Synopses & Reviews
This volume is a transcription of Grand Rounds lectures 1998, conducted by the leading researchers and clinicians in biomedicine. This book contains chapters from stellar representatives of all the major fields of current medical research who give their best sense of how their work and the work of their colleagues will affect both current and future treatment of disease as we enter the 21st century.
Table of Contents
Part I: Molecular Biology and Clinical Advances in the Genetics and Treatment of Aging, Osteoporosis and Alzheimer's Disease. Aging: Genes and Molecular Mechanisms; C.B. Harley. Advances in Preventive Medicine: Nutrition and Immune Function in the Elderly; S.N. Meydani. Advances in the Role of the Extracellular Matrix in development and Disease; H.K. Kleinman. New Concepts in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Osteoporosis; W.B. Ershler. Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease; L.J. Thal. Senility - The Epidemic of the 20th Century; R.N. Butler. Part II: Pathophysiology and Clinical Advances in Infectious Diseases, Septic Shock and AIDS. Influenza: Advances in Knowledge of Impact and Approaches to Control; R.B. Couch. Recent Advances in the Treatment of Hepatitis C; K. Sherman. Recent Advances in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Septic Shock; G. Simon. Chemokines in the Treatment of AIDS; R.C. Gallo, E. Tramont. Advances in the Understanding and Treatment of Pediatric AIDS; A. Rubenstein. A Pathologist Looks at AIDS; J.M. Orenstein, et al. Part III: Antioxidants and Advances in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease. The Rule of Nutritional and Pharmacological Antioxidants in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease; W.B. Weglicki. Advances in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction; A.G. Wasserman. Part IV: Molecular Biology of the Brain and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Nicotine Receptors in the Brain: Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases; V.A. Chiappinelli. Advances in Guillian-Barré Syndrome and Immune Neuropathies; A.H. Ropper, et al. Part V: Pathogenesis and Treatment of Crohn's Disease, Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Inflammatory Diseases of the Bowels and Lungs, and Pulmonary Diseases. Pathogenic Mechanisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease; C. Fiocchi. The Pathogenesis and Treatment of Asthma as an Inflammatory Disease; P.J. Barnes. Pathogenesis and Advances in the Treatment of Mucus Clearance Disorders; B.K. Rubin. Part VI: Advances in Bone Marrow Transplantation and Vaccines for the Treatment of Cancer and Infectious Diseases. New Strategies in the Use of Bone Marrow (or Hematopoietic Stem Cell) Transplantation to Treat Cancers of the Blood; A. Fefer. Gene Based Vaccines; M.A. Liu. 200 Years After Jenner: The Search for a Cancer Vaccine; W.W. Overwijk, et al. Cancer Vaccines Come of Age; M.S. Mitchell. Part VII: Advances in Surgery. Endoscopy &endash; Advances in Surgical Treatments; J.M. Sackier. Advances in the Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms; L.N. Sekhar, A. Chanda. Part VIII: The Important Role of the Orphan Drug Program in Medicine. Years of the Orphan Drug Act: What Lies Ahead? M. Haffner.