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Bacterial Genomes and Infectious Diseases

Humana Press, 2006

The first bacterial genome, Haemophilus influenzae, was completely sequenced, annotated, and published in 1995. Today, more than 200 prokaryotic (archaeal and bacterial) genomes have been completed and over 500 prokaryotic genomes are in various stages of completion. Seventeen eukaryotic genomes plus four eukaryotic chromosomes...

Flow Cytometry: Principles and Applications

Humana Press, 2007

Improvements in instrument design and computing power and the increased availability of fluorescent agents have led to an increased usage of flow cytometry in both the research and clinical settings. Flow Cytometry: Principles and Applications provides a comprehensive introduction to data interpretation, quality control...

Methods in Membrane Lipids (Methods in Molecular Biology)

Humana Press, 2007

Methods in Membrane Lipids presents a compendium of methodologies for the study of membrane lipids, varying from traditional lab bench experimentation to computer simulation and theoretical models. This volume provides a comprehensive set of techniques for studying membrane lipids, and their interactions with other membrane lipids, with...

Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide (Contemporary Endocrinology)

Humana Press, 2003

The aim of Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide is to provide practical detailed and concise guidelines for the clinical management of pediatric endocrine diseases and disorders. The audience is thus all those pediatric endocrinologists, pediatricians, and primary care physicians who provide medical care for children...

Hepatocellular Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment (Current Clinical Oncology)

Humana Press, 2005

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) used to be regarded as a rare disease. The increasing numbers of chronic hepatitis C virus carriers in the United States and subsequent increased incidence of HCC seen in most large medical centers means that it is no longer an uncommon disease for most gastroenterologists or oncologists to...

Essential Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Musculoskeletal Medicine)

Humana Press, 2006

When I was a medical student interested in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), I found several excellent detailed texts for PM&R and I also encountered a few good, quick reference materials. What I felt was lacking was a comprehensive but high-yield, focused review of the most important points that I could read...

Pocket Guide to Critical Care Pharmacotherapy

Humana Press, 2007

Critical care medicine is a cutting-edge medical field that is highly evidence-based. Studies are continuously published that alter the approach to patient care. As a critical care clinician, I am aware of the tremendous commitment required to provide optimal evidence-based care. Pocket Guide to Critical Care...

Microarrays in Clinical Diagnostics (Methods in Molecular Medicine)

Humana Press, 2005

Within the last decade, microarray technology has evolved from an emerging technology developed and used by a few laboratories into a well-established technology used in laboratories all over the world. In fact, the need to characterize genetic alterations is one of the highest priorities for the future of medicine and the...

Essentials of Apoptosis: A Guide for Basic and Clinical Research

Humana Press, 2003

Life and death are topics that no one takes lightly. In the cell, death by apoptosis is just as fundamental as proliferation for the maintenance of normal tissue homeostasis. Too much or too little apoptosis can lead to developmental abnormality, degenerative diseases, or cancers. Although apoptosis, or programmed cell death (PCD),...

Nuclear Cardiology, The Basics: How to Set Up and Maintain a Laboratory (Contemporary Cardiology)

Humana Press, 2007

The purpose of this book is to provide the outline for the "nuts and bolts" establishment and operation of a nuclear cardiology laboratory. In so doing, the authors have attempted to deal with the relevant issues that a laboratory director must address in either setting up the laboratory or maintaining its competitive edge and...

Cytokines in Human Health: Immunotoxicology, Pathology, and Therapeutic Applications (Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology)

Humana Press, 2007

Over the past three decades the field of immunotoxicology, the study of the effects of exposure to drugs, chemicals, or physical/environmental agents on the structure and function of the immune system has benefited from an increasingly detailed understanding of the cellular and molecular basis of innate and acquired immunity....

Visual Prosthesis and Ophthalmic Devices: New Hope in Sight (Ophthalmology Research)

Humana Press, 2007

The history of medicine has been substantially defined by a small number of monumental discoveries. Most of these breakthroughs have emerged from the biological sciences. One of the first great breakthroughs was the recognition by Koch in 1884 that pathogens could be transmitted from one living organism to another to cause disease....

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