Abstract
Pharmacologists belong to a special fraternity, one whose members love to study drugs, even though we may have highly individualized viewpoints about what aspect of drug action delights our intellectual curiosities. Still it is this passion to understand everything about a drug that drives our need to uncover the essence of a chemical's effect on living cells and tissues, and ultimately how it exerts its therapeutic benefits. In this sense, pharmacology is a discipline key to the health sciences in that it bridges basic and clinical endeavors, as well as between professional practices.
Footnotes
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Dr. French is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, College of Medicine. He directs the second year medical course, The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. He served for 8 years as Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Pharmacology & Toxicology and is presently the Director of the Graduate Program in Medical Pharmacology.
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Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at http://jpet.aspetjournals.org.
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DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.050237.
- Received October 3, 2003.
- Accepted February 5, 2004.
- The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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