As stated in the preface, this book was conceived in the 1990s, when the human genome
project began to advance rapidly and much knowledge of genes and gene function was …

No field of medicine is better able to translate the revolutionary advances in molecular
biology and genetics into the care of patients than the field of molecular nuclear medicine …

To judge by the scientific and clinical presentations at this meeting (Fig. 1), nootherfield of
medicine is as exciting as nuclear medicine. Great advances were announced, not only from …

Medicine has undergone a revolution over the past 5 years which will probably be of greater
significance to the way we heal disease than the discovery of the circulation of the blood by …

Molecular Nuclear Medicine is developing into a new research area to improve the health
and welfare of the public. Within the Department of Energy, the Program in Molecular …

Amazing advances have been made in science to improve medical care in the 21st century
with the development of genomics, as well as pharmaceuticals that have been developed …

The 1991 Annual Meeting of The Society of Nuclear Medicine was held in Cincinnati, Ohio
in June. The following article is derived from a presentation given by Dr, Wagner, professor …

Genetic information on human diseases is being rapidly gathered with improvements in
biotechnology and is being used to stratify patients according to their likely response to a …

Molecular nuclear medicine can image in vivo biochemistry. Studies with receptor-based
radiopharmaceuticals provide windows to the biochemical processes of proteins as they …

The Highlights Lecture is presented annually at the closing session of the SNM Annual
Meeting by Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD. This year's lecture, the 29th in the series, was given …