John Vane

Scientist

1927-03-29

Quotes by John Vane

• Most uses of bioassay involving smooth muscle demand high sensitivity and specificity.

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• At first, I was able to use a Bunsen burner attached to my mother's gas stove, but the use of the kitchen as a laboratory came to an abrupt end when a minor explosion involving hydrogen sulphide spattered the newly painted decor and changed the colour from blue to dirty green!

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• Plainly, when perfusate from an organ or blood from an animal is used for superfusion, substances can reach the assay tissues within a few seconds of generation or release.

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• Ways have to be found to maintain university research untramelled by requirements of forecasting application or usefulness.

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