Published December, 2013
By Joelle Vailly
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Based on a five-year research project and winner of the Prix 'Le Monde' for academic research in France, The Birth of a Genetics Policy analyses the three dimensions - scientific, political and moral - of the social issues raised by a policy of screening for the genetic disease of cystic fibrosis amongst babies.

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Published December, 2013
By Carsten Carlberg and Ferdinand Molnár
Publisher: Springer
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Here is a concise survey of current knowledge of the mechanisms of gene regulation. After an introduction, three sections explore gene regulation from the perspective of transcription factors, chromatin and non-coding RNA. Includes extensive illustration.

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Published December, 2013
By Daniel A Lafontaine, Audrey Dubé and Daniel Lafontaine
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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In Therapeutic Applications of Ribozymes and Riboswitches: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field provide a complete overview of protocols used in the development of RNA molecule as drugs and drug target.

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Published December, 2013
By Barbara Migeon
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This is the only book about the X chromosome as a key to female development and the role of X-related factors in the etiology of sex differences in human disease. This new edition reflects research advances from the six years since the widely praised first edition.

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Published December, 2013
By Jerry L. Workman and Susan M. Abmayr
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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While there has been an increasing number of books on various aspects of epigenetics, there has been a gap over the years in books that provide a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of chromatin.

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Published December, 2013
By He-Feng Huang and Jian-Zhong Sheng
Publisher: Springer
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Gamete and Embryo-fetal Origins of Adult Diseases

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Published November, 2013
By Kathryn S. Plaisance, Thomas A.C. Reydon and Thomas Reydon
Publisher: Springer
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
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The volume is intended to be of interest to a broad range of audiences, which includes philosophers (e.g., philosophers of mind, philosophers of biology, and metaethicists), as well as practicing scientists, such as biologists or psychologists whose interests relate to biological explanations of behavior.

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Published November, 2013
By Robert B. Denman
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
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This book offers a comprehensive overview on the molecular basis of fragile X syndrome. It covers all models used to investigate fragile X syndrome and includes state-of-of the art approaches like epigenetics.

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Published November, 2013
By Natalia Maltsev, Andrey Rzhetsky, T. Conrad Gilliam, Natalia Maltsev, PhD and T. Conrad Gilliam, PhD
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Understanding the genetic architecture underlying complex multigene disorders is one of the major goals of human genetics in the upcoming decades.

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Published November, 2013
By Volker A. Erdmann, Jan Barciszewski and hab. Jan Barciszewski
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: RNA Technologies
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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.

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