Biology of Disease

Aimed at undergraduate students intending to pursue a career in the medical support services, this book covers specific areas which include haemato...

Reducere. Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" ...

DescriptionPathophysiology and Pharmacology in Nursing has been carefully designed to provide an integrated introduction to both the biology of dis...

DescriptionPathophysiology and Pharmacology in Nursing has been carefully designed to provide an integrated introduction to both the biology of dis...

Waisted: The Biology of Body Fat outlines the fascinating, often misunderstood and sometimes controversial biology of fat, otherwise known as adipo...

In this book, Dr. Mark Houston provides you with scientific prevention and treatment programs to reduce your risk of coronary heart disease and myo...

Through the vivid, true stories of five addicts, a neuroscientist explains how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it. T...

A groundbreaking examination of the implications of synthetic biology for biodiversity conservation Nature almost everywhere survives on human term...

Textbook of Histology, 5th Edition, brings you up to date with all that's new in the field, while providing a solid foundation in the basic science...

Focuses on the pathophysiology of common cardiovascular disease in the context of its underlying mechanisms and molecular biology. This book explai...

Biology of Aging, Second Edition presents the biological principles that have led to a new understanding of the causes of aging and describes how t...

Over 300, 000 people will die this year from obesity-related diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. That's 822 people every day. It's l...

Reducere. This book will practically take you through the disease process of the neglected tropical disease, schistosomiasis, also known as 'Bilharzia' and t...

Description"Riveting . . . The Vaccine Race] invites comparison with Rebecca Skloot's 2007 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."--Nature "This is ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book contains discussions, case studies, and over 450 questions on human blood groups, donation practices, blood component therapy,...

This volume reflects clinical and experimental research on selenium. Papers focus on biomedical and ecological aspects of this element, with specia...

Provides a comprehensive review of disease pathophysiology and treatment with a focus on research into and application of evidence-based nutritiona...

Reducere. This first in a series handbook introduces the cellular biology behind peptides, including how peptides can delay cellular senescence, reduce infla...

Reducere. Cancer research has reached a major turning point, and no one is better qualified to explain the past two deacades' dramatic leaps forward in under...

Reducere. The Frugivore Diet is the natural human diet, the diet we are biologically suited for. This book shared the secret to effortlessly maintaining your...

Your genes are not your destiny: learn to prevent disease, improve brain function, and reverse the course of obesity and premature aging through ea...

Providing a comprehensive overview for small animal veterinarians with poultry clients, this book covers the poultry industry, avian biology, disea...

DescriptionThis book builds a much-needed bridge between biostatistics and organismal biology by linking the arithmetic of statistical studies of o...

Contributor(s): Author: George N. AgriosThis fifth edition of the classic textbook in plant pathology outlines how to recognize, treat, and prevent...

A comprehensive 2006 review of the health, demography and population genetics of Caribbean populations of African descent. It provides an evolution...

Leading ecologists discuss some of the most compelling open questions in the field todayUnsolved Problems in Ecology brings together many of the wo...

DescriptionOur experience of the world is driven by processes common to all animals: growth, survival, reproduction and death. Evolution and Human ...

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Ebola: Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns provides a concise description and discussion of the Ebola virus and Ebola virus disease exclusive...

This new textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspect of plant diseases, including pathogens, plant-pathogen interactions, their ma...

This book gathers information on various foods and provides an explanation of their nutrient composition, sources, and roles and mechanisms in heal...

DescriptionThough many are harmless and even beneficial, invertebrates are some of the world's most feared and dangerous creatures. Guide to Venomo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David G. GardnerAuthor: Dolores M. ShobackA full-color guide to the entire field of clinical endocrinology and its scientif...

DescriptionThis book is designed to be a practical study in infectious disease dynamics. The book offers an easy to follow implementation and analy...

Reducere. Nutritional science is the science that studies the biological process of nutrition. It tries to understand nutrients and other substances in food,...

The Normal and the Pathological is one of the crucial contributions to the history of science in the last half century. It takes as its starting po...

A different kind of politics for a new kind of society--beyond work, scarcity and capitalism In the twenty-first century, new technologies should l...

Praise for the First Edition: Association of American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Division Award Winner (Life Sciences)"One of the ten be...

Reducere. David Fairchild wrote this book to describe his extensive world travels and his work introducing new plant species to the United States. In additio...

Reducere. For thousands of years, Western culture has dichotomized science and art, empiricism and subjective experience, and biology and psychology. In cont...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Patricia PrijatelAfter her diagnosis of hormone-negative breast cancer, health journalist Patricia Prijatel did what any re...

Reducere. This volume contains new editions of two books. R. Pearson's Pasteur, Plagiarist, Imposter, originally published in 1942, serves as the introductio...

Reducere. "A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling."--Bill Bryson A revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific ...

Genomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism's...

No one will ever again die from smallpox. With the battle won against that 'most terrible of the ministers of death', an unprecedented humanitarian...

The first contemporary translation of the 1, 000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology - Presents the actual words of Avic...

Humans have long faced an invisible enemy in the form of deadly viruses, and the COVID-19 pandemic shows what devastation they can wreak. As we fac...

Reducere. Unlike other books on epidemics, which either focus on the science behind how microbes cause disease or tell first-person accounts of one particula...

Reducere. Anticipating a career in medicine, Dr. William A. Haseltine was in his first weeks of graduate studies at Harvard when a legendary physician-scient...

Reducere. On July 22, 2009, a special meeting was held with twenty-four leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health to discuss early findings tha...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the gene that causes people to age prematurely to the "bitter gene" that may spawn broccoli haters, this book explores a few of the...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kyle MillsDr. Richard Draman is trying desperately to discover a cure for a disease that causes children to age at a wildly...

Reducere. Let's face it: From adenines to zygotes, from cytokinesis to parthenogenesis, even the basics of genetics can sound utterly alien. So who better th...

Reducere. Cells are the most fundamental building block of all living organisms. The investigation of any type of disease mechanism and its progression still...

Reducere. Bacteria are single celled microorganisms which lack nuclear membrane. They are metabolically active and divide using the techniques of binary fiss...

Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness is designed to guide public health personnel or teams in any country that investigates reports of alleg...

Reducere. This book will explore hydrogen gas, hydrogen water, oxygen (O2), and carbon dioxide (CO2). Combining these gases will usher in a new age of medici...

Reducere. This book will explore hydrogen gas, hydrogen water, oxygen (O2), and carbon dioxide (CO2). Combining these gases will usher in a new age of medici...

Reducere. An increasing number of farmers and scientists believe the foundational ideas of mainstream agronomy are incomplete and unsound. Conventional crop ...

Reducere. Complex metabolic pathway diagrams are a hallmark of many biochemistry textbooks. But what do they tell us about disease, physiology, cell signalin...

Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co IncIllustration(s): Approx. 100 illustrations (75 in full color); Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pag...

Reducere. DescriptionSamuel Hahnemann was a German physician who created and introduced homeopathy, a system of alternative medicine which claims that a subs...

Reducere. Plant breeding is a method of changing the traits of a plant for producing certain characteristics such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, h...

DescriptionHeaven's Breath, the first history of the wind, looks at this ubiquitous and invisible entity from the point of view of geography, biolo...

Reducere. Using a science comic format to engage readers of all ages, Mosquitoes SUCK! conveys essential information about mosquito biology, ecology, and dis...

Reducere. The next healthcare revolution will apply regenerative medicines using human cells and tissues. The aim of the regenerative medicine approach is to...

In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development....

Reducere. DescriptionEpidemiology is often referred to as the science of public health. However, unlike other major sciences, its theoretical foundations are...

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Reducere. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a highly polymorphic and diverse multigene locus in all jawed vertebrate species that has an integral...