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Biotechnology Intelligence Unit eBook Series

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  • Foreign Gene Expression in Fission Yeast: Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Edited by Hiromichi Kumagai, Yuko Giga-Hama ...
    Series series Biotechnology Intelligence Unit
    Recombinant proteins, produced in cells or microorganisms, play an important role in basic research, medical science and the biotechnology industry. Many foreign gene expression systems using mammalian cells, E. coli, insect cells, yeast and other organisms as hosts have been developed. However, only recently has the expression system of Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a host become a subject of ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • Long Circulating Liposomes: Old Drugs, New Therapeutics

    Edited by Martin C. Woodle, Gerrit Storm ...
    Series series Biotechnology Intelligence Unit
    This book provides an up-to-date evaluation of clinical aspects of newly available "long-circulating liposome" formulations. Based on results from numerous clinical studies, the book describes the fundamentals of this new technology, discusses how it may influence the pharmacology of existing well-known agents reformulated in this manner, and elaborates on future expectations. It provides the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Blue Biotechnology

    From Gene to Bioactive Product

    Edited by Werner E. G. Müller, Xiaohong Wang, Heinz C. Schröder ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book describes the discovery of molecules from unexploited extreme marine environments, and presents new approaches in marine genomics. It combines the current state of knowledge in marine genomics and advanced natural products’ chemistry to pursue the sustainable production of novel secondary metabolites (lead compounds), as well as pharmacologically active peptides/proteins, with ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Candida albicans: Cellular and Molecular Biology

    Edited by Rajendra Prasad ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book on Candida albicans and similar pathogens provides a timely overview of the groundbreaking discoveries made in the areas of drug resistance, host–pathogen interactions, virulence, host immune system modulation, etc., in the last two decades.This comprehensive 2nd Edition includes chapters on fungal infections, hyphal morphogenesis, molecular mechanisms of antifungal resistance, ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Antitumor Potential and other Emerging Medicinal Properties of Natural Compounds

    Edited by Evandro Fei Fang, Tzi Bun Ng ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The modern unhealthy diet and lifestyle in conjunction with pathogens, environmental carcinogens and multiple other risk factors increase humans’ susceptibility to different diseases exemplified by elevated levels of cancers, cardiovascular and communicable diseases. Screening of potential drugs from medicinal plants and animals provides a promising strategy for the alleviation of the impact of ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic Disorders

    Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics: an Update

    Edited by Paolo Gresele, Neal S. Kleiman, José A. Lopez, Clive P. Page ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book reviews current science and applications in fields including thrombosis and hemostasis, signal transduction, and non-thrombotic conditions such as inflammation, allergy and tumor metastasis. It is a detailed, up-to-date, highly referenced text for clinical scientists and physicians, including recent developments in this rapidly expanding field. More than a scientific resource, this is ... Read more

    $332.09 USD

  • Novel Approaches to Treatment of Osteoporosis

    Edited by R.G.G. Russell, T.M. Skerry, U. Kollenkirchen ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Osteoporosis affects a growing number of the population. Current treatments are based on prevention of further bone loss after the condition is diagnosed, often because a fracture has occurred. Treatments in the future will aim at healing osteoporosis by improving bone mass and quality. This book describes novel discoveries and research which will allow bone to be restored after it has been lost. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Angiogenesis Modulations in Health and Disease

    Practical Applications of Pro- and Anti-angiogenesis Targets

    Edited by Paul J. Davis, Shaker A. Mousa ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book is a major update of novel targets in angiogenesis modulation, including pro- and anti-angiogenesis. There is in-depth coverage of preclinical and clinical methods and models, investigational status, and clinical applications. The impact of nanotechnology in advancing the applications of pro-and anti-angiogenesis strategies is also highlighted, along with stem cell and biotechnologies in ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

    Translational Pathways to Clinical Adoption

    Edited by Hematti Peiman, Sowmya Viswanathan ...
    Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Translational Pathways to Clinical Adoption provides the latest information on the necessary steps for successful production of stem cells for a clinical trial. Written by professionals with hands-on experience in bringing MSC therapies to the clinic, and building on the biology and mechanisms of action, this unique book covers the development and production of clinical ... Read more

    $112.49 USD

  • Non Coding RNAs in Plants

    Edited by Jan Barciszewski, Volker A. Erdmann ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    In the most recent years, each of the RNA silencing pathways of plants have appeared to generate ncRNAs with dedicated functions, specialized biological activities and specific functional scopes. RNA silencing plays a crucial role in coordinating the expression, stability, protection and inheritance of eukaryotic genomes. It compromises several mechanisms, that invariably depend on core small non ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Textbook of Cell Signalling in Cancer

    An Educational Approach

    by Jacques Robert ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a simplified, yet comprehensive, overview of the signalling pathways operating between and inside cells, which will help younger oncologists find their way in the labyrinth of signalling pathways and in the multitude of signals and signal receptors, transducers and effectors that contribute to oncogenesis.This comprehensive reference text is based on the master’s courses ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Hypoxia and Cancer

    Biological Implications and Therapeutic Opportunities

    Edited by Giovanni Melillo ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The imbalance between rapidly proliferating tumor cells and inadequate and inefficient tumor vasculature leads to a decrease in oxygen levels (hypoxia and/or anoxia) in tumor tissues. Intra-tumor hypoxia profoundly affects the biological behavior of cancer cells, which become resistant to conventional therapies and acquire a more invasive and metastatic phenotype. Hypoxia is a hallmark of the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD