EnChroma Glasses: When Less Is More for the Color Blind
In this issue of The Differential, we have the opportunity to explore two meanings of the term “hacking” as they pertain to the medical…
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Re-Routing a Faulty Pump
Congenital heart disease is a fascinating field that incorporates embryology, physiology, pathology, pediatrics, medicine, and interventions. The healthy human heart develops in utero through…
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Regeneration of Cardiac Muscle Following Heart Attack Using BMCs
Most people are aware of the strong correlation between obesity and heart disease. With obesity becoming an ever-growing problem in the United States, an…
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The da Vinci Surgical System
Fifteen years after its creation, the da Vinci Surgical System is as futuristic, innovative, and revolutionary as ever before. Designed by the United States…
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TMIS | Evolocumab + Dr. Haussler
This month in science…
We learned that evolocumab, a monoclonal antibody inhibiting proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (PCSK9), reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels.
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Heat-Related Illness and Public Health
Arizona has the fortune and misfortune of being a sunny state for a significant part of the year, and the hot season is just…
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SP | 3D Printing Assistive Living Devices
In the United States today, there are an estimated 30 million people living with some type of disability. While some assistive living devices, like…
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Improving pediatric cancer care disparities
In 2007, the 5-year survival rate for children with acute leukemia in Baja California, Mexico was estimated at 10% (vs. 88% in the United States).
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