April 2000

Tip Sheets, mailed nationally as the "News and Ideas" guide to research developments in science, technology, management, architecture, and humanities and social sciences at Rensselaer. For details or photos, contact Marketing & Media Relations, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, (518) 276-6532, or e-mail Ellen Katzman, katzme@rpi.edu .

CONTENTS

HEALTH

EYE SURGERY:
Improving Laser Eye Surgery

SLEEP APNEA:
For A Safer Sleep

WOUND-CARE RESEARCH:
Improving Wound Care

GENETIC DECODING:
Monopolizing Genetic Data

GENE PATTERNS:
High-Tech Molecular Biology