Eulogy for the Metabolic Clinical Investigator?

Eulogy for the Metabolic Clinical Investigator?

A recent editorial in the Journal of Clinical Investigation by Nathan et al. (1) dwelt on the decision to cease direct National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding of Clinical Research Centers (CRCs). As the authors rightly point out, the lack of extramural support for the CRC infrastructure will doom this valuable resource for human research at academic institutions without the wherewithal to s...

Eulogy for the clinical research center.

The extramural General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) program has been funded for more than 50 years, first by the National Center for Research Resources, NIH, and more recently as part of the Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) program through the newly formed National Center for Advancing Translation Sciences (NCATS). The GCRCs represent the federally funded laboratories that employ ...

Digitalis and William Withering, the clinical investigator.

W ILLIAM WITHERING began to use digitalis for dropsical cases during 1775. The first recorded use of digitalis was on December 8 of that year when he administered a "decoction of fol. digital." to a man about 50 years of age who complained "of an asthma." As a result of the therapy, the patient "made a large quantity of water," " His breath gradually drew easier, his belly subsided, and in abou...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

Eulogy for Kristian Fauchald (1 July 1935 – 4 April 2015).