Published December, 2008
By Richard P. Lifton, Gerhard H. Giebisch, Stefan Somlo and Donald W. Seldin
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Genetic approaches have revolutionized our understanding of the fundamental causes of human disease by permitting the identification of specific genes in which variation causes or contributes to disease. This book offers an insight into the role of genetic abnormalities in the pathogenesis of abnormal kidney function and kidney disease.

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Published December, 2008
By Debra G.B. Leonard and Debra G. B. Leonard
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Molecular Pathology Testing in Clinical Practice: Genetics is an authoritative and comprehensive guide that provides the general pathologist in clinical practice, as well as residents and fellows during their training, with the current standard in molecular genetic testing.

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Published December, 2008
By Iain J. McEwan and Iain J. McEwan, PhD
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Acting principally to control patterns of gene expression, nuclear receptors play vital roles during embryonic development and in the regulation of metabolic and reproductive functions in adult life, which proves this superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors to be a crucial part of biological life.

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Published December, 2008
By Xiaochun Li and Ronghui Xu
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Applied Bioinformatics and Biostatistics in Cancer Research
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Multivariate analysis is a mainstay of statistical tools in the analysis of biomedical data. It concerns with associating data matrices of n rows by p columns, with rows representing samples (or patients) and columns attributes of samples, to some response variables, e.g., patients outcome.

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Published December, 2008
By Anders Persson and Stellan Welin
Publisher: Elsevier (Nordic Academic Press)
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The development of new biomedical technologies has some enthusiastic proponents - scientists, the medical community, patient organisations, and politicians all hope for new cures and new industrial applications.

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Published December, 2008
By John D. Potter and Noralane M. Lindor
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Cancer Genetics
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Genetic susceptibility refers to how variations in a person's genes increase or decrease his or her susceptibility to environmental factors, such as chemicals, radiation and lifestyle (diet and smoking).

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Published December, 2008
By Hans-Georg Krausslich and Ralf Bartenschlager
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
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With contributions by numerous experts

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Published December, 2008
By Blossom Damanias, James Pipas and Blossom Damania
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This unique book focuses on the DNA viruses in the human population that are associated with cancers. Right now, while there are books out there that cover individual viruses that are also covered in this book, there is no single book that covers this topic comprehensively.

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Published December, 2008
By Jorg Tost and Joerg Tost
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Over the past few years, DNA methylation technologies and our knowledge of DNA methylation patterns have been advancing at a breathtaking pace.

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Published December, 2008
By Hema Purandarey
Publisher: Jaypee Medical (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers)
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