Stanford Scientists have created an assay in which they use heart muscle cells made from stem cells to test the toxicity of commonly used chemotherapy drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors used for the treatment of many types of cancers. These drugs could have severe and sometimes fatal side effects and this assay will help determine their likelihood of causing lasting heart damage in patients before they are administered to the patients.
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Dr. Ayati will be talking about Strategies to Improve your Sleep on Thursday June 15th at 10:30 AM in Campbell Library. CNN has published an article about sexual and physical abuse of the elderly in nursing homes and elderly care facilities across the US: "Sick, Dying and Raped in America's Nursing Homes" "HOW SAFE ARE YOUR ELDERLY LOVED ONES? There’s no way to know about abuse that goes unreported. But you can look up the name of a nursing home in federal inspection data and see whether it has been cited for sexual abuse or other issues in the past three years. Here's how:
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