Sentinel-lymph-node biopsy is associated with increased melanoma-specific survival (i.e., survival until death from melanoma) among patients with node-positive intermediate-thickness melanomas (1.2 to ...

Students at a New Jersey high school can virtually dissect the human body, thanks to the purchase of cutting edge technology that is typically available only to medical students. Cadaver dissection is ...

Anatomy students are to work on a life-size virtual cadaver at the University of Edinburgh. The new 3D device - one of the first of its kind in the UK - will allow students to investigate the human ...

Every Friday afternoon, 60 students cram into three laboratory spaces. Those labs have a distinct smell: ethanol and other chemicals, preserving four human cadavers. More than half of the 60 students ...

For most people, working with dead bodies can be grim work. For medical students at Newman University and the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, however, working with cadavers provides ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The anatomy teacher propped up half a human pelvis on the lab bench and swiveled it to give the seven medical students a different view. The chemically preserved specimen, expertly ...

The six first-year med students approach the table, the place where for the next seven weeks they'll spend so much time, it will seep into their dreams. They brace themselves to meet him. Him, their ...