How to write an abstract.

First sentence --> broad/generic interoduction to the disease

eg. Acute pulmonary in?ammation is still a frightening complication in intensive

care units and has a high mortality
. Speci?c treatment is not available, and many details of the pathomechanism remain
unclear.

then, become more specific on the focus of the paper -->

The recently discovered chemokine receptor CXCR7 and its ligand stromal
cell�derived factor (SDF)-1 are known to be involved in in?ammation

then write the AIM of the paper -->

We chose to investigate the detailed role of CXCR7 in a murine model of LPS
inhalation.

Start intro off broad

tie irs importance to human health
then make it specific to this paper

(introduciton of the abstract above)

then MAYBE summaries figure 1 and 2 in your paper....(just go into the paper in
more detail)

Then try to integrate the IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR METHODS into the abstract (sneak
in a bit of methodology to determine how the results were obtained)

More results

more results

*** CLEAR OUTLINE OF RESULTS

IMPORTANT METHODOLOGY STATED ALONGSIDE DATA
THE IMPORTANT RESULTS HELP FORM THE TITLE

Conclusion of the abstract: HOW THINGS ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER AND

Summarise key findings in a simple and coherant manner

Some also tie in significance in conclusion

TITLE:

INFORMATIVE (includes key finding)

INTERESTING
NOT TOO LONG