Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common lifethreatening autosomal recessive disease of
Caucasians in the USA, affecting 1/3000 live births [1]. Gene defects on the long arm of …

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is a voluntary, nonprofit, health organization whose mission
is “to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve …

After the addition of 1000 μU of ACTH to isolated adrenal cells, accumulation of cyclic AMP
preceded corticosterone production. This observation supports the thesis that cyclic AMP …

Therapeutics development for cystic fibrosis (CF) involves a coordinated effort among many
groups, including individuals with CF and their caregivers, clinical research teams, and …

… Tqese observations confirm the work of Grahame-Smith et ale (6) and of Beall and Sayers
(7) to the effect that cyclic AMP accumulation is not the limiting step in B production. For zero …

Neonatal screening represents the search for a disorder in a general newborn population.
The purpose of screening may be to improve the health of the affected infant, to provide …

… In samples of the aqueous layer cyclic AMP labeled with 14C was determined by the method
of Kuo and De Renzo (4), as modified for use in isolated adrenal cortex cells by Beall and …

Under the Medicare prospective payment system, which is based on diagnosis-related
groups, patients with certain diseases may be inappropriately classified. To study this problem …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Female, freshwater turtles, which were obtained from Lemberger
or Steinhilber of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, were maintained at 23 C in stainless steel tanks for …

A trypsin technique for the isolation of cells of the rat adrenal, the rat anterior pituitary and
the bovine corpus luteum is described. The isolated cells have been characterized in …