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Diseases of the Liver & Biliary System

John Wiley & Sons, 2002

The eleventh edition welcomes the new Millenium. Progress in basic and clinical hepatology remains exponential. Since 1997, the advances have been wideranging, with those in molecular and cellular biology, and in diagnosis and treatment, leading the way. In a world in which information technology gives all too ready...

Visual Prosthesis and Ophthalmic Devices: New Hope in Sight (Ophthalmology Research)

Humana Press, 2007

The history of medicine has been substantially defined by a small number of monumental discoveries. Most of these breakthroughs have emerged from the biological sciences. One of the first great breakthroughs was the recognition by Koch in 1884 that pathogens could be transmitted from one living organism to another to cause disease....

Human Retroviral Infections: Immunological and Therapeutic Control

Springer, 2000

The mechanisms of disease production by infectious agents are presently the focus of an unprecedented flowering of studies. The field has undoubtedly received impetus from the considerable advances recently made in the understanding of the structure, biochemistry, and biology of viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other parasites....

Rudolph's Pediatrics

McGraw-Hill, 2002

The 21st edition of Rudolph's Pediatrics continues a tradition of evolving and adapting to changes in pediatric medicine. Originally published in 1897 as Diseases of Infancy and Childhood,...

COX-2 Blockade in Cancer Prevention and Therapy (Cancer Drug Discovery and Development)

Humana Press, 2003

The revelation that aspirin and aspirin-like compounds have notable antineoplastic properties has revolutionized cancer research. COX-2 Blockade in Cancer Prevention and Therapy chronicles the evidence and presents exciting new opportunities for the use of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) blockade in the prevention and treatment of cancer. The text...

Cancer Drug Resistance (Cancer Drug Discovery and Development)

Humana Press, 2006

Leading experts summarize and synthesize the latest discoveries concerning the changes that occur in tumor cells as they develop resistance to anticancer drugs, and suggest new approaches to preventing and overcoming it. The authors review physiological resistance based upon tumor architecture, cellular resistance based on drug transport,...

Single and Multi-Carrier DS-CDMA: Multi-User Detection, Space-Time Spreading, Synchronisation, Networkingand Standards

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

This volume is dedicated to a range of CDMA and MC-CDMA transmission aspects of systems designed for communicating over fading wireless channels.

Currently, a technical in-depth book on this subject, which has a similar detailed exposure of the recent advances in CDMA, M-ary CDMA and MC-CDMA, is unavailable. A...

Intracranial Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment

CRC Press, 2001

Brain tumors have a longstanding reputation for being intractable to therapy, and with evidence suggesting that the incidence of some brain tumors is increasing, this has become the most feared cancer. However, with improvements in imaging technologies, radiation therapy and chemotherapy , as well as a greater knowledge of the genetic causes...

What's Science Ever Done For Us: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

A playful and entertaining look at science on The Simpsons

This amusing book explores science as presented on the longest-running and most popular animated TV series ever made: The Simpsons. Over the years, the show has examined such issues as genetic mutation, time travel, artificial intelligence, and even aliens....

Pancreatic Cancer: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Medicine)

Humana Press, 2004

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Annually approximately 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with the disease and most will die from it within five years. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is unique because of its late onset in age, high mortality, small tumor samples...

Fuzzy Sets in Management, Economy & Marketing

World Scientific Publishing, 2002

The rapid changes that have taken place globally on the economic, social and business fronts characterized the 20th century. The magnitude of these changes has formed an extremely complex and unpredictable decision-making framework, which is difficult to model through traditional approaches. The main purpose of this book is to present the...

Cytokines and Chemokines in Infectious Diseases Handbook (Infectious Disease)

Humana Press, 2003

Cytokines and chemokines are an important class of effector molecules that play a fundamental role in orchestrating the innate and acquired immune responses needed to eliminate or wall off invading pathogens. In vitro and in vivo studies have been instrumental in revealing the complexity of the cytokine network and the many facets of...

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