Design and serendipity in the path to prostaglandins.
Leon Wolfe was a brilliant scientist who was gifted with curiosity and drive. This personal account touches on salient events in a rewarding collaboration and lifelong friendship, starting from the original identification of prostaglandin as a natural neurohumoral agent and progressing with the unpredictable developments of this research beyond the brain. Design and serendipity are the leitmotifs in an exciting story unfolding over the years.
Coceani
Flavio
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Scuola Superiore S. Anna and Institute of Clinical Physiology CNR, 56127 Pisa, Italy. coceani@sssup.it
D000818:Animals; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology*
D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D011453:Prostaglandins