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Posted
Mon 01 Feb 2010 11:26am
Alert Name: "Imported Dura Mater Regulated Under Section 361 Of The Public Health Service Act (PHS Act)"
Reason for Alert: Human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps), particularly HCT/Ps such as dura mater that are closely associated with the central nervous system, may transmit some human transmissible spongiform
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Posted
Thu 09 Apr 2009 7:13pm
Update: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Associated with Cadaveric Dura Mater Grafts – Japan, 1979-2008 PRESS CONTACT: CDC Division of Media Relations (404) 639-3286
Because... for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Dura mater grafts
The transmission of CJD from patient to patient by cadaveric dura mater grafts was first recognised in 1987
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Posted
Wed 12 Aug 2009 10:55pm
Articles in Press
ABSTRACT
Unique clinicopathological features and PrP profiles in the first autopsied case of dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease... disease (CJD) and to have an inhibiting effect on the pathogenesis of these diseases. We describe the first autopsied case of dura mater graft-associated CJD (dCJD
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Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:36pm
According to the Fuller/Goodman book, the meningeal arachnoid is a relatively recent discovery. Although the dura mater and leptomeninges were described as long ago as 200 BC by Galen, the discovery of an arachnoid portion of the leptomeninges was not made until AD 1664 by Dutch anatomist Fredrik Ruysch.
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Posted
Tue 09 Nov 2010 8:32am
, it’s obviously important that the games they play are age-appropriate. A game that’s perfect for young boys is Cars Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales for Wii! Featuring characters from the popular... each other, earning trophies and cash, and unlocking hidden games. Players can
Travel to Spain to experience Mater’s epic clash in the Bulldozer Arena
Blaze along the midnight
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Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 10:47pm
of the DuraHeart which is now in it’s 3rd generation.
When the heart can’t function and pump the blood, the device kicks in and takes over, it is called a left-ventricular assist device, or LVAD and the first devices came into play in the 80s. BD
DuraHeart Implantable Pump – Beginning Clinical Trials
Three patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia
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Posted
Sun 29 Mar 2009 3:49pm
. LVAS, new term for me, left ventricular Assist System.
The DuraHeart® Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) is one of a new generation of devices designed for long-term... devices.
With its unique design and technology, the DuraHeart LVAS assists the left side of the heart in pumping blood and improving circulation throughout the body. It combines
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Posted
Wed 14 Jan 2009 5:01pm
This case came to me in consultation from an outlying hospital. It was an enhancing, dural-based mass on MRI. The referring pathologist wondered whether it was a supratentorial hemangioblastoma. The ultimate diagnosis, though, was angiomatous meningioma, a World Health Organization (WHO) Grade I tumor. Grade I tumors are generally well circumscrib ...
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Posted
Sun 28 Sep 2008 6:24pm
Holy Eco! My glue prayers have been answered. There is finally an eco-glue equal to the power of SuperGlue, but eco-friendly! I haven’t tried it yet but am excited to go get some and give it a whirl.
The makers of Amazing Goop have launched their “strong, green gluing machine” all Amazing EcoGlue. It’s described as the super-st ...
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