: Humankind Emerging . Bernard G. Campbell.

Dr. A. M. G. Campbell

Breaking the sod: humankind, history, and soil.

For most of history, few things have mattered more to human communities than their relations with soil, because soil provided most of their food and nutrients. Accordingly, some of the earliest written documents were agricultural manuals intended to organize, preserve, and impart soil knowledge. Indeed, ancient civilizations often worshipped the soil as the foundry of life itself. For the past ...

Bernard Wood

Photo: Courtesy of Bill Kimbel. The benefit could also apply to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). While the mechanism by which the gene therapy triggers these beneficial effects remains to be elucidated, this unexpected finding suggests that even gene therapy for rare specific gene defects may in some cases have broader applicability. Recent developments have broadened the scope of gene ther...

How can avian viruses affect humankind

Avian viruses can have significant impacts on human health and wellbeing. Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIV) threaten poultry producers with high costs of culling and disposal in the event of an outbreak. Earlier in 2015, a shortage of eggs in the US was caused by HPAIV in commercial layer flocks. In countries with chronic food shortages, HPAIV can have more widespread effects on...

The Campbell Memorial Oration

TIERE is perhaps no literature dealing with specific disease addressed to the patient so voluminous as that on the subject of diabetes. This can probably be explained by the fact that there is no other disease in which the physician has to rely, to the same extent, upon self-treatment by the patient. Yet in spite of the plethora of books, this small volume, written by a certified dietitian, wil...