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INVENTIONS: AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER

The Search for a Safer, More Natural Breast Implant

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

What it is: A safer and more natural-feeling breast implant.

The market: About 200,000 women get breast implants each year. It's a $1-billion industry.

The spark: Rodney J. Rohrich, a plastic surgeon and chair of the department of plastic surgery...

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