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Laser Dissection Aids Pathologists, Patients

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Susan M. Reiss

WASHINGTON -- Researchers battling cancer and other debilitating diseases will soon have a new weapon in their arsenal. A technique developed at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will enable pathologists to assess the molecular behavior of just two to three cells -- information that can aid physicians in determining how best to treat individual patients.Called laser capture microdissection, the technique holds two major advantages over current tissue-extraction methods. First, it eliminates the tedious, manual process of removing specimens from pathology slides and depositing them in...Read full article

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