As the third director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington?s Department of Embryology, George Washington Corner [5] made a number of contributions to the life sciences as well as to administration. Corner was born on 12 December 1889 in Baltimore, Maryland, near the newly established Johns Hopkins University [6]. Although Corner was not exposed to science much in school at a young age, he ...

As the third director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington?s Department of Embryology, George Washington Corner [5] made a number of contributions to the life sciences as well as to administration. Corner was born on 12 December 1889 in Baltimore, Maryland, near the newly established Johns Hopkins University [6]. Although Corner was not exposed to science much in school at a young age, he ...

As the third director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington?s Department of Embryology, George Washington Corner [5] made a number of contributions to the life sciences as well as to administration. Corner was born on 12 December 1889 in Baltimore, Maryland, near the newly established Johns Hopkins University [6]. Although Corner was not exposed to science much in school at a young age, he ...

Previous studies have shown that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) can inhibit transcription of its receptor, guanylyl cyclase A, by a mechanism dependent on cGMP and have suggested the presence of a putative cGMP-response element (cGMP-RE) in the Npr1 gene promoter. To localize and characterize the putative cis-acting element, we have subcloned a 1520-bp fragment of the rat Npr1 promoter in an ...

BACKGROUND The Australian government sponsored five local trials aimed at addressing problems in after hours (AH) primary medical care (PMC). The study's objective was to determine if the four trials, where telephone triage was the sole innovation, led to a reduction in AH service utilisation and change in service mix towards AH GP clinics. Changes in utilisation and mix of AH GP clinic and hom...

Background: Routine diagnostic methods of Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) are invasive and can cause exposure to radiation and may increase risk of urinary tract infections. Therefore, introducing reliable, non invasive methods might be more interested in pediatric nephrology. The objective of this perspective case control study was to evaluate the prognostic value of urinary neutrophil-gelatinase ...

Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH, cytochrome P1-450) is highly inducible in several human cells and tissues exposed to specific halogenated and nonhalogenated aromatic chemicals of the "3-methylcholanthrene-type." In laboratory animals AHH induction is known to be regulated by binding of inducers to the Ah receptor, a soluble intracellular protein. However, the induction mechanism in the human...