David Korn (emeritus) recalls creating a new pathology department at Stanford Medical School in this year's memoir article. Recent developments and current status of various aspects in the field are reviewed by another 17 articles. Among them are the cell biology of phagocytosis, mechanism of function and disease of natural and replacement heart valves, the pathology of demyelinating diseases, the pathogenesis of mixed-lineage leukemia, tuberculosis pathogenesis and immunity, and the pathogenesis of plexiform neurofibroma. The indexes cover volumes one through seven. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)