Genetics category: 1528 books
by Robert Krauss
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Approximately three percent of newborn humans have congenital anomalies with significant cosmetic and/or functional consequences. Much of our ability to understand what has gone awry in these birth defects rests with development of animal models for them; the mouse has emerged as the model organism...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Gene therapy for inflammatory diseases is a new , burgeoning field of medicine. Edited by the undisputed pioneers of this area of research, this volume is the first devoted to its topic. It contains thirteen chapters, each written by leaders in their respective fields, that summarize the state of...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
Mammalian cell lines command an effective monopoly for the production of therapeutic proteins that require post-translational modifications. This unique advantage outweighs the costs associated with mammalian cell culture, which are far grater in terms of development time and manufacturing when compared...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The field of microRNA biology is really emerging in the last couple of years. Several investigators highlighted the importance of miRNAs in cancer. Although there is so much literature on microRNAs exist, a comprehensive book is still not available. Thus this book will be a great use to the scientists...
Genetic Catastrophe! Sneaking Doomsday?
With<Br> a Dictionary of Genetic Damage
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2002
This book constitutes the first serious message of the genetic catastrophe and the possibility of derailed evolution. Moreover, this book contains the first dictionary of genetic damage to be published.
Chemical Mutagens
Principles and Methods for Their Detection Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
As editor I want especially to thank Dr. Ernst Freese for helpful co operation in preparing these volumes, and to express my appreclatlOn to Drs. Kurt Hirschhorn and Marvin Legator, the other members of the editorial board. Alexander Hollaender January 1971 Preface The purpose of these volumes is...
Proteomic Profiling and Analytical Chemistry
The Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Proteomic Profiling and Analytical Chemistry helps scientists without a strong background in analytical chemistry to understand basic analytical principles and apply them to proteomics profiling. In most proteomic profiling experiments, liquid chromatography is used; this method is also used widely...
Insect Viruses
Biotechnological Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2006
Baculoviruses are perhaps unique among viruses in the breadth of their biotechnological applications: these insect specific viruses are used not only for insect pest management purposes, but also as laboratory research tools for production of recombinant proteins and for protein display, and as potential...
Human Medical Research
Ethical, Legal and Socio-Cultural Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Medical research involving human subjects has contributed to considerable advancements in our knowledge, and to medical benefits. At the same time the development of new technologies as well as further globalisation of medical research raises questions that require the attention of researchers from...
Our Grandchildren Redesigned
Life in the Bioengineered Society of the Near Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
A panoramic overview of biotechnologies that can endlessly boost human capabilities and the drastic changes these “superhuman” traits could trigger
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Biotechnology is moving fast. In the coming decades, advanced pharmaceuticals, bioelectronics, and genetic interventions will be used not only...
Genomics and Society
Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Socioeconomic Implications
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Genomics and Society; Ethical, Legal-Cultural, and Socioeconomic Implications is the first book to address the vast and thorny web of ELSI topics identified as core priorities of the NHGRI in 2011.
The work addresses fundamental issues of biosociety and bioeconomy as the revolution in biology...
Genomic Medicine in Emerging Economies
Genomics for Every Nation
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Originally thought to be available only to the world’s wealthiest nations, genomic medicine has developed into a broad range of clinical methods and technologies whose concrete applications are also revolutionizing health systems in many of the world’s resource-limited nations. Genomic Medicine...
Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells, Volume 5
Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injury
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
It is pointed out that a cancer stem cell is a type within a tumor that possesses the capacity of self-renewal and can give rise to the heterogeneous lineages of cancer cells, which comprise the tumor. It is emphasized that a unique feature of cancer stem cells is that, although conventional chemotherapy...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Critical to the accurate diagnosis of human illness is the need to distinguish clinical features that fall within the normal range from those that do not. That distinction is often challenging and not infrequently requires considerable experience at the bedside. It is not surprising that accurate...