At first, I was able to use a Bunsen burner attached to my mother's gas stove, but the use of the kitchen as a laboratory came to an abrupt end when a minor explosion involving hydrogen sulphide spattered the newly… — John Vane Copy Share Image
Plainly, when perfusate from an organ or blood from an animal is used for superfusion, substances can reach the assay tissues within a few… — John Vane Copy Share Image
The medicines of today are based upon thousands of years of knowledge accumulated from folklore, serendipity and scientific discovery. The new medicines of tomorrow… — John Vane Copy Share Image
Fundamental discoveries can and should be made in industry or academies, but to carry that knowledge forward and to develop a new drug to… — John Vane Copy Share Image
At the age of 12, my parents gave me a chemistry set for Christmas, and experimentation soon became a consuming passion in my life. — John Vane Copy Share Image
Mammalian cells of all types disgorge prostaglandins at the slightest provocation, but the tissue content of prostaglandins is very low compared with the release. — John Vane Copy Share Image
We lived in a suburb of Birmingham where I attended the local state school from the age of five. I then went on to… — John Vane Copy Share Image
At first, I was able to use a Bunsen burner attached to my mother's gas stove, but the use of the kitchen as a… — John Vane Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that the major discoveries have already been made and that there is nothing important left to find. This attitude is… — John Vane Copy Share Image
Physiology has spawned many biological sciences, amongst them my own field of pharmacology. — John Vane Copy Share Image
Most uses of bioassay involving smooth muscle demand high sensitivity and specificity. — John Vane Copy Share Image
After qualifying for a B.Sc. in pharmacology, I spent a few months in Sheffield University as a research worker in the pharmacology department but… — John Vane Copy Share Image
Ways have to be found to maintain university research untramelled by requirements of forecasting application or usefulness. — John Vane Copy Share Image
