Beyond Human

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Erik Seedhouse 2014 Engineering Our Future Evolution Los Angeles, a few years from now? You’re walking down a city street. Dark skies drip with acid rain. Monolithic buildings covered in neon advertising dominate the landscape. Ahead you see a woman running toward you. She’s being followed by a man with a gun.  

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Adult and Pluripotent Stem Cells

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Jürgen Hescheler · Erhard Hofer Editors 2014 Potential for Regenerative Medicine of the Cardiovascular System There is hardly an area of research developing so quickly and raising so much hopes and promises as stem cell research. Embryonic, fetal, and adult stem cells provide cells with pluri- and multipotency, respectively, and allow deeper insights into mechanisms […]

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Antimicrobials

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Flavia Marinelli • Olga Genilloud Editors 2014 New and Old Molecules in the Fight Against Multi-Resistant Bacteria The positive impact of antibiotics in human health has been challenged in the past decade by the emergence and prevalence of antibiotic resistant pathogens either in the hospitals or in the community, requiring renovated efforts to identify and develop therapeutic alternatives. […]

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Nanomedicine

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Yi Ge • Songjun Li • Shenqi Wang Richard Moore Editors 2014 Principles of Nanomedicine Volume 1 This book is comprised of two complementary volumes: Principles of Nanomedicine (Volume 1) and Perspectives of Nanomedicine (Volume 2). The purpose of this arrangement is to provide a more comprehensive overview of a new and potentially revolutionary branch of healthcare – […]

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Cone Beam CT and 3D Imaging

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Pietro Caruso • Enzo Silvestri Luca Maria Sconfienza Editors 2014 A Practical Guide Writing the foreword of a book generally represents a moment of joy and satisfaction. These feelings are made even greater as my personal professional consideration and fondness for the Authors of this volume is highly remarkable. In this setting, I like to remember the words […]

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