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[Shantanu Kumar]

Dear All,

Surgeons are taught from textbooks which conveniently color-code the types of tissues, but that's not what it looks like in real life -- until now. Quyen Nguyen demonstrates how a molecular marker can make tumors light up in neon green, showing surgeons exactly where to cut.

http://www.ted.com/t...ed_surgery.html

An exceptional display of visual markers and its application in surgery. A must watch for all.

Regards,

Shantanu Kumar

[himadri.sarkar2006]

Shantanu, thanks for sharing this insightful video. It is amazing to see how the magic of fluorescence can make surgery so much effective and efficient. I also liked what Quyen Nguyen had to say about success of any innovation; "Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race. It requires one team for the breakthrough and another team to get the breakthrough accepted and adopted."