Genetics category: 1528 books
by Renato D. Lopes, Robert A. Harrington
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
A complete guide to understanding and applying clinical research results
Ideal for both researchers and healthcare providers
Understanding Clinical Research addresses both the operational challenges of clinical trials and the needs of clinicians to comprehend the nuances of research methods...
Frontiers in Autism Research
New Horizons for Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
This book focuses on the emerging and expanding areas of research on ASD and their potential to lead to better diagnosis and more effective therapies. These areas include innovative and integrative approaches to genetic/genomic analyses and investigations of epigenetic contributions, including the...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Computational biology drives discovery through its use of high-throughput informatics approaches. This book provides a road map of the current drug development process and how computational biology approaches play a critical role across the entire drug discovery pipeline. Through the use of previously...
by Kivie Moldave
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 1997
Key Features* Provides a forum for discussion of new discoveries, approaches, and ideas in molecular biology * Contributions from leaders in their fields * Abundant references
The Hope, Hype, and Reality of Genetic Engineering
Remarkable Stories from Agriculture, Industry, Medicine, and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2004
An introductory tour into the stranger-than-fiction world of genetic engineering, a scientific realm inhabited by eager researchers intent upon fashioning a prodigious medley of genetically modified (GM) organisms to serve human needs.
At Our Wits' End
Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018
We are becoming less intelligent. This is the shocking yet fascinating message of At Our Wits' End. The authors take us on a journey through the growing body of evidence that we are significantly less intelligent now than we were a hundred years ago. The research proving this is, at once, profoundly...
How Science Works: Evolution
The Nature of Science & The Science of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2016
Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science...
Genomics and Bioinformatics
An Introduction to Programming Tools for Life Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
With the arrival of genomics and genome sequencing projects, biology has been transformed into an incredibly data-rich science. The vast amount of information generated has made computational analysis critical and has increased demand for skilled bioinformaticians. Designed for biologists without...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Basics in Human Evolution offers a broad view of evolutionary biology and medicine. The book is written for a non-expert audience, providing accessible and convenient content that will appeal to numerous readers across the interdisciplinary field.
From evolutionary theory, to cultural evolution,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
This book provides an introduction to the latest gene mapping techniques and their applications in biomedical research and evolutionary biology. It especially highlights the advances made in large-scale genomic sequencing. Results of studies that illustrate how the new approaches have improved our...
Long Non-coding RNA
The Dark Side of the Genome
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
The dark side of the genome represents vast domains of the genome that are not encoding for proteins – the basic bricks of cellular structure and metabolism. Up to 98% of the human genome is non-coding and produces so-called long non-coding RNA. Some of these non-coding RNA play fundamental roles...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Stem cells appear to be fundamental cellular units associated with the origin of multicellular organisms and have evolved to function in safeguarding the cellular homeostasis in organ t- sues. The characteristics of stem cells that distinguish them from other cells have been the fascinating subjects...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Motor dysfunction and cognitive impairment are major symptoms in both Huntington’s Disease (HD) and Parkinson’s Disease (PD). A breakthrough in HD research was the identification of the gene that causes this devastating monogenetic illness. Similarly, several genes were found to cause familial...
Cancer and Zebrafish
Mechanisms, Techniques, and Models
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
This volume focuses on defining the unique attributes of using the zebrafish cancer model for discovering important pathways and potential drug targets for the treatment of human cancers. Using the zebrafish model, the volume explores oncogene and tumor suppressor discovery, chemical genetic approaches,...