{"id":1218,"date":"2015-05-26T12:25:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T12:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2015-05-26T12:25:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T12:25:44","slug":"prof-zoltan-takats-talks-to-bbc-about-iknife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2015\/05\/26\/prof-zoltan-takats-talks-to-bbc-about-iknife\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Zoltan Takats talks to BBC about iKnife"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2015\/05\/26\/prof-zoltan-takats-talks-to-bbc-about-iknife\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-32849939\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"262\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1219 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2015\/05\/Zoltan.jpg\" alt=\"Zoltan\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/z.takats\">Professor Zoltan Takats<\/a> was on the BBC news last night speaking about the application of the iKnife in surgery. 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