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A laser focus on melanoma

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By Alan Gibbons Verified
| University of California
Now an associate professor of dermatology and biomedical engineering, Balu and her team have developed a device that uses a low-power infrared laser to scan beneath the skin surface at a cellular level. The goal is to better detect early signs of melanoma – without biopsy – and to monitor the effectiveness of skin treatments. Balu has received several National Institutes of Health grants as well as funding from the Department of Defense: “They have soldiers in the field exposed to sun,” she notes.
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A laser focus on melanoma

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By Alan Gibbons Verified
| news.uci.edu
When Mihaela Balu was interviewing for a postdoctoral position nearly two decades ago, she would describe the kind of training she was looking for, and nearly everyone she talked to nationwide said, “You should go to Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic.” Fortunately for UC Irvine, she did. Now an associate professor of dermatology and biomedical engineering, Balu and her team have developed a device that uses a low-power infrared laser to scan beneath the skin surface at a cellular level.
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Music as medicine

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By Alan Gibbons Verified
| University of California
“People keep telling me to focus on something,” he lamented to his grandmother at one point. She advised him to keep doing what he loves, searching for ways to make an impact, and the dots would connect. Young’s recent research showing a link between listening to jazz and a reduction of chronic pain has proved his grandmother correct.
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