Other Sciences category: 9579 books
Bioprobes
Biochemical Tools for Investigating Cell Function
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Rapid advances in the study of the molecular basis of mammalian cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis have made it possible to develop new screening systems for isolating from microbial metabolites specific inhibitors of mammalian cell functions. "Bioprobes" is the term used...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
In eukaryotes, lipid metabolism requires the function of peroxisomes. These multitasking organelles are also part of species-specific pathways such as the glyoxylate cycle in yeast and plants or the synthesis of ether lipid in mammals. Proteins required for the biogenesis of peroxisomes typically...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
T-type calcium channels are prevalent in every organ of the body, and are believed to play a part in a variety of physiological processes, including contraction, shape change, secretion, endo- and exocytosis, cell proliferation and differentiation, modulation of enzyme function, and cell cycle progression....
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
This invaluable resource delineates procedures for development and use of stem cells in the laboratory and explores the potential for clinical applications. The text discusses mesenchymal stem cell isolation, isolation of adipose derived stem cells, new trends of induced pluripotent stem cells in...
by Stephen Waxman
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
Why a book on molecular neurology? Molecular neuroscience is advancing at a spectacular rate. As it does so, it is revealing important clues to the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of neurological diseases, and to the therapeutic targets that they present. Medicines work by targeting molecules. The...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2009
Single molecule techniques, including single molecule fluorescence, optical tweezers, and scanning probe microscopy, allow for the manipulation and measurement of single biological molecules within a live cell or in culture. These approaches, amongst the most exciting tools available in biology today,...
Glycoprotein Hormones
Structure, Function, and Clinical Implications
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Advances in the field of glycoprotein hormones necessitated a second international symposium on this topic, held March 11 to 14, 1993, in Santa Barbara, California, and again sponsored by Serono Symposia, USA. The meeting was twofold in its concept: (1) the dissemination of the current research in...
Heat Shock Proteins in Veterinary Medicine and Sciences
Published under the Sponsorship of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This books provides up-to-date reviews on current advances of the role of HSP in veterinary medicine and research. Key basic and clinical research laboratories from major universities, veterinary hospitals and pharmaceutical companies around the world have contributed chapters that review present...
Effects of Exercise on Hypertension
From Cells to Physiological Systems
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
As the first primer on the effects of exercise on human hypertension, Effects of Exercise on Hypertension: From Cells to Physiological Systems provides the state-of-the-art effects of exercise on the many possible mechanisms underlying essential hypertension in humans. The book contains chapters...
by Y. Topolski
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
No discipline has been more praised or more criticized than the writing of history. Cioero claimed that history teaches men how to live. Aris totle denied it the very name of science and regwded poetry as the higher wisdom. At various times history has been assigned a command ing or a demeaning...
Exosomes, Stem Cells and MicroRNA
Aging, Cancer and Age Related Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
This volume provides insight into the pivotal roles of stem cells, exosomes and other microvesicles in biofunction and molecular mechanisms and their therapeutic potential in translational nanomedicine. It further highlights evidence from recent studies as to how stem cell derived exosomes and microRNAs...
Advanced Textbook on Gene Transfer, Gene Therapy and Genetic Pharmacology
Principles, Delivery and Pharmacological and Biomedical Applications of Nucleotide-Based Therapies
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
This unique advanced textbook provides a clear and comprehensive overview of gene delivery, gene therapy and genetic pharmacology, with descriptions of the main gene transfer vectors and a set of selected therapeutic applications, along with safety considerations. The second edition features new groundbreaking...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
The chapters of Studies on Periodontal Disease comprise four parts. Part 1 provides basic sciences from the general to the particular. The findings of cell culture and animal models supply the mechanism between periodontal disease and oxidative stress. In part 2, human clinical studies are mainly...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
This book discusses central concepts and theories in cell biology from the ancient past to the 21st century, based on the premise that understanding the works of scientists like Hooke, Hofmeister, Caspary, Strasburger, Sachs, Schleiden, Schwann, Mendel, Nemec, McClintock, etc. in the context of...