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Science 5 July 1963:
Vol. 141. no. 3575, pp. 46 - 47
DOI: 10.1126/science.141.3575.46
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Ruby Laser as a Microsurgical Instrument

Norman M. Saks 1 and Charles A. Roth 2

1 Biology Department, New York University, Washington Square, New York
2 Trg, Inc., Syosset, New York

Morphological changes at the cell level have been produced experimentally by a pulsed ruby laser (optical maser). A pulse duration of approximately 500 microseconds caused discrete damage to structures in the cell without irreversible damage to the surrounding area.


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