Reminiscences of Fuller Albright, 1900-1969: gifted clinical endocrinologist of unmatched imaginative creativity
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Fuller Albright's valuable contributions to medicine including the research on hereditary osteodystrophy and the Albright disease have made him an intimidating figure in the medical community. It is unknown to many, but Albright is an open, friendly and unpretentious person who is always willing to lend his ideas and services to those who need it. His unique wit, creativity and engaging personality are also some traits which sets him apart from other physicians. However, his career was cut short when he became saddled with Parkinson's disease at the young age of 36.
Publication Name: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0031-5982
Year: 1995
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Experiment perilous: forty five years as a participant observer of patient-oriented clinical research
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Patient-oriented clinical research involves patients as subjects and aims at improving medical sciences. The challenges facing this type of research include intellectual demise, paucity of new researchers, and complexities involved in obtaining informed voluntary consent. The issue of benefit versus the risks involved is also a major hindrance. The application of dubious scientific methods and cases of scientific misconduct have also caused problems in the past.
Publication Name: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0031-5982
Year: 1996
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MAKING PROGRESS: DOES CLINICAL RESEARCH LEAD TO BREAKTHROUGHS IN BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES?
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Scientific research is need to understand diseases. However, advances are not made simply by conducting research. Clinical observations have repeatedly resulted in scientific breakthroughs in biology that would not have been possible through basic research. One example is the discovery of DNA as the substance that contains genetic information. Another example would be the discovery of unstable DNA sequences as the mechanism of mutation.
Publication Name: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0031-5982
Year: 1998
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