Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: Evolution is a "hot" topic in Kansas this year and there is no better place to see the impact of evolutionary pressures on organ development than in the kidneys.It seems appropriate, therefore, to consider kidney evolution in a related context, i.e. the emergence of a comprehensive program in renal research and patient care at the University of Kansas Medical Center.In the beginning.In 1952, Paul R. Schloerb, M.D. became the first investigator to initiate studies on body fluid and electrolyte metabolism at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC).His coming was the equivalent of the birth of the first living organisms in the ancient seas.Prior to this there was no identifiable renal research program at the University of Kansas although two unwitting contributions to the body of knowledge were made in the first half of the 20 th century.
Author: Jared J. Grantham
Institution: University of Kansas
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2915318510