Yearly tech leaps loom in coming age of medicine
A reflective column notes January slows after Y2K hype while innovation advances reshape health and science. It cites potential nicotine vaccines and fat blockers, frog organ research, AIDS and cancer studies, and speculative future tech from cloning to cosmetic surgery, ending with a nod to Franklin’s electricity spark idea.
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Daily Telegraph
Charlie Owens
Floyd Mountain
Benjamin Franklin
Bank Engravings at Downtown Bank Linked to Mahood Family
Interior wall engravings at the old Commercial Bank in downtown appear WWI related but may depict varied scenes. Architect and developer Alex Mahood built the bank, with wife drawing initial sketches. his son Alex Mahood Jr. fought in WWII. An anchor motif on the exterior signifies bank stability.
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Kathy
A.S
Stuart McGehee
Eastern Regional Coal Archives
Alex Mahood
McGehee
Mahood
Ingalls Stone Co
Bedford
Indiana
Roanoke Iron Works
Roanoke
Commerce Street
Mabel Mahood
Alex Mahood Jr
Alex Mahood Sr
New Mammotome Biopsy System at BRMC Aids Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Bluefield Regional Medical Center installs the Mammotome Breast Biopsy System to perform minimally invasive, outpatient tissue samplings with a single insertion under dual-angle imaging. The system reduces scarring and speeds pathology, aiding early detection of breast cancer. It has operated since 1995 and is used in over 1,000 U.S. facilities.
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Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Halsey
BRMC
Lalsey
Bluefield
U.S
American Cancer Society
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Kathy Kish
Howe
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Martin Okun
Germany
Aventis Pharma Deutschland Gmbh
Penlac
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
P.O. Box
W.va
Commercial Bank
Regional Medical Center
Lusel
Dar
Renna
Doctors
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