Published September, 2007
By CIBA Foundation Symposium
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley–Blackwell)
Series: Novartis Foundation Symposia
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Asthma is a growing health problem throughout the developed world. This volume presents a critical review of all the possible factors for this rising trend and includes research that has not yet been published in the scientific literature. Discusses the basic biology of asthma and addresses genetic influences.

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Published September, 2007
By CIBA Foundation Symposium
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Antibiotic Resistance: Origins, Evolution, Selection and Spread Chairman: Stuart B. Levy 1997 Over the last 50 years, the rapid increase in the use of antibiotics, not only in people, but also in animal husbandry and agriculture, has delivered a selection unprecedented in the history of evolution.

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Published September, 2007
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Telomeres and Telomerase Chairman: Sydney Brenner 1997 Telomeres are the protective genetic elements located at the ends of chromosomes and are essential for correct chromosomal structure and function.

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Published September, 2007
By CIBA Foundation Symposium
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A timely volume dealing with the evolutionary and structural links between the clotting and fibrinolytic proteins and plasminogen–related growth factors. The role of individual domains for enzymatic proteins and plasminogen–related growth factors is also comprehensively examined.

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Published September, 2007
By Novartis Foundation
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This book brings together material on all aspects of immunological tolerance. Basic mechanisms of tolerance are examined in detail, including mechanisms of peripheral T cell tolerance, molecular and genetic mechanisms for maintaining self tolerance, partial T cell activation, and the role of apoptosis in tolerance.

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Published September, 2007
By Novartis Foundation
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Both timely and topical, this book examines the most important aspects of the relationship between alcohol consumption and health. Drawing together much new and exciting work in this area, it reviews this emotive subject from a dispassionate perspective.

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Published September, 2007
By Novartis Foundation
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This book focuses on current research into the structure and function of the three major pathways which link sensory to motor areas of the cerebral cortex. Summarizing much of the recent research, it covers a wealth of topics, with important implications for understanding the role of these pathways in human disease.

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Published September, 2007
By Novartis Foundation
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Brings together key new results of interdisciplinary collaborations among various research fields on rhodopsin including the photoreceptive mechanism of rhodopsins, the molecular mechanism of the visual transduction process, visual processes in the retina and other transduction processes in the retina and brain.

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Published September, 2007
By Novartis Foundation
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Malaria still constitutes one of the world′s major infectious diseases, affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

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Published September, 2007
By Novartis Foundation and Norton B. Gilula
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley–Blackwell)
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Gap junctions are key elements in communication between cells in multicellular organisms.   It is clear that their activity is essential for normal embryonic development and normal function in adult organs, although the individual roles of the proteins that form the channels (connexins) are not yet fully understood.

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