Pre-clinical medicine Books

This volume contains a collection of papers from the research program "Protective Artificial Respiration (PAR)". In 2005 the German Research Association DFG launched the research program PAR which is a joint initiative of...

In the most recent years, each of the RNA silencing pathways of plants have appeared to generate ncRNAs with dedicated functions, specialized biological activities and specific functional scopes.RNA silencing plays a crucial role in coordinating the...

Epigenetics is a rapidly expanding field in medical and biological research which concerns heritable traits that are not attributable to changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetic mechanisms play key roles in many biological...

Despite major efforts by the scientific community over the years, our understanding of the pathogenesis or the mechanisms of injury of multiple sclerosis is still limited. Consequently, the current strategies for treatment and...

This book describes the state-of-the-art of treatment of schizophrenia and reflects its development in 22 chapters written by leading authorities in the field

40th anniversary of "medical uses of SQUID" th It is my great pleasure and honor to invite you to the 17 International Conference on Biomagnetism - Biomag2010 held in Dubrovnik, Croatia from Sunday, March 28 through Thursday,...

Vietnam is a rapidly developing, socially dynamic country, where interest in biomedical engineering activities has grown considerably in recent years. The leadership of the Vietnamese government, and of research and educational...

With very few exceptions, eukaryotic cells possess two interdependent genomes, chromosomal and extra-chromosomal. Over the past several decades, cancer - search has focused primarily on deciphering the intricate alterations in the chro- somal genome,...

miRNAs Targeting and Targeting miRNAs.- miRNA Interference Technologies.- Synthetic Canonical miRNA Technology.- miRNA Mimic Technology.- Multi-miRNA Hairpins and Multi-miRNA Mimics Technologies.- miRNA Transgene Technology.- Anti-miRNA Antisense...

Outline.- Outline.- Mutations and Alignments.- Stochastic Models of Mutations and Structural Analysis.- Modulus Structure Theory.- Super Pairwise Alignment.- Multiple Sequence Alignment.- Network Structures of Multiple Sequences Induced by Mutation.-...

Permanence of the synapse and molecular instability.- Cellular biology of AMPA receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity.- Imaging of experience-dependent structural plasticity in the mouse neocortex in vivo.- Synapse loss, synaptic plasticity and the...

Self-Organizing Network Environments.- Bio-inspired Framework for Autonomic Communication Systems.- Towards a Biologically-inspired Architecture for Self-Regulatory and Evolvable Network Applications.- Biologically Inspired Synchronization for Wireless...

This book contains the proceedings of the 11 'h international symposium dedicated to the understanding of animal "Life in the Cold", held at Jungholz (Austria), August 13-18, 2000. In 55 chapters contributed by researchers from...

In this volume of Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology  there a contributions by M.D. Swope, E. Lolis, F.Hofmann, L. Lacinova, N.  Klugbauer, M. Hermann, P. Berger, S.S. Shen, J.S. Kim, M.E. Weksler, M...

Each volume provides the reader, whether engaged in chemistry, biochemistry, biology or molecular medicine, with a comprehensive summary and critical overview of a topic of great current interest written by leading ...

Every cell has developed mechanisms to respond to changes in its environment and to adapt its growth and metabolism to unfavorable conditions. The unicellular eukaryote yeast has long proven as a particularly useful model...

This book represents Part 2 of a venture started by distinguished neuroscientists to visualize and advertise the experimentally advantageous preparations of the crustacean nervous system. The advantage is a combination of ease...

Over the last decade, synthetic musk fragrances, which after use enter the environment by different pathways, have been described as a new group of bioaccumulative and persistent xenobiotics. This book gives the first...

Process integration has been one of the most active research fields in Biochemical Engineering over the last decade and it will continue to be so if bioprocessing is to become more rational, efficient and productive. This...

In this volume of Reviews of Physiology there are three outstanding contributions, the first on Selenium-containing proteins in mammals and other forms of life, and the second on constitutively active and G-protein coupled...

Chromatography is the separation method for biological molecules from the analytical to the preparative scale. Few of the recent advances in life science, whether in "proteomics" or in the industrial production of recombinant...

(Chapters 11 to 14) summarise important features of the biological clock at the level of whole animal covering all vertebrate classes (fish to mammal). Chapters 15 and 16 are on long term (seasonal) rhythms in plants and higher...

Researchers from many disciplines, with both basic and clinical perspectives, came together in this volume to review and debate issues pertaining to the investigation and control of tissue oxygenation in acute medicine, as well...

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1 Introduction.- 2 Instances of Functional RNA.- 3 Experimental Identification of New Functional RNA.- 4 Computer-Based and Theoretical Identification of Regulatory RNA.- 5 Functional RNA Interactions.- 6 Areas of Research on RNA Motifs and Regulatory...

For the first time, this book offers a critical review of the calcification process of the organic and inorganic phases of mineralized tissues focusing on the earliest phases. It includes a methodological chapter which provides...

Making a clear distinction is made between nano- and micro-mechanical testing for physical reasons, this monograph describes the basics and applications of the supermicroscopies AFM and SNOM, and of the nanomechanical testing...

After more than twenty years of use Good Laboratory Practice, or GLP, has attained a secure place in the world of testing chemicals and other "test items" with regard to their safety for humans and the environment. Gone are the...

With contribution by numerous experts

The Basics for Understanding Imaging: Epidemiolog.- Responses of the Respiratory System to Inhaled Agents (Airways, Lung, and Pleura).- Mineral Dusts and Fibers.- Bioaerosols and Organic Dusts.- Chemicals and Pollutants (Including Acute Lung Injury and...

Restriction enzymes are highly specific nucleases which occur ubiquitously among prokaryotic organisms, where they serve to protect bacterial cells against foreign DNA. Many different types of restriction enzymes are known,...

The areas we deal with in biochemical engineering have expanded to include many various organisms and humans. This book has gathered together the information of these expanded areas in biochemical engineering in Japan. These...