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  • Autumn 2013 - Issue Number 92
  • News and Views

Policy Corner
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Winning a Rob Clarke Abstract Award
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Physiology meets the public at IUPS
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Annual General Meeting 2013
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Editorial
  • Features

Statins and implications for fetal brain sparing during hypoxia

Our time in the womb is not straightforward. As a growing fetus, our dividing cells require appropriate amounts of nutrients and oxygen. Limitations in this supply may lead to rapid deterioration in fetal wellbeing, which can be fatal or trigger serious, long-lasting consequences. Do statins help or harm the hypoxic fetus?
  • Features

Bone loss in microgravity

That bone is lost in space is now commonly known, but this recognition was quite a surprise when human spaceflight began. What is less well known, but no less true, is that the loss concentrates on the leg bones. Is it caused by fluid shifts, simple mechanics or space food?
  • Membership

Obituary: Bob Edwards

1925 – 2013
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Obituary: Joseph Davison

1942 – 2013
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Book review

The Sodium Theory Revisited (or 45 years as a full time CNRS neurophysiologist) By Yves Pichon
  • Membership

Member profile

A Post Doctorate from Eli Lilly compares their work in industry to that in academia
  • Membership

Honorary Members

The Society awards Honorary Membership to individuals who are held to have ‘contributed to the advancement of physiology or to the work of The Society’. This year, we are pleased to elect these six new Honorary Members.
  • Events

Meeting Notes: International Early-Career Symposium (IECS)
  • Events

Meeting Notes: IUPS and ADInstruments Teaching Workshop
  • Events

Impressions of IUPS 2013
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The road to IUPS
  • News and Views

The Society’s Education and Teaching (ET) Theme: What is it and what does it do?
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Women in Science at IUPS 2013
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Membership Survey 2013
  • Features

Q&A: Placements in industry

Industry and academia can seem like two different worlds. Coming from academic study, how can an early-career physiologist know whether the commercial concerns of industry will constrain their curiosity, or the fantastic funds and facilities feel like freedom? PN talks to two students of physiology – at different stages in their studies – who have sought first-hand experience of both environments.

Across the great divide

Academicians and industrial scientists often regard each other with suspicion. But with some understanding, physiologists can move between the two spheres, according to PN Editor Mike Collis, whose own career has bridged the divide.
  • Features

Collaborations in industry

Collaborations between industry and academia in the context of declining productivity in drug discovery
  • Features

How the pharmaceutical industry is changing

The pharmaceutical industry is changing its approach to discovering new drugs. Blockbuster, personalized medicine, or none of the above?
  • Features

How drugs are discovered and developed

The risks and the stakes are high in developing novel pharmaceuticals. The demands of scientific rigour, safety and regulation all add up to a decade-long commitment with no guarantee that it will pay off for patients or investors. What is the route from research discovery to market and what obstacles do candidate drugs come up against?
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