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n the fall of 2007, my new laboratory at Columbia was producing a wealth of interesting data. I resolved to cut down on travel, accept no invitations to write reviews, and to focus on getting these new data published. I briefly stuck to my guns, and was feeling quite noble about it, when Keith Lindor struck. In a letter informing me that I was a highly respected and internationally recognized authority in a field of liver disease, with a unique perspective, multiple contributions, and broad recognition, he invited me to submit an article to a series in HEPATOLOGY to be entitled "The Master's Perspective", providing my personal take "on an aspect of the field of liver disease and pathobiology that is near and dear to [my] heart, and which would help others understand how a true leader in the field approaches a problem". Well, flattery-especially of that magnitude-will get you almost anywhere. My resolve rapidly melted, and I began to work on the solicited article. Query: Of what field was I such a master? While my work for 25 years had been on fatty acids, I felt I was still mainly regarded as a bilirubin maven. But the fatty acid work was more current and, in my view, more importan

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Author

Paul D. Berk

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)