Pharmacology Books

This book can be used to provide insight into this important application of biophysics for those who are planning a career in protein therapeutic development, and for those outside this area who are interested in understanding it better. The initial...

The study of Burkitt's lymphoma is now in its 6 decade beginning with its discovery by Dr. Dennis Burkitt in equatorial Africa in the mid to late 1950's. A large body of information is available which provides a current understanding of the underlying...

This project follows on the success of the book "25 years of p53", published by Springer in 2006. Since this publication, there have been considerable advances on the potential application of p53 into the clinics. The goal of...

The book will detail the history, successes, and failures of targeted therapies for cancer, with a particular focus on IGF systems and cancer.

This book will examine current issues and controversies in the design of clinical trials, including topics in adaptive and sequential designs, the design of correlative genomic studies, the design of studies in which missing data is anticipated. Each...

Molecular Determinants of Radiation Response includes chapters by expert authors who detail the present understanding of key DNA damage response pathways and proteins. The chapters include comprehensive discussions on where and how specific alterations...

The obesity pandemic continues to increase on a world-wide basis with over 70% of the United States population being either overweight or obese. Hematologic malignancies have recently been identified among the obesity associated malignancies spanning the...

The book will provide an exhaustive and clear explanation of how Statistics, Mathematics and Informatics have been used in cancer research, and seeks to help cancer researchers in achieving their objectives. To do so, state-of-the-art Biostatistics,...

This book clearly demonstrates the progression of nanoparticle therapeutics from basic research to applications. This book, unlike others covering nanoparticles used in medical applications, presents the medical challenges that can be reduced or even...

This book is meant to provide a complete overview of the research of HPV and its connection to cervical cancer.

Recently the CXCR4/CXCL12-axis has been recognized as one of the pivotal adhesion pathways by which hematopoietic stem cells are retained in the bone marrow. CXCR4 antagonists with different chemical specification are being developed. Pharmacology...

Signaling Pathways in Cancer: 21st Century Approaches to Cancer Therapy.- Current And Next Generation Antimitotic Therapies In Cancer.- DNA Damage Checkpoint Signaling Pathways in Human Cancer.- Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinases and their Roles in Cancer.-...

Alcohol as a Human Carcinogen.- Overview of Tumorigenesis.- Alcohol and Cancer Epidemiology.- Alcohol Metabolism and Its Implications for Cancer.- Epigenetics, Alcohol, and Cancer.- Alcohol, Cancer Genes, and Signaling Pathways.- Alcohol, Retinoic Acid,...

This volume represents the proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the International Society of Ocular Toxicology (ISOT), which was held at the Grove Park Inn and Resort in Asheville, North Carolina, October 13-17, 1996. We are...

Currently blood is a volatile issue. The safety of blood and the quantification of transfusion risks have been dominant themes that have stimulated the development of alternative approaches in this rapidly developing area...

Humans are exposed daily to low concentrations of metals that are released into the environment by both natural and industrial processes. Environmental Metal Pollutants, Reactive Oxygen Intermediaries and Genotoxicity:...

Scientists and clinicians attending the last "New Directions in Antiviral Therapy" conference in late 1994 could hardly have predicted the revolution in the management of patients with HIV infection that has occurred since. Two...

PCBs have captured the attention of scientists, journalists and the public for three decades, but during most of that time attention was focused on a small number of the 209 possible chlorobiphenyls. Recent work has...

Pulmonary Immunotoxicology is a comprehensive exploration of the effects of various inhaled materials upon the immune system of the respiratory tract. It will be useful to investigators in the field of pulmonary toxicology...

The assessment of individual differences has generated shockwaves affecting sociology, education, and a number of other behavioral sciences as well as the fields of management and organizational behavior. In covering the...

The determination of the hazards resulting from the accidental or deli berate contamination of terrestrial and aquatic environments is in most countries still lirnited to the detection and quantification of the suspected...

A biosensor is a device in which a bioactive layer lies in direct contact with a transducer whose responses to change in the bioactive layer generate eloctronic signals for interpretation. The bioactive layer may consist of...

"The greater our knowledge increases, the more our ignorance unfolds. " U. S. President John F. Kennedy, speech, Rice University, September 12, 1962 My primary purpose for writing this book was much more than to provide another...

This book examines the toxicological and health implications of environmental epigenetics and provides knowledge through an interdisciplinary approach. Included in this volume are chapters outlining various environmental risk factors such as phthalates...

The acknowledgment that viruses are potent biological factors in driving many cancers have seen a dramatic upsurge in recent years in large part to the success of the human papilloma virus vaccine against invasive cervical carcinomas and followed by the...

This book reviews the epidemiological associations between insulin resistance and cancer. This is followed by reviews of animal models which support this relationship and provide insight into potential mechanisms. Several...

Breast cancer is a complex disease caused by multiple environmental and lifestyle factors interacting with genetic susceptibility across the life span. Therefore, environmental factors are of intense interest to both ...

Many factors affect treatment options for children and adolescents with mental health problems, including age, severity of symptoms, financial and time constraints, and access to qualified professionals. With the limitations of managed care plans and the...

Experimental investigations in the past 10-15 years have provided convincing evidence of the cancer preventive potential of berries. Berries and their components have been shown to reduce the malignant properties of cancer cells in culture by influencing...

"Bio-Farms for Nutraceuticals" can be said to have been born of the NUTRA-SNACKS project within the Sixth Framework Programme Priority on Food Quality and Safety. One objective of NUTRA -SNACK S was to improve the nutritional...

Squamous epithelia form the lining surface of tissues in contact with the environment: the skin, oral mucosa, esophagus and respiratory tract, the genital tract, and several other specialized tissues. These tissues are at highest risk for exposure to...

Primary liver cancer is the third most deadly and fifth most common cancer worldwide (~500,000 deaths annually), with a sharp increase of incidence in the United States in recent years. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and...

Energy Balance and Cancer, Epidemiology and Overview is the first in a series of monographs to address the multiple facets of the world wide pandemic of overweight and obesity and its relation to cancer. This volume, authored by leading experts in their...

Suicide kills and maims victims; traumatizes loved ones; preoccupies clinicians; and costs health care and emergency agencies fortunes. It should therefore demand a wealth of theoretical, scientific, and fiduciary attention...

Conspectus: Or Tabular Synopsis Of The British Pharmacopeia, 1867 (1868) is a comprehensive guide to the British Pharmacopeia of 1867. Written by O. Davies Owen, this book provides a detailed summary of the pharmacopeia in a tabular format, making it...

On Disordered Digestion and Dyspepsia is a medical book written by Frank Woodbury and first published in 1889. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of digestive disorders and dyspepsia. Woodbury covers a range...

Laboratory Outlines for the Study of the Embryology of the Chick and the Pig is a comprehensive guidebook written by Frank Rattray Lillie in 1906. The book provides detailed instructions for conducting experiments and observations on the embryology of...

Odds and Ends of Practical Pharmacology: For the Use of Students and Practitioners of Homeopathic Medicine is a book written by Cyrus M. Babcock and published in 1887. The book is a comprehensive guide to the practical applications of pharmacology in the...

The Pharmacopoeia Of The Hospital For Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, W.C. is a book published in the year 1900 by the Hospital For Sick Children London. The book is a comprehensive guide to the medicines and drugs that were used in the...

Beschouwende En Werkende Pharmaceutische, Oeconomische En Natuurkundige Chemie, Part 2 (1791) is een boek geschreven door Pieter Johannes Kasteleyn. Het boek gaat over de farmaceutische, economische en natuurkundige chemie. Het is het tweede deel van het...

Physiological Chemistry V2 is a book written by Karl Gotthelf Lehmann and first published in 1853. This book is a comprehensive study of the chemical processes that occur within living organisms. It covers topics such as the chemical composition of the...

Das Buch ""Der Tabak und seine Wirkungen"" von Henry Gibbons wurde im Jahr 1875 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine detaillierte Untersuchung der Auswirkungen von Tabak auf den menschlichen K������rper und die Gesundheit. Der Autor beschreibt...

Germinal Matter And The Contact Theory: An Essay On The Morbid Poisons, Their Nature, Sources, Effects, Migrations (1867) is a book written by James Morris. The book delves into the nature of morbid poisons, their sources, effects, and migrations. Morris...

Le livre ""Etude M�����dicale sur l'Empoisonnement par les Champignons"" de Victor Gillot, publi����� en 1900, est une �����tude m�����dicale approfondie sur les effets des champignons toxiques sur le corps humain. L'auteur examine les diff�����rents...

Das Buch ""Altbau und Neubau des Medicinal Wesens in W�����rttemberg"" von Ernst Gottlieb Steudel wurde im Jahr 1849 ver������ffentlicht. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit der Geschichte der Medizin und des Gesundheitswesens in W�����rttemberg, sowohl in der...

The Organic Materia Medica Of The British Pharmacopoeia Systematically Arranged is a book written by William Southall in 1874. It is a comprehensive guide to the organic substances used in medicine, as listed in the British Pharmacopoeia. The book is...