Published November, 2010
By Alan Thornhill and Alan R. Thornhill
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Medicine
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This book applies modern molecular diagnostic techniques to the analysis of single cells, small numbers of cells, or cell extracts. Emphasis is placed on non-invasive analysis of single cell metabolites and the direct analysis of RNA and DNA from single cells, with a focus on polymerase chain reaction and fluorescence in situ hybridization.

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Published November, 2010
By Meral Beksac
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Medicine
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This volume is a compendium of cutting-edge molecular methods for the successful transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells. They describe promising tools for stem cell transplant research models, such as in vivo bioluminescence imaging. They discuss HLA typing, PCR-SSP typing, and HLA antigens.

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Published November, 2010
By W. Scott Champney
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Medicine
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This book examines specific techniques which can be used to explore new drug targets and the effectiveness of new antibiotics.

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Published November, 2010
By Kristian Muller and Katja Arndt
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Protein engineering is a fascinating mixture of molecular biology, protein structure analysis, computation, and biochemistry, with the goal of developing useful or valuable proteins.

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Published November, 2010
By Wolfgang Walz
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Neuromethods
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Continuing the research of the best-selling first edition, this second edition collects three more years of research in the ever-expanding study of the cell membrane.

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Published November, 2010
By Feng Wang
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology
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In this book, expert researchers provide a tool box for those who have a general interest in biomarker research and for those currently specializing in certain technologies but desiring an understanding of other available methodologies.

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Published November, 2010
By Sigrid C. Veasey
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience
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Dr. Stadtman broke the ground for a new field of study to discover how oxidative stress contributes in significant ways to age-related cellular dysfunction and protein accumulation and that oxidation in the aging brain influences Alzheimer's disease, ischemia-reperfusion injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and lifespan [4-6].

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Published November, 2010
By Ron G. Rosenfeld, Charles Roberts and Charles T. Roberts
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
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The IGF system has been demonstrated to be critically involved in both intrauterine and postnatal growth, and to have important implications in cancer biology as well, owing to the ability of the IGFs to function in endocrine, paracrine, and autocrine modes and given the wide distri bution of IGFs in virtually every organ system.

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Published November, 2010
By Jurgen Bajorath, Barry A. Bunin, Brian Siesel and Guillermo Morales
Publisher: Springer
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Chemoinformatics is the use of information technology in the acquisition, analysis and management of data and information relating to chemical compounds and their properties.

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Published November, 2010
By Wolfgang Walz
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
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This study of control mechanisms can be applied on any level of fu- tion whether subcellular, cellular, and organ, but reaches its highest level of complexity with the functioning of the body as a whole and its interaction with the external environment.

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