factors produced by human small cell lung cancer cell lines; these factors include the bombesin-like gastrin-releasing peptide. They also discuss the development of antibodies to these growth factors, leading to clinical trials with antipeptide hormone antibodies in humans. The second half of the volume is concerned with clinical advances and issues in oncology. Steve Rosenberg reports in detai...

Taraxacum officinale has been used in Jordan folk medicine to treat male infertility. A recent study has proved a contradictory effect of the whole plant aqueous extract. The aim of the current study was to determine if the leaves of T. officinale have similar anti-fertility activities, and whether this effect is mediated through the regulation of spermatogonial stem cells (SS...

Current anti-gastric ulcer agents have side effects, despite the progression and expansion of advances in treatment. This study aimed to investigate the gastroprotective mechanisms of Pithecellobium jiringa ethanol extract against ethanol-induced gastric mucosal ulcers in rats. For this purpose, Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into five groups: Group 1 (normal control) rats were orall...

As a luminogram, coronary angiography provides a good overview of the coronary artery tree. Using quantitative coronary measurements, the degree of coronary obstruction can be determined. The limitation of coronary angiography is that it does not provide information on the arterial wall structure and therefore cannot assess the extent of atherosclerosis. Knowledge about adaptive coronary remode...

I HE apearance of a fourth edition of this boolk is evidence of its usefulness to students and practitioners interested in pathology. Its Xvalue lies in the unique collection of coloured plates. These are not intended as a substitute forthe stuLdy of nmicroscopic sections, but should serve only as a guide to them. Ihere is perhaps a tendency to illustrate conditions under too high a imiagnifica...

tion and overt disease, we should study the factors which influence the conversion of the former to the latter. The second new chapter is Chapter 34 on "Chemotherapy of Microbial Diseases" by Dr. Walsh McDermott, who has done extensive work with the tubercle bacillus in recent years. This and the preceding chapter on chemotherapeutic principles are really a division of a single chapter in the p...