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Iron Physiology and Pathophysiology in Humans provides health professionals in many areas of research and practice with the most up-to-date and well-referenced volume on the importance of iron as a...

The question of whether there might be a duty to die was first raised by Margaret Battin in 1987 in her ground-breaking essay, "Age Distribution and the Just Distribution of Health Care: Is There a...

Advances in methodologies and experimental models are pivotal to furthering our understanding of central nervous system (CNS) functions in mammals. Isolated Central Nervous System Circuits examines...

It has been little more than a century since Emil von Behring and his colleagues (1890) showed that the blood of tetanus-immune rabbits contained a factor that could be transferred to nonimmune...

The receptor-associated JAK protein kinases and their substrates, the STAT transcriptional activators, transmit signals following cytokine and growth factor binding to receptors expressed on the cell...

Jasmonate Signaling: Methods and ProtocolsAuthor: Alain GoossensPublisher: HumanaPublication Date: Apr 25, 2013Number of Pages: 347 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 1627034137ISBN-13:...

Kernicterus (bilirubin encephalopathy) is a highly interesting example of metabolic encephalopathy. It fills all the characteristics of a metabolic encephalopathy in that it can develop rapidly,...

Kernicterus (bilirubin encephalopathy) is a highly interesting example of metabolic encephalopathy. It fills all the characteristics of a metabolic encephalopathy in that it can develop rapidly,...

Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: A Practical GuideAuthor: T. R. SrinivasPublisher: HumanaPublication Date: Nov 16, 2010Number of Pages: 441 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

This volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review in the field of experimental and human nephrogenesis. The book reviews new data on the effects on kidney development by neonatal...

Kidney Development: Methods and ProtocolsAuthor: Odyss? MichosPublisher: HumanaPublication Date: May 27, 2012Number of Pages: 415 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 1617798509ISBN-13:...

As the expense of treating a growing number of end-stage kidney disease patients increases, greater attention has been paid to prevention and early treatment. The study of renal disease, however,...

Kidney Research: Experimental ProtocolsAuthor: Tim D. HewitsonPublisher: HumanaPublication Date: Dec 17, 2015Number of Pages: 292 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 1493933515ISBN-13:...

By the end of the 1980s only two microtubule-dependent motors, the plus end-directed kinesin and the minus end-directed cytoplasmic dynein, had been identified. At the time, these two motors seemed...

This text presents the application of current nutritional knowledge by physicians and dietitians and incorporates emerging fields of science and important discoveries. It contains seven major...

This volume explores label-free biosensors, advantageous in part because this technology bypasses the need of labels, reporters, and cell engineering, all of which are common to labeled techniques...

This updated volume presents experimentation-based approaches to lactic acid bacteria (LAB) research. Split into three parts, the book explores techniques for analyzing lactic acid bacteria...

The number of investigators focusing their attention on lactoferrin has increased dramatically in recent years. Lactoferrin is a protein with more than one known structure and a number of proposed...

Minimally invasive urologic surgery is revolutionizing how physicians treat many urologic diseases. Laparoscopy in particular has reduced the pain, morbidity, and recovery time for many procedures...

Minimally invasive urologic surgery is revolutionizing how physicians treat many urologic diseases. Laparoscopy in particular has reduced the pain, morbidity, and recovery time for many procedures...

Laser Capture Microdissection: Methods and ProtocolsAuthor: Graeme I. MurrayPublisher: HumanaPublication Date: Jul 19, 2011Number of Pages: 493 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

Laser Scanning Microscopy and Quantitative Image Analysis of Neuronal Tissue brings together contributions from research institutions around the world covering pioneering applications in laser...

Lasers are relatively recent additions to the analytical scientist's arsenal. Because of this, many analysts-whether their concern is research or some range of applications-are in need of a tutorial...

Due to the simplicity, relative accuracy, fast result reporting, and user-friendliness of lateral flow immunoassay, its use has undergone tremendous growth in the diagnostic industry in the last few...

Due to the simplicity, relative accuracy, fast result reporting, and user-friendliness of lateral flow immunoassay, its use has undergone tremendous growth in the diagnostic industry in the last few...

It has been a difficult, sometimes painful, story to tell in its entirety, but I have done my best to be accurate both in facts and in dates, for I feel that l owe the truth to the many who have...

LC-MS in Drug Analysis: Methods and ProtocolsAuthor: Loralie J. LangmanPublisher: HumanaPublication Date: Jul 06, 2012Number of Pages: 224 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

LC-Ms/MS in Proteomics: Methods and ApplicationsAuthor: Pedro R. CutillasPublisher: HumanaPublication Date: Aug 12, 2010Number of Pages: 357 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

Lectins have in the past been regarded by many scientists as curious proteins of uncertain structure and specificity that bind to carbohydrates of dubious significance themselves. All this is rapidly...

Lectins: Methods and Protocols summarizes classic lectin technologies and advanced techniques with high throughputs and sensitivities. Chapters include methods and techniques for serial...