R. Manjunatha Kini · Kenneth J. Clemetson · Francis S. Markland · Mary Ann McLane · Takashi Morita Editors 2011 From Bench to Bedside Nature is wonderful; organisms, whether plants, animals or microbes, have evolved through competition (including predator-prey and host-parasite competitions) and natural selection. In this long drawn out process, they have developed, been fine-tuned and improvised […]
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Onkar N. Tripathi l Ursula Ravens l Michael C. Sanguinetti Editors 2011 Molecular Basis, Pharmacological Modulation and Clinical Implications The heart is a remarkable electrically activated rhythmic muscular pump responsible for distributing blood to the lungs, brain visceral organs, skeletal muscle other organs and to itself.
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Shuiping Jiang Editor 2011
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Vitomir S ˇ unjic´ l Michael J. Parnham 2011 Organic Synthesis in Action Describing the intrinsic attraction of basic research in organic synthesis, Elias J. Corey, Nobel Laureate in 1990, wrote in 1988: “The appeal of a problem in synthesis and its attractiveness can be expected to reach a level out of all proportion to practical considerations, whenever […]
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Maryse Picher Editor-in-Chief 2011 Chronic respiratory diseases are complex disorders generally driven by genetic mutations weakening the airways’ ability to respond appropriately to inhaled toxins or pathogens.
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Edited by Frans P. Nijkamp and Michael J. Parnham 2011 The last 5–6 years since the publication of the second edition of Principles of Immunopharmacology have seen several notable changes in our understanding of the immune system.
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Francesco Chiappelli 2011 Evidence-Based Perspectives from Molecular Biology to Systems Biology The U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (enacted on 23 March 2010) created a $1 billion program to award, on a competitive basis, federal subsidies to qualifying therapeutic discovery projects being conducted at small biomedical companies.
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Jean-Pierre Bourguignon l Bernard Je´gou l Bernard Kerdelhue´ l Jorma Toppari l Yves Christen Editors 2011 In the field of endocrine disruption, the reproductive system has been a priority concern of scientists and environment/public health agencies for several decades, based on observations of fertility impairment in wildlife as well as in humans.
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Bertil B. Fredholm Editor 2011 Methylxanthines are doubtless the most widely consumed of all pharmacologically active agents. The reason for this is, of course, that caffeine-containing beverages are consumed on a daily basis by the majority of humans. The human use of coffee and tea was limited until surprisingly recently.
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Nigel Curtis ● Adam Finn ● Andrew J. Pollard Editors 2011 Each of the chapters in this book is based on a lecture given at the eighth ‘Infection and Immunity in Children’ (IIC) course held at the end of June 2010 at Keble College, Oxford. Thus, it is the eighth book in a series, which collectively provide […]
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