In Memory Virginia N. Gordon December 13, 1927 to November 21, 2017

Announcement: U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week — November 13–19, 2017

U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week is an annual observance to raise awareness about antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic prescribing and use. This year’s observance coincides with the release of CDC’s updated educational initiative “Be Antibiotics Aware: Smart Use, Best Care,” and aims to engage health care professionals, advocacy groups, for-profit companies, state an...

Obituary: Tokindo S. Okada (1927-2017).

Hisato Kondoh and Harukazu Nakamura look back at the life and career of their mentor Tokindo S. Okada, a pioneer of Japanese developmental biology.

Wind in November, Q Fever in December

Q fever, a worldwide zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii, can be transmitted from animal reservoirs to humans by the inhalation of infected aerosols. We investigated the epidemiology of Q fever in the Bouches-du-Rhone district of southern France, particularly the role of wind and rainfall in C. burnetii transmission. During the winter of 1998 to 1999, an unexpected number of cases were diagnos...

ALUNG November 21/5

Winter, Michael C., Anant M. Kamath, Dana R. Ries, Sandra S. Shasby, Yih-Tai Chen, and D. Michael Shasby. Histamine alters cadherin-mediated sites of endothelial adhesion. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 21): L988–L995, 1999.—We tested the hypothesis that histamine alters the focal apposition of endothelial cells by acting on sites of cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion. Focal ap...

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