation dose is delivered to the patient after surgery and Concurrent with anesthesia time. The most frequent method for IORT implementation is Intraoperative electron radiotherapy (IOERT), in which, some dedicated and high dose per pulse electron accelerators are employe...