Published October, 2006
By Hans D. Ochs, C. I. Edvard Smith, Jennifer M. Puck and C. I. Edward Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Presents discussions of gene identification, mutation detection, and clinical and research applications for over 100 genetic immune disorders - disorders featuring an increased susceptibility to infections and, in, certain conditions, an increased rate of malignancies and autoimmune disorders.

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Published October, 2006
By John P. Fisher
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This special issue of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology presents much of the research described at the recent 2nd International Tissue Engineering Conference held in Crete in May 2005.

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Published September, 2006
By Christopher S. Stevenson, Lisa A. Marshall and Douglas W. Morgan
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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In Vivo Models of Inflammation (Vol. 2) provides biomedical researchers in both the pharmaceutical industry and academia with a description of the state-of-the-art animal model systems used to emulate diseases with components of inflammation.

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Published September, 2006
By Christopher S. Stevenson, Lisa A. Marshall and Douglas W. Morgan
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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In Vivo Models of Inflammation (Vol. 2) provides biomedical researchers in both the pharmaceutical industry and academia with a description of the state-of-the-art animal model systems used to emulate diseases with components of inflammation.

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Published September, 2006
By Christopher S. Stevenson, Lisa A. Marshall and Douglas W. Morgan
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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In Vivo Models of Inflammation (Vol. 1) provides biomedical researchers in both the pharmaceutical industry and academia with a description of the state-of-the-art animal model systems used to emulate diseases with components of inflammation.

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Published September, 2006
By Andrew J. Pollard, Robert Antosia and John D. Cahill
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This is an essential portable handbook on bioterrorism and disaster medicine. Its practical and comprehensive text features chapters pertinent to bioterrorism, infectious disease, microbiology, virology, public health, epidemiology, and disaster medicine. It will serve as a practical guide for situation-specific disasters;

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Published September, 2006
By C. Jane Welsh, Mary Meagher and Esther Sternberg
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book provides a lucid summary of behavioral, neural and endocrine regulation of immune responses and of the effects of immune system activity on neural and endocrine functions and behavior. The underlying premise is that the brain and immune system represent a single, integrated system of defense.

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Published September, 2006
By Eckart D. Gundelfinger, Constanze Seidenbecher and Burkhart Schraven
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
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Uniquely, it puts side by side cellular communication devices and signaling mechanisms in the immune and nervous systems and discusses mechanisms of interaction between the two systems, the significance of which has only recently been fully appreciated.

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Published September, 2006
By Michael Curtis, Michael Wilson, Brian Henderson, Beth A. McCormick and Sir Anthony Coates
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Molecular interactions between bacteria and host cells is not unidirectional - both pathogens and host cells engage in a signalling cross-talk. This book details the remarkable variety of host-pathogen interactions, uniquely providing a comprehensive understanding of the host-bacterial interactions that occur at mucosal surfaces including the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts.

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Published September, 2006
By Rafi Ahmed and Bali Pulendran
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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The ability to remember an antigenic encounter for several decades, even for a life time, is one of the fundamental properties of the immune system.

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