Rakesh Bajpai · Aleš Prokop · Mark Zappi Editors 2014 Volume 1: Cultivation of Cells and Products There is a strong correlation between per capita energy consumption and standard of living as envisaged by per capita gross domestic production (GDP). As a result, global energy consumption is going up rapidly. Over the past century, a majority of chemical […]

Roberto Weigert Editor 2014 From Basic to Clinical Research Intravital microscopy (IVM) has come a long way from the time of Rudolph Wagner, who imaged the rollover of leukocytes in the leg of a live frog for the very first time (Wagner 1839). Indeed, the last two decades have witnessed a series of major technological breakthroughs that have […]

Vishwesh V. Kulkarni • Guy-Bart Stan • Karthik Raman Editors 2014 Underlying every living cell are billions of molecules interacting in a beautifully concerted network of pathways such as metabolic, signalling, and regulatory pathways. The complexity of such biological systems has intrigued scientists from many disciplines and has given birth to the highly influential field of systems biology wherein […]

Matej Orešic • Antonio Vidal-Puig Editors 2014 The prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), an entity defined as the coincidence in the same individual of obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, hypertension and increased cardiovascular morbidity is increasing with a profile that could be considered of epidemic proportions. It is clear that on top of its undeniable genetic contribution other environmental […]

Edited by José Luis Pedraz Gorka Orive 2010 The main objective of this book has been to analyze in depth and discuss the different aspects related to the design and elaboration of cell-enclosing microcapsules, even the regulatory features and clinical trials under development. These improvements will lead to progression in this therapeutic approach which may become one day closer […]

Gregory M. Fahy · Michael D. West · L. Stephen Coles · Steven B. Harris Editors 2010 Pathways to Human Life Extension Biogerontology is coming of age. It now seems clear that a fundamental understanding of the molecular pathways underlying age-related pathology has the potential to translate into a net economic impact of over a trillion dollars […]