Medical Science category: 13998 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
The human immune system is a complex network of tissues and organs dispersed throughout the body. Immunology, as one of the most rapidly evolving fields in bio¬medical research, has to date covered the essential cellular and molecular events neces¬sary for immune responses to occur. However, it...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
This book will give an overview on viruses undergoing proteolytic activation through host proteases. The chapters will be organized in three themed parts, the first part describing respective viruses and their characteristics in detail. In the second part the molecular and cellular biology of the...
Investigating the Human Genome
Insights into Human Variation and Disease Susceptibility
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Leading medical genetics scholar Moyra Smith reviews current and recent work in genetics and genomics to assess progress in understanding human variation and the pathogenesis of common and rare diseases in which genetics plays a role. Smith provides an exceptional overview of the most important biomedical...
endoCANNABINOIDS
Actions at Non-CB1/CB2 Cannabinoid Receptors
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
This book is intended as a scientific resource for cannabinoid researchers carrying out animal and human experiments, and for those who are interested in learning about future directions in cannabinoid research. Additionally, this book may be of value to investigators currently working outside the...
The Lock and Key of Medicine
Monoclonal Antibodies and the Transformation of Healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2015
This book is the first to tell the extraordinary yet unheralded history of monoclonal antibodies. Often referred to as Mabs, they are unfamiliar to most nonscientists, yet these microscopic protein molecules are everywhere, quietly shaping our lives and healthcare. Discovered in the mid-1970s in the...
by Rakesh Ranjan, Amita Ranjan
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
This book describes in detail various aspects of fluoride toxicity in animals. Animals, like human beings, suffer from the toxic effects of excess fluoride intake. They show pathological changes in their teeth and bone, together with a marked reduction in appetite, productive and reproductive potentials,...
by A.N.M. Alamgir
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This volume focuses on the importance of therapeutically active compounds of natural origin. Natural materials from plants, microbes, animals, marine organisms and minerals are important sources of modern drugs.
Beginning with two chapters on the development and definition of the interdisciplinary...
Emerging and Re-emerging Viral Infections
Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health Volume 6
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
The chapters in this topical volume of Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health present exciting, insightful observations on emerging viral infections like influenza, Middle East respiratory syndrome, or mosquito-transmitted diseases, as well as the potential of social media...
by Samir S. Ayoub
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
The acute inflammatory response is the body's first system of alarm signals that are directed toward containment and elimination of microbial invaders. Uncontrolled inflammation has emerged as a pathophysiologic basis for many widely occurring diseases in the general population that were not initially...
Microbial Applications Vol.2
Biomedicine, Agriculture and Industry
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
This contributed volume provides insights into multiple applications using microbes to promote productivity in agriculture, to produce biochemicals or to respond to challenges in biomedicine. It highlights the microbial production of nanocompounds with medical functionality alongside new anti-mycobacterial...
Radiology in Global Health
Strategies, Implementation, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
The World Health Organization stated that approximately two-thirds of the world’s population lacks adequate access to medical imaging. The scarcity of imaging services in developing regions contributes to a widening disparity of health care and limits global public health programs that require imaging....
by Robert Wachter
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Complete coverage of the core principles of patient safety
Understanding Patient Safety, 2e is the essential text for anyone wishing to learn the key clinical, organizational, and systems issues in patient safety. The book is filled with valuable cases and analyses, as well as up-to-date tables,...
Immune Biology of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Models in Discovery and Translation
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Immune Biology of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation provides clinical and scientific researchers with a deep understanding of the current research in this field and the implications for translational practice. By providing an overview of the immune biology of HSCT, an explanation...
Experimental and Clinical Metastasis
A Comprehensive Review
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Metastatic disease is the most lethal aspect of human malignancies, making the understanding and continued research of the process of metastasis a crucial step in treating cancer. The proposed book, entitled “Experimental and Clinical Metastasis: A Comprehensive Review” aims to provide a clear...