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A new 'heart attack on a chip' could serve as a test bed for developing personalized drugs

A new ‘heart attack on a chip’ could serve as a test bed for developing personalized drugs

Researchers from the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California have developed a “heart attack on a chip,” a device that could one day serve as a test bed for developing new heart drugs and even personalized drugs. “Our device replicates some key features of a heart attack in …

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Towson Information Station helicopter pilot J. Christopher 'Chip' Tayag dies

Towson Information Station helicopter pilot J. Christopher ‘Chip’ Tayag dies

J. Christopher “Chip” Tayag, a South Carolina helicopter pilot who grew up in Baltimore County, died Nov. 22 in a helicopter crash along a North Carolina highway. He was 57 years old. Born in Towson, he was the son of Dr. Diadema Simon, an internal medicine physician, and the late Dr. Balbino Z. Tayag Jr., …

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