243 - Host-Fungus Interactions

Host-Fungus Interactions: Methods and Protocols 2012th Edition by Alexandra C. Brand, Donna M. MacCallum

Microbiologists, medical mycologists, immunologists, and biochemists are increasingly working together to focus on the processes involved in the progression and treatment of fungal disease.

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247 - Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Behavioral Interventions Update by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by impaired social communication and social interaction accompanied by atypical patterns of behavior and interest.

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248 - Fusion Genes and Cancer

Fusion Genes and Cancer 1st Edition by Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara, Ganesan Padmavathi, Nand Kishor Roy

Development of cancer, a dreadful disease of mankind, is a multi-stage process involving numerous molecular alterations at both genomic and proteomic levels. Immense research for the past several decades in the field of cancer identified many such mutations and their role in carcinogenesis.

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249 - DJ-1/PARK7 Protein

DJ-1/PARK7 Protein: Parkinson’s Disease, Cancer and Oxidative Stress-Induced Diseases 1st ed. 2017 Edition by Hiroyoshi Ariga, Sanae M. M. Iguchi-Ariga

This book reviews the functions and roles of DJ-1 in various oxidative stress-related diseases and applications of DJ-1 and its binding compounds to the diseases.

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254 - Neuroviral Infections: General Principles and DNA Viruses

Neuroviral Infections: General Principles and DNA Viruses by Sunit K. Singh (Editor), Daniel Ruzek (Editor)

Viral infections of the central nervous system or neurotropic viruses are often lethal. Understanding of these diseases involves understanding the interaction between the nervous system and the immune system.

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260 - Crohn's and Colitis

Crohn's and Colitis: Understanding and Managing IBD by Hillary Steinhart (Author)

A newly updated edition from one of the most respected and authoritative experts on Crohn's and colitis.

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* Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism

Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism 9th Edition by John P. Bilezikian (Editor)

The authoritative reference to bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism, revised and updated.

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278 - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Causes, Treatment and Research (Cardiology Research and Clinical Developments) by Ikram Kammoun (Editor)

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common form of genetically inherited cardiovascular disease, with a prevalence of one in 500 individuals.

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* Chemistry in Context by American Chemical Society

Following in the tradition of the first eight editions, the goal of this successful, issues-based textbook, Chemistry in Context, is to establish chemical principles on a need-to-know basis for non-science majors, enabling them to learn chemistry in the context of their own lives and significant issues facing science and the world.

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326 - Plant Transposable Elements: Methods and Protocols

Plant Transposable Elements: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Thomas Peterson (Editor)

Transposable elements have played a major role in shaping plant genome structure and gene expression. Transposons not only drive sequence expansion, induce mutations and generate chromosome rearrangements, they also help to shape the epigenetic topology of the eukaryotic genome.

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335 - Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization

Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization: Protocols and Applications (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Diponkar Banerjee (Editor), Sohrab P. Shah (Editor)

The earliest descriptions of human chromosomes initiated the genomics revolution that is now upon us.
This book explores the scope of what is now possible as far as documenting abnormalities associated with several human cancers.

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347 - Fundamentals of Food Biotechnology by Byong H. Lee

Food biotechnology is the application of modern biotechnological techniques to the manufacture and processing of food, for example through fermentation of food (which is the oldest biotechnological process) and food additives, as well as plant and animal cell cultures.

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* Invertebrates

Invertebrates by Richard C. Brusca, Wendy Moore, Stephen M. Shuster (Author)

In the twelve years since publication of Invertebrates, Second Edition, fundamental shifts have occurred in our understanding of the origins and evolutionary relationships among protists and animals. These changes are largely due to the explosion of molecular phylogenetics and evo-devo research, emergence of the new field of animal genomics, major fossil discoveries in China, Australia, and elsewhere, and important new embryological and ultrastructural studies.

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351 - Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease by Julia Thom Oxford

The extracellular matrix in development and disease deals with the molecular and cellular aspects of development and disease. Cells exist in three-dimensional scaffolding called the extracellular matrix. The matrix holds together the millions of cells that make up our blood vessels, organs, skin, and all tissues of the body.

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352 - One Plus One Equals One

One Plus One Equals One: Symbiosis and the evolution of complex life by John Archibald (Author)

We are in the midst of a revolution. It is a scientific revolution built upon the tools of molecular biology, with which we probe and prod the living world in ways unimaginable a few decades ago. Need to track a bacterium at the root of a hospital outbreak? No problem: the offending germ's complete genetic profile can be obtained in 24 hours. We insert human DNA into E. coli bacteria to produce our insulin.

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354 - From X-rays to DNA: How Engineering Drives Biology

From X-rays to DNA: How Engineering Drives Biology (The MIT Press) by W. David Lee (Author), Jeffrey Drazen (Contributor), Phillip A. Sharp (Contributor), Robert S. Langer (Contributor)

An argument that technology accelerates biological discovery, with case studies ranging from chromosome discovery with early microscopes to how DNA replicates using radioisotope labels.

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361 - New Research on Cell Aging and Death

New Research on Cell Aging and Death (Cell Biology Research Progress) by Roman Strakos (Editor), Bendt Lorens (Editor)

New Research on Cell Aging and Death reviews previous literature to describe the main behavioral and biochemical characteristics of the SAMP8 mouse model, discussing its main advantages as well as potential weaknesses to model age-related diseases.

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367 - Functional Proteomics: Methods and Protocols

Functional Proteomics: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Xing Wang (Editor), Matthew Kuruc (Editor)

This book seeks to fill in the current technology gap with a specific collection of technologies developed for the study of protein function at a proteome scale.

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387 - BCL-2 Family Proteins: Methods and Protocols

BCL-2 Family Proteins: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Evripidis Gavathiotis (Editor)

This volume explores numerous techniques for the genetic, molecular, biochemical, and structural examination of BCL-2 family proteins and their interactions.

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388 - Transgenic Cotton: Methods and Protocols

Transgenic Cotton: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Baohong Zhang (Editor)

This second edition provides a comprehensive collection of the cutting-edge methods for creating and monitoring transgenic cotton and its application on agricultural and basic research.

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