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Trade your scalpel for a joystick — and gain a surgical team member with an incredible set of hands

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Scientists reveal how a living cell holds on to its memories

A quick look at the latest developments From Stanford University Medical Center

Question: Do you believe there are any situations in which physician-assisted suicide — deliberately helping to kill a patient (as opposed to vigorously relieving suffering) — is justified?

A plan to make scientific publications freely available to all

At least that’s how it seemed to the site’s developer

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Suture or shoot?
Alumna Sheri Fink, MD, opens eyes to wartime’s medical quandaries

This distinguished physician’s life of learning included a crash course in medicine