The Comeback Kid: BCG

The Comeback Kid?

Balloon angioplasty revolutionized coronary revascularization; however, elastic recoil and restenosis caused by cellular proliferation are major drawbacks of angioplasty. Intracoronary stenting, which could tackle dissections and eliminate elastic recoil, became the next mode of intervention but was limited by stent thrombosis and increased neointimal hyperplasia, leading to in-stent restenosis...

The comeback kid: TYSABRI now FDA approved for Crohn disease.

The Journal of Clinical Investigation http://www.jci.org Volume 118 Number 3 March 2008 825 The comeback kid: TYSABRI now FDA approved for Crohn disease The US FDA recently approved the monoclonal antibody TYSABRI (natalizumab) for use in the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active Crohn disease (CD) who do not respond to, or do not tolerate, conventional therapies for CD and inh...

Contemporary Reviews in Interventional Cardiology Drug-Eluting Balloon The Comeback Kid?

Balloon angioplasty revolutionized coronary revascularization; however, elastic recoil and restenosis caused by cellular proliferation are major drawbacks of angioplasty. Intracoronary stenting, which could tackle dissections and eliminate elastic recoil, became the next mode of intervention but was limited by stent thrombosis and increased neointimal hyperplasia, leading to in-stent restenosis...

Comeback victory.

Whale comeback

Last month I came across a folder of papers I had written at the age of 16 for my high school English class. This occasion, in some ways like Proust’s madeleine, triggered recollections of how I, as a 16 year-old, framed the thoughts I had about what I wanted to do with my life. One of those early papers was about Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken. I remember not terribly liking the poem. But the...