Jacob wolff, historian and biographer of cancer

Jacob " Evolution and Tinkering " ( 1977 ) , by Francois Jacob

In his essay "Evolution and Tinkering," published in Science in 1977, François Jacob argues that a common analogy between the process of evolution [4] by natural selection [5] and the methods of engineering is problematic. Instead, he proposes to describe the process of evolution [4] with the concept of bricolage (tinkering). In this essay, Jacob does not deny the importance of the mechanism of...

Detection of hypoglycemia with the GlucoWatch biographer.

OBJECTIVE Hypoglycemia is a common acute complication of diabetes therapy. The GlucoWatch biographer provides frequent and automatic glucose measurements with an adjustable low-glucose alarm. We have analyzed the performance of the biographer low-glucose alarm relative to hypoglycemia as defined by blood glucose < or = 3.9 mmol/l. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The analysis was based on 1,091 bi...

the study of aaag repeat polymorphism in promoter of errg gene and its association with the risk of breast cancer in isfahan region

چکیده: سرطان پستان دومین عامل مرگ مرتبط با سرطان در خانم ها است. از آنجا که سرطان پستان یک تومور وابسته به هورمون است، می تواند توسط وضعیت هورمون های استروئیدی شامل استروژن و پروژسترون تنظیم شود. استروژن نقش مهمی در توسعه و پیشرفت سرطان پستان ایفا می کند و تاثیر خود را روی بیان ژن های هدف از طریق گیرنده های استروژن اعمال می کند. اما گروه دیگری از گیرنده های هسته ای به نام گیرنده های مرتبط به ا...

Andrew Malcolm of Belfast: Physician and Historian

THIS book is in two parts: a biography of Malcolm (134 pages) and a facsimile reproduction of his History of the Belfast General Hospital and the Principal Medical Institutions of the Town, first published in 1851 (by S. & G. Agnew) but long out of print and now rare. Both are wvelcome; their publication in one well-produced and comparatively inexpensive volume is particularly appropriate. Thos...

The Historian and Archival Finding Aids