Future Prospects of 20 Years Ago

Emerging Infections Program—20 Years of Achievements and Future Prospects

health for centuries. The Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health believes that this threat will continue and may even intensify in coming years” (1). Thus begins the Institute of Medicine’s 1992 Report on Emerging Infections. The Institute of Medicine indicated that “emergence may be due to the introduction of a new agent, to the recognition of an existing dis...

Editorial Report of fifteen years contributions to radiological sciences: Future directions and prospects

At the close of the 20th century, fundamental discoveries changed broadly the worlds of physics, biology and medicine. The rapid advancements achieved during recent years, mainly due to revolutionary methodological improvements, have led to an unparalleled explosion of information; often appear to overshadow the earlier works. However as more basic discoveries are made these separate scientific...

Is GPR30 the membrane aldosterone receptor postulated 20 years ago?

Letters to the Editor will be published, if suitable, as space permits. They should not exceed 1000 words (typed double-spaced) in length and may be subject to editing or abridgment. Gros et al 1 describe the involvement of GPR30 in rapid actions of aldosterone. The hypothesis that a structure other than the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) may mediate rapid actions of aldosterone was postulated...

Current Oncology: it all started 20 years ago ...

40 Years Ago

always voice his unhappy or distressing thoughts, and it is often most difficult to recognise the way he is tending, or having recognised it to induce him to seek the help and advice that would save him. And even when his condition has been realised and the man himself persuaded to have treatment, the difficulties in the ^ay of obtaining it for him are often insuperable. Outside of London and a...