Jan AM. Smeitink Rob C.A. Sengers J.M. Frans Trijbels 2005 The reason I accepted to write the foreword to this fine book —and, I suspect, the reason I was asked to write it— is that I had the good fortune to witness and to some extent share the first steps of “mitochondrial medicine”.
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Daisuke Ekuni • Maurizio Battino Takaaki Tomofuji • Edward E. Putnins Editors 2014 Oxidant stress plays an important role in a wide range of tissue pathologies, such as neurodegenerative disease, carcinogenesis, aging, and periodontal disease. Periodontal disease is one of the most prevalent diseases suffered by humans, although the reported prevalence varies according to diagnostic […]
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Brad Aiken 2014 A Collection of Medical Science Fiction Stories One of the great debates in science fiction these days is whether it is losing its relevance as the rate of technological advancement increases. The reality of new technologies often outpaces that which has been predicted in literature, and nowhere is this more apparent than […]
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David G. Capco • Yongsheng Chen Editors 2014 Impacts on Cell Biology and Medicine The rapidly developing field of engineered nanomaterial has expanded in many commercial areas. More recent studies have begun to provide a foundation for understanding how nanomaterials influence cells and how they also can serve as methodological tools for studies in medicine […]
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Eugenie S. Kleinerman Editor 2014
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Christian Behl • Christine Ziegler 2014
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Shizuya Saika • Liliana Werner Frank J. Lovicu Editors 2014 The crystalline lens, like the cornea, is one of the most transparent tissues dedicated to optical function. I, with my colleagues, have long been engaged in research on this remarkably unique tissue, in many diverse fields including embryology, physiology, pathology, and others.
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David M. Hunt • Mark W. Hankins Shaun P. Collin • N. Justin Marshall Editors 2014
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John Milton • Toru Ohira 2014 Dynamics, Delays and Noise It is common in physics and chemistry that the mathematical tools of the discipline are taught by practicing physicists and chemists rather than by mathematicians. Why, then, are biologists not teaching the mathematical tools needed and used by biologists?
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Ping Wang Editor 2014 Milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor-factor 8 (MFG-E8), also known as breast epithelial antigen (BA46) or lactadherin, is a cysteine rich secretory glycoprotein, cloned by Dr. Gordon Parry from the University of California, in 1990 as a mammary epithelial cell surface protein. This protein contains two epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domains at […]
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