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This 3-D, computer-generated image shows two red spots representing brain tumors. A team of JPL engineers and neurosurgeons hope their infrared cameras will isolate such tumors from surrounding brain tissue and streamline surgical procedures Credit: NASA/JPL. Click to enlarge.


The Plasmer technology used by AirInSpace's Immunair is cleaning the air of micro-organisms in the intensive care unit of the Calmette hospital in Lille, France. Credit: AirInSpace. Click to enlarge. .


Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition 6 flight engineer, is pictured near the Potok 150MK air decontamination equipment in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The Potok 150MK uses the Plasmer technology to eliminate air-borne micro-organisms. Credit: NASA/JPL. Click to enlarge. .


AirInSpace's system Immunair uses five Plasmer reactors to provide a clean-air 'tent', free of infective germs around a patient's bed. Credit: AirInSpace. Click to enlarge. .

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By Tariq Malik
Staff Writer
posted: 21 July 2004
07:00 am ET


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