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Main description:
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. This second edition acts as a complement to the first, describing and updating the standard models that are most utilized for specific disease areas. New models are included exploring emerging areas of inflammation research.
Contents:
Rat models of arthritis: Similarities, differences, advantages, and disadvantages in the identification of novel therapeutics.- Murine collagen induced arthritis.- Use of animal models of osteoarthritis in the evaluation of potential new therapeutic agents.- Models of inflammatory processes in cancer.- Advances in stem cell research: use of stem cells in animal models of muscular dystrophy.- Gene transfer technology.- Transgenics.- Nanotechnology: Towards the detection and treatment of inflammatory diseases.- UK legislation of in vivo aspects in inflammation research.- Japanese guidelines and regulations for scientific and ethical animal experimentation.- United States guidelines and regulations in animal experimentation.- (Contents of Volume 2 are not included)
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Publication date: September, 2006
Pages: 219
Weight: 940g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Diseases and Disorders, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Pathology, Pharmacology, Rheumatology
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