That's an issue with implications both ethical and scientific, says anthropologist and bioethicist Sandra Soo-Jin Lee. She heads up CUIMC's new Division of Ethics
Angela Christiano, a professor of dermatology at Columbia University, has used 3-D printing to create a mold that holds the follicle and dermal papillae in place as they differentiate into hair.
After an IUI, you can do nearly everything you used to do with two exceptions, said Dr. Paula C. Brady, M.D., a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist at CUIMC.
Dr. Craig Smith commented that a patient with the type of complications described in the expert reviews would not typically be brought to a catheterization lab for treatment.
“This study shows that the young adult stage is a window of opportunity for early prevention,” said the lead author, Yiyi Zhang, a research scientist at Columbia University.
“There’s no question that this is an extremely important study,” says Evelyn Attia, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, who was not involved in the work.
Editor’s Note: Siddhartha Mukherjee is an associate professor of medicine whose first book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, won a Pulitzer Prize.
