Symposium on Biomedical Applications of Basic Research Held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on 15 August 1988

摘要

A symposium entitled 'Biomedical Applications of Basic Research' was held at the Marine Biological Laboratory on August 15th, 1988. The symposium, directed at the lay public, consisted of 7 scientific presentations, each followed by a discussion period. Areas of science in which marine biology was shown to have made contributions to an increased understanding of the pathophysiology of human diseases included reproductive physiology, vision, inflammatory diseases, infectious disease, blood coagulation, and nutrition. Examples of the value of marine biological research for current major problems in the United States were provided by presentations that dealt with Lyme Disease and the AIDS syndrome. A test for bacterial endotoxin, developed at the Marine Biological Laboratory, is now used throughout the United States for the detection of this potentially dangerous bacterial product in intravenous solutions and medicines. Keywords: Marine biology; Biomedical applications of basic research; Marine biological laboratory; Symposia. (kt)