René Quillivic (1879-1969)

René Leriche (1879-1955): Innovator of vascular surgery.

184 1Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 2Research carried out during 4th year medical student elective, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA Correspondence: Prof Tan Siang Yong, 2226 Liliha Street, Suite B-104, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA. [email protected] Historic accounts of vascular surgery reflect a myriad of beliefs about the vascular system. ...

Professeur René HEN

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) display a delayed onset of antidepressant action of several weeks. Past work demonstrated evidence that the 5-HT4 receptor may be a direct target for treating depression and a new hope for fast acting antidepressant treatment. However, the 5-HT4 hypothesis still needs to be validated in models of anxiety/depression. We decided to investigate wheth...

René Favaloro of Our Society

of Our Society A Revival of Paul Dudley White : An Overview of Present Medical Practice and ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 1999 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online Circulation is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 72514 doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.12.1525 1999, 99:1525-1537 Circulation http://circ.ahajournals.org/co...

René Jules Dubos.

René Dubos: unearthing antibiotics

In 1939, René Dubos discovered gramicidin-the first clinically tested antibiotic agent. This discovery helped revive the stalled interest in penicillin and launched the era of antibiotics.