Learning Upon the Shoulders of Giants

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On the shoulders of giants...

On the Shoulders of Giants.

These are not the words of a faint hearted poet but of a person that the field of medicine perhaps deems itself indebted to. They were written by Ibn e Sina in his medical poem in a time when medical practices in Europe were speckled with gruesome and agonizing treatments as they were considered at the time. In his words he reflects upon the management of the psychological distress an ailing pe...

On the Shoulders of Giants

molecular lesions. In his account of the description of Bruton's agammaglobulinemia and DiGeorge syndrome, Dr Clark provides a counterbalance in the clear clinical and scientific thinking which led to their description. The book is not all history however, and we are brought immediately up-to-date with the progress in gene therapy for ADA-SCID and the therapeutic prospects for the future. The c...

On the shoulders of giants.

Although this metaphor has been used (and sometimes abused) over the years, it certainly seems entirely appropriate at this particular time and place as I take over the role of Editor-in-Chief (EIC) from Amira Klip, PhD, who for the past three years has provided outstanding editorial guidance to the American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism (AJPEndo). This issue marks the offi...