After I started working at Renderspace, I had more time to do other projects, because the schedule was not as hectic as Parsek’s. My web programmer friend Ivan, who I’d worked with closely at Parsek for quite some time, asked me if I’d be interested in creating electronic forms for the Cliniporator database.

The Cliniporator is an electroporation device used for research in effective DNA transfer in gene therapy. When cells are exposed to electrical fields of sufficient intensity, their membranes become more permeable, allowing large molecules such as some drugs or nucleic acids to enter the cell.

The electronic forms that I created enabled visually adding points where the patient’s tumors are located and entering attributes and details about the therapy for each one. The information is then stored in a database and can be retrieved and analyzed statistically or otherwise.

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