Author: Peter G. Dania
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: answers, contemporary, cardiology, questions, choice, mri, multiple, cardiovascular
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-02-01
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 1934115592
ISBN-13: 9781934115596

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has become an essential part of noninvasive diagnostic cardiac imaging. A Practical Guide for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging provides a comprehensive and reader-friendly educational tool for physicians starting to work with CMR and cardiology and radiology trainees preparing for the Board certification examination. Appealing to trainees, this text conveys teaching points with multiple choice questions that are supported by concise comments, providing a complete explanation of the correct answer and pertinent up-to-date bibliography. Ca

Author: Kewal K. Jai
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: nanomedicine, handbook
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 2008-03-03
List price: $119.00
ISBN-10: 1603273182
ISBN-13: 9781603273183

Nanomedicine is clinical medicine with the application of nanobiotechnology, which is currently being used to research the pathomechanism of disease, refine molecular diagnostics, and aid in the discovery, development and delivery of drugs. InThe Handbook of Nanomedicine, Prof. Kewal K. Jain distills the voluminous literature relevant to the subject into one concise, comprehensive and easy-to-use guide. Beginning with the basics, the subject is developed to potential clinical applications, many of which are still at an experimental stage. Important components of nanomedicine such as nanodiagno

Authors:Charles J. Hackett, Donald A. Harn Jr,
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: infectious, disease, principles, clinical, adjuvants, immunological, vaccine
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2005-12-01
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0896038920
ISBN-13: 9780896038929

A cutting-edge review of the major research areas of adjuvant discovery, design, development, and use. The authors lay down a rational basis for vaccine adjuvant function and analyze a number of significantly distinct adjuvant-active molecules to illuminate the principles of their function and use. The focus is on specific receptor-ligand interactions, including the molecular features needed for a compound to possess adjuvant activity. The critical interface zone between the innate and adaptive immune systems is also analyzed to show how adjuvants exert their effects on T- and B-cell activatio

Author: Alexander Serganov
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: methods, biology, molecular, protocols, riboswitches
Number of Pages: 366
Published: 2009-04-17
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 1934115886
ISBN-13: 9781934115886

The revolutionary discoveries of RNA interference and bacterial regulatory RNAs led to further breakthroughs such as the identification of riboswitches and related RNA sensors, mRNA regions capable of alternating their conformations in response to the presence of cellular metabolites and other physical or chemical cues. In "Riboswitches: Methods and Protocols", expert researchers provide comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of various methods used to study riboswitches and other RNAs involved in gene expression control. Examining biochemical and modern biophysical techniques, the volume focus

Author: Federico Innocenti
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: drug, development, cancer, discovery, response, clinical, pharmacogenomics, genomics, anticancer
Number of Pages: 378
Published: 2008-10-23
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 1588296466
ISBN-13: 9781588296467

The availability of new molecular approaches to the selection of drug therapy is an emerging need, as the traditional approach based on the evaluation of patient and tumor characteristics is clearly far from optimal. Many, and in most cases the majority of treated patients do not have significant benefits from the treatment while they often experience moderate to severe toxicities. In “Pharmacogenomics, Anticancer Drug Discovery, and Response”, edited by Federico Innocenti, readers will find a series of chapters addressing the role of genomic information in cancer therapy and in

Authors:Yuri Nikolsky, Julie Bryant,
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: molecular, biology, methods, analysis, networks, pathway, protein
Number of Pages: 398
Published: 2009-07-28
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 1607611740
ISBN-13: 9781607611745

From the beginning of the OMICs biology era, science has been pursuing the reduction of the complex "genome-wide" assays in order to understand the essential biology that lies beneath it. In Protein Networks and Pathway Analysis, expert practitioners present a compilation of methods of functional data analysis, often referred to as "systems biology," and its applications in drug discovery, medicine and basic disease research. The volume is divided into three convenient sections, covering the elucidation of protein, compound and gene interactions, analytical tools, including networks, interacto

Author: Damir Janigro
Publisher: Humana Pre
Keywords: neuroscience, contemporary, development, brain, mammalian
Number of Pages: 227
Published: 1970-01-01
List price: $189.00
ISBN-10: 1607612860
ISBN-13: 9781607612865

This book fills a gap in developmental books dealing with the normal prenatal mammalian brain. Most books that approach this topic work with non-human, non-vertebrate models. Mammalian Brain Development focuses on both the pre-natal and the peri-natal events that lead to brain damage as seen in the prospective of medical and research professionals, as well as examining the traditional “nature versus nurture” argument in the spectrum of brain development. The major topics addressed, in detail, in the book are sexual dimorphism, epigenetic action of gonadal hormones, environmental