Cell Fusion in Health and Disease

Cell Fusion in Health and Disease-1

Thomas Dittmar · Kurt S. Zänker Editors 2011 I: Cell Fusion in Health Cell fusion is a specialized cellular event which occurs in multicellular organisms in health and disease. Known as a phenomenon in modern science for over 100 years, cell fusion takes the mandatory center stage in eutherians for the conception, development and physiology of organogenesis […]

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Biomedical Aspects of Histamine

Biomedical Aspects of Histamine-1

Mohammed Shahid · Nancy Khardori · Rahat Ali Khan · Trivendra Tripathi Editors 2011 Current Perspectives Histamine, discovered in 1910 by Sir Henry H. Dale, has become one of the most important multifunctional biogenic amines in the field of biomedicine. Histamine has been known to play the broadest spectrum of activities in various physiological and pathological conditions.

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Advances in TNF Family Research

Advances in TNF Family Research-1

David Wallach · Andrew Kovalenko Marc Feldmann Editors 2011 Proceedings of the 12th International TNF Conference, 2009 This volume presents a collection of essays by the speakers at the 12th Biennial International TNF conference, which took place at San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain, in April 2009. The TNF conferences have seen an immense advance in our knowledge of […]

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A Handbook of Transcription Factors

A Handbook of Transcription Factors-1

T.R. Hughes Editor 2011 The major goal of “A Handbook of Transcription Factors” is to provide a resource encompassing major facets of the molecular biology of TFs. As a Handbook, this volume is intended to provide a broad overview of this increasingly complex field, and is aimed at providing general context rather than fine details of specific examples.

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Tumor Microenvironment and Cellular Stress

Tumor Microenvironment and Cellular Stress-1

Constantinos Koumenis • Ester Hammond Amato Giaccia Editors 2014 Signaling, Metabolism, Imaging, and Therapeutic Targets The tumor microenvironment has long been recognized for the critical roles it plays in both promoting the malignant progression of solid tumors and modifying the response of solid tumor cells to cytotoxic or targeted therapy. This book comprises 12 chapters that provide critical […]

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Techniques and Methodological Approaches in Breast Cancer Research

Techniques and Methodological Approaches in Breast Cancer Research-1

Jose Russo • Irma H. Russo 2014 This book provides descriptions of the most common techniques used in breast cancer research with a special emphasis on the study of the normal breast as the basis for understanding the pathological processes in this organ. The authors have poured their 37 years of experience in the field of breast cancer research […]

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Synthetic Biology

Synthetic Biology-1

Manuel Porcar • Juli Peretó 2014 From iGEM to the Artificial Cell In his enlightening Letters to a Young Scientist (2013) myrmecologist and sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson beautifully describes three different archetypes of the scientific mind. The creative life of a scientist could be oriented to a travel into unexplored regions (e.g., the detailed molecular cartography of a […]

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