Molecular Biology category: 1516 books

Cover of Emerging Concepts of Tumor Exosome–Mediated Cell-Cell Communication
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Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012

In multicellular organisms, communication between cells involves secretion of proteins that bind to receptors on neighboring cells. While this has been well documented, another mode of intercellular communication has recently become the subject of increasing interest: the release of exosomes. In cancer,...
Cover of The Bedside Dysmorphologist
by William Reardon
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2007

A highly illustrated field guide to dysmorphology, a key area of clinical genetics and a vital competency for all clinicians. Oxford Genetics is a comprehensive, cross-searchable collection of resources offering quick and easy access to Oxford University Press's prestigious genetics texts. Joining...
Cover of Introduction to Biopsy Interpretation and Surgical Pathology
by James C. Underwood
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Preface to the Second Edition Since publication of the first edition, continuing developments in histopathology have motivated the inclusion of four new chapters: cytology, immunohistology, quality control and assessment, and the autopsy. The increasing use of cytology in clinical practice and advances...
Cover of Stem Cells and Prostate Cancer
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Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013

​​​​Recent evidence demonstrates that normal prostate tissue contains stem cells.  There is also accumulating evidence that prostate cancer contains a population of cells with stem cell-like characteristics referred to as cancer stem cells, or tumor initiating cells.  Both the normal prostate...
Cover of Apoptosis in Hormone-Dependent Cancers
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013

It is now widely accepted that cells have the ability to initiate a program of gene-directed death, a process called "apoptosis" which may also be used as an innovative strategy for therapeutic intervention in cancer therapy. Experts in this area report on the regulation and control of apoptosis...
Cover of Trends in Breast Cancer Prevention
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016

This volume, with contributions from the most recognized experts in preventive strategies in breast cancer, presents the accepted as well as the novel ideas that have been introduced for the prevention of breast cancer.  There is no single preventive agent that can stop the incidence of breast...
Cover of Microbial Biochemistry
by G. N. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014

Microbial physiology, biochemistry and genetics allowed the formulation of concepts that turned out to be important in the study of higher organisms. In the first section, the principles of bacterial growth are given, as well as the description of the different layers that enclose the bacterial cytoplasm,...
Cover of Signal Transduction and Bacterial Virulence
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Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013

In order to survive, bacteria must constantly monitor their structure and physiology. Adaptive behaviours are established by using environmental sensors and response regulators. These communication modules regulate a wide variety of signals including host detection and invasion, cell cycle, metabolite...
Cover of Infection, Immune Homeostasis and Immune Privilege
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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012

Organs and tissues that can tolerate little or no inflammation have developed multiple overlapping mechanisms of immune protection in the absence of inflammation. These areas have been designated “immune-privileged sites” by Peter Medawar and include the central nervous system, eye, reproductive...
Cover of Nutritional Antioxidant Therapies: Treatments and Perspectives
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Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018

This book offers a collection of expert reviews on the use of plant-based antioxidant therapies in disease prevention and treatment. Topics discussed include the uses of plant and nutritional antioxidants in the contexts of reproductive health and prenatal development, healthcare and aging, noncommunicable...
Cover of Aging of the Organs and Systems
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013

During the last 40 years, the study of the biological basis of aging has progressed tremendously, and it has now become an independent and respectable field of study and research. This volume on "Aging of Organs and Systems", is an attempt to bring understanding to both the aging...
Cover of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture - A Tool in Biotechnology
by Karl-Hermann Neumann, Ashwani Kumar, Jafargholi Imani
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009

This book provides a general introduction as well as a selected survey of key advances in the fascinating field of plant cell and tissue culture as a tool in biotechnology. After a detailed description of the various basic techniques employed in leading laboratories worldwide, follows an extended...
Cover of The Establishment of Spermatogenesis in the Seminiferous Epithelium of the Pubertal Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)
by Andreas Miething
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013

During pubertal development of the testes, germ cells pass initially through the complete succession of spermatogenic differentiation. Using the golden hamster as a model, this volume presents a comprehensive analysis of that establishing period of mammalian spermatogenesis. Detailed morphological...
Cover of Recent Progress in Hormone Research

Recent Progress in Hormone Research

Proceedings of the 1985 Laurentian Hormone Conference

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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013

Recent Progress in Hormone Research, Volume 42 covers the proceedings of the Laurentian Hormone Conference held on September 1985 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The book presents developments in research on important topics such as chemical neuroanatomy of the brain based on the histochemistry of brain...
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