To date a very large body of knowledge has accumulated on both lung function and morphology. The correlation of human data collected in these separate fields is, for obvious reasons, either difficult or impossible. Although the study of the mechanical…

Corticosterone was the first biologically active hormone to be isolated from adrenal gland extracts (Reichstein, 1937; Mason et al., 1937). It is the major secretory product of the rat adrenal. Its production is greatly increased by ACTH and stimuli provoking…

A review of the literature on the physical and chemical properties of serum lipoproteins is given with a discussion on current knowledge of their biosynthesis and role in fat transport. Lipoprotein metabolism in the rat was studied by use of…

Although muscular dystrophy was first described over 100 years ago, little progress has been made towards the understanding of the basic defects responsible for this affliction. Recent clinical, biochemical, histochemical, and histological studies have added knowledge and increased our understanding…

One of the most significant and least analyzed aspects of the Riddah or "apostasy" which occurred in the last years of Muhammad's life and in the caliphate of Abu Bakr (632-634) is the fact that the most adamant opposition to…