Hospital's virtual knife in a helmet marks the dawn of bloodless surgery
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The GB 2.5mn Gamma Knife is a new machine which can be used to treat brain tumours and repair abnormal arteries without the need for invasive surgery. The device focuses a beam of intense radiation at the precise spot inside the skull where the cancerous tissue needs to be destroyed. The dead cells are then removed by the bodies natural processes. The success of the new device is its ability to target precisely 200 separate rays of weak radiation to a single point where they are strong enough to destroy tissue. It has been used to treat liver cancer, spinal tumours and pancreatic cancer although the target organ must be held rigid to work. The radiosurgery technique is suitable for secondary brain cancers that have spread from elsewhere in the body and are well defined. Primary cancers which throw off malignant cells cannot be mopped up by this technique.
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UK: The GBP2.5 mil Gamma Knife is new machine which can be used to treat brain tumours & repair abnormal arteries
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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UK: YAVA TO OFFER TABLOID NEWS TO PUBS
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Yava, a new dot.com company is planning to offer a tabloid style news service in pubs, allowing customers to access a wide variety of subjects including dining out, sport and shopping. The new internet kiosks have already been tested in a number of Punch pubs, and the intention is to expand the service to Punch's 4,500 pubs nationwide. The company is also discussing the idea with both Bass and Whitbread. Yava hopes to generate revenue through the advertising of services, e.g. taxi firms. It is currently looking to raise GB[pound] 25mn, and rumour suggests that Carphone Warehouse could be interested in acquiring an interest. Yava's chairman is David Montgomery, former chairman of the Mirror Group.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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