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Professor Andreas Hirsch will present on using artificial red blood cells to enhance oxygen transport. The presentation will take place on April 3, 2003 at 4:00pm at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. The talk is part of a monthly colloquium series sponsored by the Association for the Eradication of Heart Attacks and the Center for Vulnerable Plaque Research, which was established through a collaboration between the Texas Heart Institute and University of Texas Health Science Center to research vulnerable plaque and patients.
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