I would like to request something of those who give information and then refer to a published paper for further elaboration. Please provide at least the initial of the first name (preferentially also the initial of the middle name) of the author whose last name you give. Those of us who try to follow up on these leads by searching in Medline for the abstracts are in for a major inconvenience if we don't have an author's initial(s), in particular if we want to attempt the quick and easy method of combining the author's name with the name of the journal. For example, today when I wished to find the abstracts to three papers mentioned by two contributors to Cytometry e-mail, I was required to select 12 authors with the name Goodell, 140 authors with the name Chiu, and 229 authors with the name Nguyen. Obviously, this is a pain in the butt, especially since the labor could have easily been avoided if the contributors had merely been thoughtful enough to provide one or two more letters in the reference they mentioned. Those of us who regularly read the Cytometry e-mail appreciate it when contributors make reference to salient published articles; we would be even more appreciative if the references were made simpler to find on Medline. Kevin G. Waddick, Ph.D. Asst. Professor University of Minnesota Biotherapy Institute 2625 Patton Road Roseville, Minnesota 55113 (612) 627-1920 ext. 131 Office (612) 627-1928 Fax
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