Molecular Biology category: 1516 books
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
This book focuses on the salient features of the biology of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins and the advances in our understanding of their structure and function and of downstream signaling, as well as their governance in systems biology from bone and dentin to kidney, cancer, diabetes, iron homeostasis...
Mass Spectrometry in Chemical Biology
Evolving Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Mass spectrometry is one of the most widespread technologies in chemistry and has been increasingly used in biology with the rise of omics sciences. This book summarizes some important methodological approaches in mass spectrometry and applications in the field of chemical biology.
The core chapters...
Handbook of Epigenetics
The New Molecular and Medical Genetics
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2010
Epigenetics is considered by many to be the "new genetics" because of the overwhelming evidence of the contribution of non-genetic factors such as nutrition, environment, and chemical exposure on gene expression. The effects of epigenetics are vast, including tissue/organ regeneration, X-chromosome...
by Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Shahriar S. Yaghoubi
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
Reporter genes have been used for several decades to study regulation of gene expression in vivo. However, it was little more than a decade ago that a new class of reporter genes was developed for imaging molecular events within living subjects. By following the interactions of protein molecules,...
The Inner Workings of Life
Vignettes in Systems Biology
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Living systems are dynamic and extremely complex and their behaviour is often hard to predict by studying their individual parts. Systems biology promises to reveal and analyse these highly connected, regulated and adaptable systems, using mathematical modelling and computational analysis. This new...
The Calculus of Life
Towards a Theory of Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
This book explores the exciting world of theoretical biology and is divided into three sections. The first section examines the roles played by renowned scientists such as Jacob, Monod, Rosen, Turing, von Bertalanffy, Waddington and Woodger in developing the field of theoretical biology. The second...
Biotechnology
A Laboratory Course
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 1996
The objectives of this Second Edition of Biotechnology: A Laboratory Course remain unchanged: to create a text that consists of a series of laboratory exercises that integrate molecular biology with protein biochemistry techniques while providing a continuum of experiments. The course begins with basic...
Plant Biotechnology, Volume 1
Principles, Techniques, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
This book, first of this new two-volume set, provides an informative tour of the basics of biotechnology to recent advances in biotechnology. Knowledge of new and fresh approaches is a prerequisite to solving plant biological problems, and to this end, the editors have brought together a group of...
Code Biology
A New Science of Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
This book is the study of all codes of life with the standard methods of science. The genetic code and the codes of culture have been known for a long time and represent the historical foundation of this book. What is really new in this field is the study of all codes that came after the genetic...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2013
Research in Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), together known as the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), has truly seen a revolution in the last 5-10 years. This book examines how these genetic discoveries have led to the identification of biological functions not previously associated...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
This book presents recent advances in translational research on muscular dystrophy (MD) to physicians and researchers, including cutting-edge research on the disease such as regenerative medicine, next-generation DNA sequencing, and nucleic acid therapies. It also describes the current systems for...
Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Vascular Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms and Targeted Clinical Approaches for the Treatment of Angiogenic Disease
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
Angiogenesis is the growth of new blood vessels and is a key process which occurs during pathological disease progression. Excessive and damaging angiogenesis occurs in diseases such as cancer, diabetic retinopathies, age-related macular degeneration and atherosclerosis. In other diseases such as...
Intellectual Property Issues
Therapeutics, Vaccines and Molecular Diagnostics
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
SpringerBriefs in Biotech Patents present timely reports of intellectual properties (IP) issues and patent aspects in the field of biotechnology. This new volume in the series focuses on the particular IP issues of therapeutics, vaccines and molecular diagnostics. The first chapter concentrates on...
by M. Montano
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
The recent emphasis in biomedical research on translational biology and personalized medicine is revolutionizing conceptual and experimental approaches to understanding and improving human health. Translational Biology in Medicine begins with an introduction to experimental model systems for disease,...