Published November, 2010
By Bharat B. Aggarwal, Young-Joon Surh, Shishir Shishodia and S. Shishodia
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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The medicinal uses of Curcumin (also called turmeric) have been known and described for more than 5000 years. A large body of recent research suggests that curcumin is potentially useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, through modulation of numerous molecular targets.

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Published November, 2010
By Vicente Felipo, Antonio Llombart-Bosch, J.A. Lopez-Guerrero and José A. López-Guerrero
Publisher: Springer
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This volume contains the lectures held at the International Symposium on Cancer "New Trends in Cancer for the 21st Century". Not only do these papers provide state-of-the-art information on cancer, they are also an opportunity to look at the problem from different points of view.

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Published October, 2010
By Gáspár Jékely
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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The presence/absence of gene families with central roles in endomembrane and cytoskeleton dynamics in a variety of eukaryotic taxa and an understanding of eukaryote phylogeny allow the cellular machineries present in the last common ancestor of eukaryotes to be accurately reconstructed.

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Published October, 2010
By Constancio Gonzalez, Colin A. Nurse and Chris Peers
Publisher: Springer
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This book offers an updated review of the physiology of the carotid body chemoreceptors. It provides the trends in the field as it contains results in the topics that are at the frontiers of future developments in O2-sensing in chemoreceptor cells.

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Published October, 2010
By Berthold Koletzko, Peter Dodds, Hans Akerblom and Margaret Ashwell
Publisher: Springer
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Published October, 2010
By Hamid R. Arabnia, Hamid Arabnia and Neil Yen
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Published September, 2010
By Po Sing Leung
Publisher: Springer
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Highlighting the role local renin-angiotensin systems (RAS) play in pancreatic disease, this review presents the latest research advances in the field. These findings suggest both preventative measures and treatment for pancreatic disease.

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Published September, 2010
By Manuel Posada De La Paz and Stephen C. Groft
Publisher: Springer (Springer Netherlands)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This inclusive text is the first publication to address rare diseases as a public health problem. The work analyzes the constraints on epidemiological research at the same time as supplying solutions. It organizes the data by rare diseases groups.

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Published September, 2010
By Dilson E. Rassier, Rassier Dilson J.E and Dilson Rassier
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Muscle contraction has been the focus of scientific investigation for more than two centuries, and major discoveries have changed the field over the years.

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Published September, 2010
By Timothy G. Geary, Aaron G. Maule and Aaron Maule
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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The need to continually discover new agents for the control or treatment of invertebrate pests and pathogens is undeniable.

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