Published November, 2012
By W.R. Chegwidden, N.D. Carter and Y.H. Edwards
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Experientia Supplementum
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Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is a seemingly ubiquitous enzyme of profound physiological importance, which plays essential roles in respiration, acid-base homeostasis, bone resorption, calcification, photosynthesis, several biosynthetic pathways and a variety of processes involving ion, gas and fluid transfer.

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Published November, 2012
By Rob DeSalle, R. DeSalle, G. Giribet, W. Wheeler, Gonzalo Giribet and Ward Wheeler
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Experientia Supplementum
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The present book is the ideal complement to the practitioner's manual Techniques in Molecular Systematics and Evolution, recently published by the same editors in the Birkhauser MTBM book series.The first part of this book deals with important applications of evolutionary and systematic analysis at different taxonomic levels.

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Published November, 2012
By Maria A. Livrea
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Molecular and Cell Biology Updates
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This book advances the knowledge of mechanisms regulating metabolism and functioning of vitamin A and offers the most recent results of research on the clinical efficiency of retinoids in skin disorders and cancer.

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Published November, 2012
By Jeremy D. Pearson and Jeremy Pearson
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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The book will provide an overview of the roles of vascular adhesion molecules in health and disease, with chapters on their cell biology, followed by chapters reviewing their importance in specific disease processes.

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Published November, 2012
By Serge Gauthier, Bengt Winblad, Gerard Emilien, Cecile Durlach, Kenneth L. Minaker and Jean-Marie Maloteaux
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Alzheimer disease (AD) has become the most common form of dementia in industrialized countries and represents an increasing burden at the economic, social and medical level.

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Published November, 2012
By Timothy Billiar, Timothy R. Billiar, Yoram Vodovotz and Daniela Salvemini
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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Literally thousands of papers have been published on nitric oxide over the past ten years. The voluminous literature regarding the incredible range of chemical and biological effects of nitric oxide and reactive nitrogen oxide species, RNOS, may present a tangle of confusing information to the researcher.

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Published November, 2012
By Michael Kahn
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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Combinatorial chemistry in conjunction with High Throughput Screening (HTS) is revolutionizing the drug discovery process.

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Published October, 2012
By Theo F. Nonnenmacher, Gabriele A. Losa and Ewald R. Weibel
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Mathematics and Biosciences in Interaction
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"Fractals in Biology and Medicine" explores the potential of fractal geometry for describing and understanding biological organisms, their development and growth as well as their structural design and functional properties.

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Published October, 2012
By Joseph M. Colacino and Beverly A. Heinz
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Milestones in Drug Therapy
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Published October, 2012
By Michael Torzewski and Gerd Schmitz
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Milestones in Drug Therapy
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This book deals with statins which have substantially altered the approach to therapy of atherosclerosis and its sequelae. This book not only provides the reader with valuable information but also stimulates further research into the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and the mechanisms behind the action of effective statins.

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