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Researchers band peregrine falcon chicks to track progress

UC Davis Health — May 18, 2022

Two peregrine falcon chicks were banded by falcon experts from UC Santa Cruz near their nest on the roof of the UC Davis Medical Center. The metal leg bands provide researchers with valuable data on peregrine survival rates, dispersal distances, and population growth rates.

Small white falcon sitting in cardboard box

UC Davis Health performs first robotic-assisted bronchoscopy procedure

UC Davis Health — May 17, 2022

UC Davis Health physicians have performed the first single anesthesia diagnosis to treatment of lung cancer utilizing a fully robotic approach in the UC Health System. The procedure allows physicians to diagnose and remove lung cancer mass during a single surgery.

Doctors Phan and Godoy wearing green scrubs and mask standing in operating room

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