Published November, 2009
By Yongwon Choi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Published November, 2009
By Kum Kum Khanna and Yosef Shiloh
Publisher: Springer
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The ?eld of cellular responses to DNA damage has attained widespread recognition and interest in recent years commensurate with its fundamental role in the ma- tenance of genomic stability.

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Published November, 2009
By Sabra L. Klein and Craig Roberts
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This book critically reviews the evolutionary origin and the functional mechanisms responsible for sexual dimorphism in response to infection. It delineates areas where knowledge is lacking and highlights future avenues of research.

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Published November, 2009
By Thomas Dittmar and Kurt S. Zanker
Publisher: Springer
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This volume examines the dual role of stem cells in health and disease. It details strategies on the use of embryonic stem cells and embryonic-like stem cells in regenerative medical purposes as well as strategies on the elimination of cancer stem cells.

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Published November, 2009
By Darren R. Flower, Matthew Davies, Shoba Ranganathan and Darren D.R. Flower
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Immunomics Reviews:
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This fourth volume of a series is dedicated to advances in immunomics. The focus is on systemic and integrative approaches in basic and clinical immunology, immunoinformatics, and immunologically relevant instrumentation and high-throughput screening methods.

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Published October, 2009
By Chihiro Sasakawa
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Clearly, an in-depth study of bacterial infectious strategies, as well as the host cellular and immune responses, presented in each chapter of this book will provide further insight into the critical roles of the host innate and adaptive immune systems and their importance in determining the severity or completely preventing infectious diseases.

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Published October, 2009
By Michael P. Cancro
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Immunology
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Discovery of the BLyS (also known as BAFF) family of ligands and receptors has yielded a paradigm shift in our view of B-lymphocyte selection, survival, activation, and homeostasis.

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Published October, 2009
By Anibal de J. Sosa, Carlos F. Amabile-Cuevas, Po Ren Hsueh, Samuel Kariuki, Iruka N. Okeke, Denis K. Byarugada, Denis K. Byarugaba and Carlos Amabile
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Some human populations escaped tropical infections by migrating into cold climates but then had to procure fuel, warm clothing, durable housing, and crops from a short growing season. Patients infected with bacteria expressing such resistance genes then failed treatment and remained infected or died.

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Published October, 2009
By Alan L. Rothman
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Scientific research on dengue has a long and rich history. Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, which assumed pandemic proportions during the latter half of the last century, have shown no indication of slowing their growth during this first decade of the twenty-first century.

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Published October, 2009
By Stephen K. Tyring and Anthony Gaspari
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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Dermatologists are being asked to understand the pathophysiology of a number of immune-mediated skin diseases. In addition, a number of new products have appeared on the market during the past decade which requires an understanding of the mechanisms of action of these drugs.

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