With this necessarily sketchy discussion of lipid physiology as a background, it is appropriate to consider what the relation of the serum lipids and atherosclerosis might be. Since most lipids travel ...

CIGARETTE smoke has been found to be closely related to the increased incidence of pulmonary cancer. 1 The epic work of Auerbach et al. 2 on the effects of smoking on the tracheobronchial epithelium ...

Physiology, pathology and related sciences majors study the fundamental biological processes at play in molecular, cellular and organ systems. This degree path is ideal for students looking for a deep ...

Last May Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research since its organization 33 years ago, went to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and said in effect: “I want to resign. I am ...

Clinicians rely on laboratory tests to monitor the progression or remission of disease, or to identify pathologic alterations in physiology that may precede clinical events. Monitoring quantitative ...