603 books (31 pages) in this category
Brain Neurotrauma: Molecular, Neuropsychological, and Rehabilitation Aspects
by Kobeissy, Firas H.
<P>Every year, an estimated 1.7 million Americans sustain brain injury. Long-term disabilities impact nearly half of moderate brain injury survivors and nearly 50,000 of these cases result in death.</P> <P>Over the last decade, the field of ...
ISBN: 9781466565999
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eBookby Alexander Pfeifer, Martin Klingenspor & Stephan Herzig
<p>The main focus of this book is on brown adipose tissue and its metabolic function. The book provides a timely update on the latest research and shows where the field is heading. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates energy and has received ...
ISBN: 9783030105136
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eBookby Ying Xu, Juan Cui & David Puett
<p>This book provides a framework for computational researchers studying the basics of cancer through comparative analyses of omic data. It discusses how key cancer pathways can be analyzed and discovered to derive new insights into the disease ...
ISBN: 9781493913817
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eBookby P. Gopinath, S. Uday Kumar, Ishita Matai & others
<p>This Brief provides a clear insight of the recent advances in the field of cancer theranostics with special emphasis upon nano scale carrier molecules (polymeric, protein and lipid based) and imaging agents (organic and inorganic).</p> ...
ISBN: 9789812874351
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eBookCancer Stem Cells: Emerging Concepts and Future Perspectives in Translational Oncology
by Sadegh Babashah
<p>The concept of cancer stem cells has great clinical implications. This is due to the fact that small subpopulations of these cells have been identified in a variety of neoplastic conditions ranging from solid tumors to liquid malignancies. ...
ISBN: 9783319210308
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eBookCandida albicans: Cellular and Molecular Biology
by Rajendra Prasad
<p>This book on Candida albicans and similar pathogens provides a timely overview of the groundbreaking discoveries made in the areas of drug resistance, host–pathogen interactions, virulence, host immune system modulation, etc., in the last two
ISBN: 9783319504094
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eBookCardiovascular and Metabolic Disease
Scientific Discoveries and New Therapies
by Joseph Cornicelli, Rhian M Touyz, Theodore Kotchen & others
<p>Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases remain the number one cause of death in developed countries and their prevalence is increasing rapidly in developing nations. This book brings together the recent information on these disorders and the ...
ISBN: 9781782625247
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eBookPrinciples and Techniques
by Mingxi Wan, Yi Feng & Gail ter Haar
<p>This book offers a systematic introduction to the engineering principles and techniques of cavitation in biomedicine on the basis of its physics and mechanism. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it covers areas of interest ranging from ...
ISBN: 9789401772556
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eBookCell & Molecular Biology of Prostate Cancer
Updates, Insights and New Frontiers
by Heide Schatten
<p>This volume covers classic and modern cell and molecular biology of prostate cancer, as well as novel biomarkers, inflammation, centrosome pathologies, microRNAs, cancer initiation novel biomarkers, inflammation, centrosome pathologies, ...
ISBN: 9783319956930
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eBookby Bradley R. Ringeisen, Barry J. Spargo & Peter K. Wu
<p>Cell and organ printing has become a hot topic of scientific pursuit. Since several early publications between 2000-2003 that demonstrated proof-of-concept, cell and organ printing has blossomed into a rich area for scientific exploration ...
ISBN: 9789048191451
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eBookCell Fusion in Health and Disease
I: Cell Fusion in Health
by Thomas Dittmar & Kurt S. Zänker
<p>Although cell fusion is an omnipresent process in life, to date considerably less is still known about the mechanisms and the molecules being involved in this biological phenomenon in higher organisms. In Cell Fusion in Health and Disease Vol
ISBN: 9789400707634
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eBookFrom Structure to Function
by Carlos M. Farinha
<p>This Brief is devoted to the CFTR protein and cystic fibrosis, and it provides an updated perspective of the genetic, functional and cellular processes involved in this conformational disorder. Starting with a historical perspective on cystic
ISBN: 9783319654942
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eBookPsychedelic Sacraments and the New Psychotherapy
by Don Lattin
<p><em>Changing Our Minds</em> is an experiential tour through a social, spiritual and scientific revolution that is redefining our culture’s often-confusing relationship with psychoactive substances.</p> <p>Veteran journalist Don Lattin ...
ISBN: 9780907791676
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eBookChanging Things — Moving People
Strategies for Promoting Sustainable Development at the Local Level
by Ruth Kaufmann-Hayoz & Heinz Gutscher
<p>This book results from a pioneering effort to organize a productive interdisciplinary research program on sustainable development policy in a small country not previously recognized as a world leader in environmental social science. The ...
ISBN: 9783034883146
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eBookChemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair
by Clarence R. Robbins
<p>Human hair is the subject of a wide range of scientific investigations. Its chemical and physical properties are of importance to the cosmetics industry, forensic scientists, and to biomedical researchers. This updated and enlarged fourth ...
ISBN: 9780387216959
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eBookChemistry and Biological Actions of 4-Nitroquinoline 1-Oxide
by H. Endo, T. Ono & T. Sugimura
<p>During the last decade a considerable body of knowledge has come into existence concerning a class of carcinogenic molecules chiefly represented by 4-nitroquinoline i-oxide. Original papers on this subject are numerous and widely scattered ...
ISBN: 9783642492815
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eBookChild Protection and Disability: Methodological and practical challenges for research
by Deborah Fry, Patricia Lannen & Jennifer Vanderminden
<p>What are the child protection concerns for children with disabilities? What are their views about the child protection system? How can we measure if we have made a difference in ending violence against children? These questions and others are
ISBN: 9781780465753
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eBookCholesterol Transporters of the START Domain Protein Family in Health and Disease
START Proteins - Structure and Function
by Barbara J. Clark & Douglas M. Stocco
<p>Non-vesicular intracellular cholesterol transport is an important mechanism for maintaining membrane cholesterol homeostasis. Recent reports of studies directed at soluble cholesterol transport proteins indicate that aberrant expression of ...
ISBN: 9781493911127
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eBookChromogranins: from Cell Biology to Physiology and Biomedicine
by Maria Carmela Cerra, Tommaso Angelone & Bruno Tota
<p>The volume is designed to provide an integrated overview of the results from the last fifteen years of research on Chromogranins in relation to cell biology, physiology and biomedicine. The different chapters highlight novel activities of ...
ISBN: 9783319583389
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eBookChromosomal Translocations and Genome Rearrangements in Cancer
by Janet D. Rowley, Michelle M. Le Beau & Terence H. Rabbitts
<p>This volume collates world experts’ insights into the molecular biology of cancer chromosomes, their abnormalities and the subsequent cellular consequences. Exploring themes involving oncogenes, such as by chromosomal translocations, other ...
ISBN: 9783319199832
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