Advances in Pharmacology

Ferid Murad was born in Whiting, Indiana. Working concurrently on an M.D. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology, Dr. Murad graduated with both degrees from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1965. His many honors include the Alfred S. Maschke Award for Clinical Excellence from Case Western Reserve University in 1965. He has held several distinguished positions, including Acting Chairman in the Department of Medicine and Acting Division Chief, Division of Respiratory Medicine at Stanford University. He currently is CEO and President of Molecular Geriatrics Corporation in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Dr. Murad is married and has five children. Joseph T. Coyle, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA

V.L. Woodburn and G.N. Woodruff, Neuroprotective Actions of Excitatory Amino Acid Receptor Antagonists.
J. DeVeaugh-Geiss, Pharmacologic Therapy of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
N. Hoiby, B. Giwercman, E.T. Jensen, S.S. Pedersen, C. Koch, and A. Kharazmi, Mechanism of Action of Antibiotics in Chronic Pulmonary Pseudomonas Infection.
J.F. Reinhard, Jr., J.B. Erickson, and E.M. Flanagan, Quinolinic Acid in Neurological Disease: Opportunities for Novel Drug Discovery.
A. Agarwal, G. Westberg, and L. Raij, Pharmacologic Management of Shock-Induced Renal Dysfunction.
P. Beaune, D. Pessayre, P. Dansette, D. Mansuy, and M. Manns, Autoantibodies against Cytochromes P450: Role in Human Diseases.
B. Dropulic, S.M. Smith, and K.-T. Jeang, Activation and Inactivation of Gene Expression Using RNA Sequences.
I.J. Fidler, Therapy of Cancer Metastasis by Systemic Activation of Macrophages.
F. Saudou and R. Hen, 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptor Subtypes: Molecular and Functional Diversity.
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