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Streptomyces in Nature and Medicine: The Antibiotic Makers

Oxford University Press, 2007

This is an insiders account of 50 years of genetic studies of the soil-inhabiting microbes that produce most of the antibiotics used to treat infections, as well as anti-cancer, anti-parasitic and immunosuppressant drugs. The book begins by describing how these microbes the actinomycetes were discovered in the latter part of the nineteenth...

America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones

Trine Day, 2004

The book began with an anonymous donation to the author of an 8-inch package of documents in the early 1980s. Nothing less than the membership list and supporting documents for a truly secret society the Yale Skull and Bones.

The late Johnny Johnson, of Phoenix Arizona was the spark that moved me to write first a...

Women Drug Traffickers: Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime (Diálogos Series)

University of Chicago Press, 2014

In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriersâwork rarely acknowledged. Elaine Carey’s study of women in the drug trade offers a new understanding of this intriguing subject, from women drug smugglers in the...

Pharmacology Demystified

McGraw-Hill, 2005

Just the prescription for mastering pharmacology! .

Looking forward to locking in a great, secure job in the booming healthcare field? Well, before you can graduate and get your license, you have to pass that challenging compulsory course in pharmacology. Luckily, there's no need to be intimidated or confused. In...

Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates

MIT Press, 2009

On any given night cable TV news will tell us how polarized American politics is: Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Canada. But in fact, writes Peter Wenz in Beyond Red and Blue, Americans do not divide neatly into two ideological camps of red/blue, Republican/Democrat, right/left. If they did, what could explain Republicans...

The Permanent Pain Cure

McGraw-Hill, 2008

Are you taking medication or considering surgery because of pain? Have you lived with muscle or joint pain for years? Imagine your life today without pain. Imagine you hold the key to eliminating any future pain. Find it inside this book: a groundbreaking drug- and surgery-free healing plan from master pain therapist Ming Chew.

The Ming...

Medical Terminology Demystified

McGraw-Hill, 2005

There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects

Medical Terminology Demystified covers all the basic terms of disease and injury, abnormal anatomy and physiology, surgical techniques, drugs, and other therapies--in the context of real, practical health issues. This self-teaching...

Novel Therapeutic Targets for Antiarrhythmic Drugs

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Profiles potential treatment approaches for cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular origin are responsible for the deaths of nearly half a million Americans each year while atrial fibrillation accounts for about 2.3 million cases per year, a rate that is projected to increase 2.5 fold over the next half...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: From Genes to Patients (Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience)

Humana Press, 2005

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurobehavioral disorder affecting 5–10% of children and adolescents and 3% of adults. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: From Genes to Patients aims to provide a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the critical aspects of ADHD, and hopefully will serve as...

Apoptosis, Cell Signaling, and Human Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms, Volume 1

Humana Press, 2007

The aim of Apoptosis, Cell Signaling, and Human Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms is to present recent developments in cell survival and apoptotic pathways and their involvement in human diseases, such as cancers and neurodegenerative disorders. This requires an integration of knowledge from several fields of research, including...

Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology

CRC Press, 2001

Rapid advances in science, medicine, and molecular biology have created a large amount of new information on biomedicine and molecular biology. Keeping up with the latest information can become a cumbersome task for professionals and students working in these fields. Updated to include new terminology and accurate characterizations of...

Computational Approaches to Biochemical Reactivity (Understanding Chemical Reactivity)

Springer, 1997

This book summarises recent results in the rapidly developing discipline of the computational aspects of biochemical reactivity. It presents a comprehensive and critical treatise on the subject, with numerous references covering practically all relevant and recent work. The chapters, written by eminent experts in the field, deal with quantum...

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