Memorial for Eugene T. Gendlin

Eugene Garfield

Thisessaydiscusseslupus, an imnnme-systemdysfunctionthat affects may, especiallyyoung women, but is recognized by all too few. Its multiple manifestations have been baffling to researchers for over 100years; only rexently have the tools of molecular biology and immunogenetics reveafed substantial new information on its mechanism of autoimmunity. Still, the ukimate trigger for lupus remains a my...

Current Comments ” I EUGENE

Anyone growing up in a city, especially in tenements, has encountered cockroaches. From childhood I remember my mother clobbering them with a shoe or a newspaper. Looking back, I marvel at how mothers in slums managed to keep apartments free of them. Even in modem high rises, these inseets are indefatigable--often outwitting regulas extermination squads. However, what I encountered as a child w...

Current Comments ” EUGENE

Mew-analyses and their proper place in medical literature are explained along with how they differ fromtraditional literature reviews. Both the qualitative and quantitative amccts of meta-analvsis are consid-ered in relation to studying the results of clinical tri This issue [1 February 1991] includes ameta-analysis of the use of steroids in treat-ing chronic obstructive pulmona...

The Eugene Rasmusson Symposium

Memorial of Joseph Murray

It has not been too long since we realized that Joseph Murray (1919-2012) has passed away while we heard this sad news 2 weeks ago. We never forget his memories and trip for the first time on 14th November 1974to Iran. He returned to our country one more time later to share his experiences with the country specialists. It is a great sorrow that he did not see our progress in plastic and reconst...