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How cancers begin and spread, by the scientist responsible for the major recent research breakthroughsCancer research has reached a major turning point. The amount of information gathered in the past twenty years about the origins of the disease is without equal in the...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2013-12-31
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SCIENCE MASTERS
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Nowadays cell culture is part of the tools used in all bio-professions, whether in research, industry or clinics. The author, the manager of a cell culture company, explains the main aspects in a clear and readily comprehensible manner. An overview of the most...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-12-23
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Theoretical tools and insights from discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and topology now play essential roles in our understanding of vital biomolecular processes. The related methods are now employed in various fields of mathematical biology as...
Editeur :
Springer
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2013-12-23
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Our lives and well being intimately depend on the exploitation of the plant genetic resources available to our breeding programs. Therefore, more extensive exploration and effective exploitation of plant genetic resources are essential prerequisites for the release of...
Editeur :
Springer
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2013-12-23
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An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-12-19
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An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-12-19
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New genes and diversity leading to adaptation and evolution are generated in special areas of genomes. One such area in all eukaryotic genomes and in those prokaryotes with linear chromosomes is the region near the ends of the chromosomes. These telomere-associated...
Editeur :
Springer
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2013-12-18
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This book presents an innovative demographic toolkit known as the ProFamy extended cohort-component method for the projection of household structures and living arrangements with empirical applications to the United States, the largest developed country, and China, the...
Editeur :
Springer
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2013-12-16
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Three major aspects that distinguish this book are that (1) it contains the most detailed analysis of the sexual reproduction (oogenesis, fertilization and embryonic incubation) in a particular phylum of the aquatic invertebrates (Bryozoa) ever made; this analysis is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-16
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The study of animal communication has led to significant progress in our general understanding of motor and sensory systems, evolution, and speciation. However, one often neglected aspect is that signal exchange in every modality is constrained by noise, be it in the...
Editeur :
Springer
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2013-12-16
Collection :
Animal Signals and Communication
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This addition to the Springer Brief in Stem Cells series focuses on aspects related to the specific mechanisms that ensure and control pluripotency and cell commitment in domestic animal species.This topic is generating rapidly-increasing interest due to the great...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-13
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Sleep has recently been recognized as a critical determinant of energy balance regulating, restoration and repair of many of the physiologic and psychologic processes involved in modulating energy intake and utilization. In addition to having an impact on obesity, sleep...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-13
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This book highlights the importance of phytochemicals and mitochondria in cancer prevention and therapy. Recent scientific discoveries have identified that naturally occurring biologically active compounds (i.e. phytochemicals) target multiple steps of tumorigenesis...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-11
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Wir werden immer älter, und viele Menschen sind beim Eintritt in den Ruhestand noch fit und möchten eine Tätigkeit ausüben, die ihnen Freude bereitet und für andere Nutzen stiftet. Dietmar Goldammer klärt auf, regt an und mobilisiert. Unterschiedliche individuelle...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2013-12-11
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Terricolous lichens, a habitat specialist group of lichens play a vital role in maintenance and ecological stability of soil crusts with reference to their physical stability, hydrology and growth of soil microflora.Terricolous Lichens in India, Volume 2:...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-11
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most notorious pathogens on earth, causing the death of approximately 1.5 million people annually. A major problem in the fight against tuberculosis is the emergence of strains that have acquired resistance to all available...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-09
Collection :
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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This new volume provides a concise overview of the most basic and exciting chapters of comparative medicine with regards to physiology and function in healthy individuals. The book includes core concepts in anatomy and physiology in human and animal models, which are...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-09
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As cities are rapidly expanding and encroaching into agricultural and natural areas, a question of primary concern is how this expansion affects surrounding agriculture and natural landscapes. This book presents a wide spectrum of both theoretical and empirical...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-09
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Nach seinem erfolgreichen Werk "Das intelligente Genom" befasst sich Adolf Heschl in seinem neuen Buch mit der Entstehung des Bewusstseins während der Evolutionsgeschichte. Unterhaltsam und leicht zugänglich geschrieben wartet der Autor nicht nur mit neuen Erkenntnissen...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-12-06
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Microbial Phenazines: Biosynthesis, Agriculture and Health focuses on phenazines, a group of upwards of a hundred nitrogen-containing redox-active heterocyclic compounds of bacterial origin that have long attracted scientific interest because of their colorful...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-05
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