Claude Bernard and Judah Folkman: Nothing Makes Sense in Medicine Except in the Light of Biology Gerald Weissmann, Editor-in-Chief Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. Theodosius Dobzhansky 1973 (1) For a man of science there is no separate science of medicine or physiology, there is only a science of life. Claude Bernard 1865 (2) By viewing the process of angiogenesis as an ’organizing principle’ in biology, intriguing insights into the molecular mechanisms of seemingly unrelated phenomena might be gained ... Judah Folkman 2007 (3) <h3>MEDICINE DOES NOT END IN HOSPITALS...</h3> When Judah Folkman died earlier this year, a generation may have passed. His was the last cohort of chief resident physicians and surgeons to make sense of medicine in the light of experimental biology. Products of the post-WWII era, when hands-on bench work was the rule in medical schools, Folkman’s generation was given further training in labs run by the Army, Navy, or the NIH. They returned to universities where scientific curiosity and laboratory experience—perhaps even discovery—were expected. It may well have been "the greatest generation" of medicine; its members presided over an era when students flocked from every corner of the globe
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