Published October, 2007
By Michel Carael and Judith Glynn
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: International Studies in Population
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Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won.

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Published October, 2007
By I.W. Fong and Karl Drlica
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
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This comprehensive, up-to-date volume defines the issues and offers potential solutions to the challenges of antimicrobial resistance.

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Published October, 2007
By Luis Graca
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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This volume gives an overview on the progress in immune synapse research, from basic science to clinical trials, and the major mechanisms involved. It discusses how interfering with T cell activation may lead to immune tolerance, immune modulation, and the recruitment of regulatory T cells;

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Published October, 2007
By Paul F. Torrence and PF Torrence
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Drug Discovery Approaches discusses promising antiviral drug discovery strategies. This publication provides guidance on developing drugs to protect the health of the world against the threat of emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism.

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Published October, 2007
By Scott Dessain and Scott K. Dessain
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Although the utility of human antibodies as medical therapeutics for cancer and immune diseases has been well-established, it is only beginning to be realized for the treatment of viral infectious diseases. Polyclonal immunoglobulins have long been used for some viral diseases, but they have limited potency and disease scope.

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Published October, 2007
By Charlotte S. Kaetzel
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This key work in the field draws on a broad spectrum of molecular biologic, biochemical, and immunogenetic approaches in combination with human and murine in vitro cell culture and in vivo model systems to address questions in mucosal immunity. Humans produce more immunoglobulin A (IgA) than all other antibody isotypes combined.

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Published October, 2007
By Michael J Tan, Robert A. Salata, James S. Tan and Thomas File
Publisher: Eurospan (American College of Physicians)
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Provides guidance practitioners need to diagnose and treat the most commonly encountered infections. This edition features chapters on Antimicrobial Agents for the Primary Care Physician and Prosthetic Joint Infections. It reviews the clinical manifestations of each infections as well as advances in clinical microbiology.

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Published October, 2007
By Yongwon Choi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Includes these topics: A Key Regulator of Postnatal Skeletal Remodeling; Ectodomain Shedding of Receptor Activator of NF-KB Ligand; and The Negative Role Of Ids In Osteoclastogenesis. This book also includes these topics: Dexamethsone Suppresses Bone Formation via the Osteoclast and Immunologic Regulation Of Bone Development.

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Published September, 2007
By S Mouly and P Sellier
Publisher: Springer (Springer Editions)
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Published September, 2007
By Yinduo Ji
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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This book provides a comprehensive collection of the most up-to-date techniques for the detection and investigation of MRSA. Several chapters also include a section with tips not usually found in methods books.

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