Published August, 2012
By Patrick Chames
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Recent medical advances have opened up exciting new possibilities for antibodies as a key drug modality in diseases including cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. This updated second edition has detailed expert guidance on the latest methods and protocols.

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Published August, 2012
By Muhammad Munir, Siamak Zohari and Mikael Berg
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences
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Peste de Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild small ruminants that can significantly affect economies.

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Published August, 2012
By Dédée F. Murrell
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Provides a comprehensive review of autoimmune skin diseases, including bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus vulgaris, linear IgA disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, blistering and bullous diseases.

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Published August, 2012
By M. Eric Gershwin, Penelope Nestel and Carl L. Keen
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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Our colleagues commented that while the book was eminently suitable for a library, there was still an intellectual need for a more concise volume on nutrition and immunology for health care providers and scientists working at the inter face of delivering therapeutic and/or preventive health care.

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Published August, 2012
By Dirk Saerens and Serge Muyldermans
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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The development of the hybridoma technology created the possibility to obtain unlimited amounts of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) with high specificity and affinity for any target and to introduce mAbs in a wide range of applications;

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Published August, 2012
By Yona Keisari
Publisher: Springer
Series: The Tumor Microenvironment
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The growing knowledge on tumor-immune response interactions and on the tumor microenvironment did not translate so far into better control of cancer by anti-tumor vaccination.

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Published August, 2012
By Duane F. Bruley, David K. Harrison, William J. Welch and Fredrik Palm
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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From the 39th annual conference of the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT), held in Washington, DC, USA in July 2011, this volume covers aspects of oxygen transport from air to the cells, organs and organisms;

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Published August, 2012
By Patrizia Agostinis and Samali Afshin
Publisher: Springer
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Altogether, this book will provide the reader with an exhaustive view of ER stress biology and the latest insights in the role of ER stress in relevant human diseases.

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Published August, 2012
By Arie J. Zuckerman, Keith Taylor, Heikki Hyoty, Antonio Toniolo, Arie Zuckerman and Heikki Hyoety
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book will assemble the views of many of the world's experts in the field of viruses and diabetes. What is the role of virus-induced cytokines> Could vaccines prevent virus-induced diabetes? Until recent technological advances, progress in the understanding of the relationship between viruses and diabetes has been hampered.

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Published August, 2012
By R.J.G. Rycroft, P.J. Frosch, Peter J. Frosch, K.E. Andersen, C. Benezra, D. Burrows, J.G. Camarasa, A. Dooms-Goossens, G. Ducombs, J.-M. Lachapelle, A. Lahti, T. Menne, Richard J.G. Rycroft, R.J. Scheper, I.R. White and J.D. Wilkinson
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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In recent years the field of contact dermatitis has increased greatly in importance in dermatology. Thanks largely to the ICDRG and Contact Dermatitis, there were, by 1986, enough additional dermatologists and scientists with a special interest in this area to form the European Environmental and Contact Dermatitis Research Group (EECDRG).

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