Diseases and disorders Books

A review of state-of-the-art therapies currently used with leptomeningeal cancer patients, including information on symptom management, new clinical trials, epidemiology, as well as research in animal models for experimental...

It has been over a decade since the First International Symposium on Hormonal Carcinogenesis convened in 199 1. Since then, the field has rapidly expanded with considerable progress in both breast and prostate cancers; while...

In the past, many tropical and parasitic infections were confined to tropical areas of the world located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. However, with the increase in air travel and tourism and the...

by CDs, but we continue to utilize the same general format of morning didactics and afternoon glass slide review and small group interactions. One of our biggest successes was in the ever-expanding set of didactic lecture notes...

This volume is edited by Dr. Sudhir Gupta, internationally recognized expert in Immunology, Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Topics include toll receptors, dendritic cells, NK cells, and...

This volume highlights research issues specific to geriatric oncology in the field of carcinogenesis and cancer prevention and treatment, based on the biologic interactions of cancer and age. It conveys a sustainable way of...

These proceedings contain the papers selected for presentation at the 23rd Inter- tional Information Security Conference (SEC 2008), co-located with IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC 2008), September 8-10, 2008 in Milan, Italy. In - sponse to the call...

This book will contain a series of review articles that focus on retroviral models of human and animal cancers. Each article will be written by an expert in the field of retrovirology. The reviews will summarize current work on a particular retrovirus,...

Genetic susceptibility refers to how variations in a person's genes increase or decrease his or her susceptibility to environmental factors, such as chemicals, radiation and lifestyle (diet and smoking). This volume will explore the latest findings in...

This book incorporates all aspects of breast diseases starting from basic science,benign breast diseases, malignant neoplasms, diagnostics and multidisciplinary therapeutic options to molecular biology research. It focuses on information useful for...

Advances in high-throughput biological methods have led to the publication of a large number of genome-wide studies in human and animal models. In this context, recent tools from bioinformatics and computational biology have been fundamental for the...

Would you like to be able to help heal your liver and eliminate gastrointestinal distress, acnem gallstones, obesity, immune disorders, disease, discomfort, inflammation, pain, depression, & pain? For the longest time, natural healing techniques have...

1. VEGF and Its Receptors.- Activities of VEGF.- VEGF Isoforms.- Regulation of VEGF Gene Expression.- The VEGF Receptors.- Role of VEGF in Physiological Angiogenesis.- Role of VEGF in Pathologic Conditions.- Therapeutic Implications and Perspectives.- 2...

New Bacterial Vaccines focuses upon unfulfilled needs for bacterial vaccines. The increase in drug resistance among many bacterial species has increased the need for new bacterial vaccines. This book serves as a comprehensive...

In Vivo EPR (ESR) is a textbook on this relatively new subject in biomedical electron spin resonance. While a few chapters have appeared in special topics volumes in this series, this book covers the principles and theory,...

Glycosylation Dependent Bacterial Infections. 1. A Sweet Coating - How Bacteria Deal With Sugars; A.P. Corfield, R. Wiggins, C. Edwards, N. Myerscough, B.F. Warren, P. Soothill, M.R. Millar, P. Horner. 2. The Glycosylation of Airway Mucins in Cystic...

Driving the Cell Cycle to Cancer.- Proliferation: The Cell Cycle.- Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression in Tumor Pathology.- Ewing Tumor Biology: Perspectives for Innovative Treatment Approaches.- Cancer Epigenetics: DNA Methylation and Chromatin...

For the eighth time the yersiniologists all over the world gathered together when the International Symposium on Yersinia was organized by University of Turku and Turku Microbiology Society in Turku, Finland. Over 250 delegates...

The volume offers insight into the key research topics that involve caspases. Leading experts from various areas of biology and medicine have compiled this volume so that both the novice and the professional will use this as...

This volume represents a collection of contributions from the 6th International Conference on Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation, and Related Diseases held in Boston from September 12-15, 1999. The...

Heme oxygenase is rapidly taking its place as the centerpiece of multiple inter­ acting metabolic systems. Only 25 years ago heme oxygenase and its metabolic prod­ ucts appeared to be merely a simple metabolic system-one...

Part I: Surgical Interventions. Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma; D. Franco, V. Usatoff. Liver Resection in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma; V. Usatoff, A.M. Isla N.A. Habib. Hepatic Resection For Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis; C...

Staphylococcus aureus is now acknowledged as being the most important bacterial pathogen of humans. It usually produces localized disease but can be rapidly invasive, spreading through the tissues, invading bone, and seeding...

I organized this symposium, "Molecular Immunology of Complex Carbohydrates-2 (MICC-2)," at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan th between August 28-September 2, 1999, as a satellite meeting of...

approaches to the experimental problems that still face us in understanding this most fascinating of organs. Too many people contributed to the completion of this volume to allow acknowledg­ ment of all the individual efforts,...

This volume includes contributions presented at the Second International Sym­ posium on Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples, Italy, in October 1998 at the National Tumor Institute "Fondazione Pascale." During the Conference,...

Preface. Relationship between RAS pathways and cell cycle control; M.E. Ewen. Cell-Anchorage, cell cytoskeleton, and Rho-GTPase family in regulation of cell cycle progression; I. Tatsuno, et al. The Continuum model and G1-control of the mammalian...

This book contains the proceedings of the first meeting on invertebrate immunity ever sponsored as a summer research conference by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). The conference was held...

It is with great pleasure that I write this Foreword to the Proceedings of the International Conference on Behçet's Disease which was held in Berlin in June 2002. This was the first International Conference held under the...

This volume provides broad insights to the most recent discoveries in telomere biology, with current applications in tumor diagnostics and future potentials in therapy. Special features of diverse organisms are presented, with...

Recent advances have contributed to our understanding of how a plant-based diet confers many health advantages and how substances from plants may be effective in the prevention of specific cancers. The Ninth Annual Research...

Preface. 1. Components of a Genetic Cancer Risk Clinic; J.A. Peters. 2. Genetic Counseling for the Individual with Inherited Cancer Susceptibility; B.B. Biesecker. 3. Estimating Individualized Risk of Breast Cancer; M.H. Gail. 4. Genetics of Breast...

Regulation of Eicosanoid Enzymes. Cyclooxygenases. Phospholipases/PAF. Receptors. Leukotrienes and Lipoxins. Isoprostanes. Signal Transduction. Bioactive Lipids in Inflammation. Linoleic and Linolenic Acids. Anandamide and Other Bioactive Lipids. ...

Cellular drug resistance is a major limitation to the success of chemotherapy of leu­ kemia and lymphoma. The importance of this has now been recognized by both clinicians and scientists. It is of utmost importance to bridge...

Familiarity with nitric oxide is essential to a modern understanding of pathophysiologic mechanisms of infectious disease. Recent research has established nitric oxide and related reactive nitrogen intermediates to be...

This authored book presents basic immunological tenets and mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level while employing the toxicology focus on hazard identification, appropriate assays, dose response, and risk assesment...

With the coming of the new millennium we are witnessing a revolution in our understanding of cancer genetics. These are very exciting times. Today we have at our disposal the technology to diagnose abnormalities in our cancer...

This volume focuses on molecular genetic/drug manipulation affecting the biology of hematopoiesis, leukemia, and other related cancers as well as on hemoglobinopathy, aplastic anemia, pediatric oncology, growth factors in...

Innate Defense Mechanisms: Development of Self-Recognition Systems in Natural Killer Cells; P.V. Sivakumar, et al. Activating and Inhibitory NK Cell Receptors; L.L. Lanier. Regulation of Immune Responses by Inhibitory Receptors; E.O. Long. Effector...

Psychoneuroimmunology is the first textbook to examine the complex functional relationships between the nervous system, the neuroendocrine and the immune system. The international leaders in this field have been brought...

Volume 16 marks the beginning of a special topic series devoted to modern techniques in protein NMR, under the Biological Magnetic Resonance series. This volume is being followed by Volume 17 with the subtitle Structure...

The Ninth Annual Pezcoller Symposium entitled "The Biology of Tumors" was held in Rovereto, Italy, June 4-7, 1997. It focused on the genetic mechanisms underlying het­ erogeneity of tumor cell populations and tumor cell...

The Integrated Control of Cell Proliferation and Cell Viability; G.I. Evan, et al. Control of Invasive Cell Growth by the MET Family Oncogenes; F. Galimi, P.M. Comoglio. Src Family Kinases and the Cell Cycle; S.A. Courtneidge. p16 Family Inhibitors...

The 7th International Symposium on Platinum and other metal coordination compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy, ISPCC '95, organized by the European Cancer Centre, was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, March 1-4, 1995. As with...

Leading experts provide the only comprehensive book examining all aspects of immune response and immune-based treatments for HIV infection. Contributions, divided into three sections, discuss basic mechanisms, ...

Silicone Gels as Adjuvants: Effects on Humoral and Cellmediated Immune Responses; J.O. Naim, C.J. van Oss The Effect of Molecular Weight and Gel Preparation on Humoral Adjuvancy of Silicone Oils and Silicone Gels; J.O. Naim, C.J. van Oss Glucans as...

T-Cell/Macrophage Activation and HIV Infection.- 1. CD4+ and CD8+ T Lymphocyte Activation in HIV Infection: Implications for Immune Pathogenesis and Therapy.- 2. Markers of Immune Cell Activation and Disease Progression: Cell Activation in HIV Disease.-...

Telomeres and Cell Division in Drosophila melanogaster; G. Cenci, M. Gatti. A Molecular Cytogenetic View of Chromosomal Heterogeneity in Solid Tumors; J.W. Gray et al. Cell Cycle Control of Genetic Stability; G.M. Wahi et al. Aneupioidy and...