Acquisition of new knowledge about the biological and bio- chemical nature of neoplastic cells has led to the design and development of several experimental approaches in the tre&tment of cancer.
In this volume the policy of review by anonymous referees and minor correction by the editor has been continued, but perhaps should not be extended without an agreed policy statement by the Society.
This volume contains the proceedings of the third in a series of conferences entitled, The International Symposium on Biological Reactive Intermediates.
This volume represents the first attempt to present in one place the clinical syndromes and the pathophysiologic basis for the "e;resistance states"e; to each of the classes of steroid hormones.
It can honestly be said that the scope and magnitude of this meeting surpassed initial expectations with respect to the number and quality of the papers presented.
A NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;New Developments and Methods in Membrane Research and Biological Energy Transduction"e; was held in order to consider some of the most recent developments in membrane research methodologies and results, with particular emphasis on studies of biological energy transduction.
It was just about ten years ago that platelet membrane glycoproteins were first charac- terized and their abnormalities in congenital bleeding disorders first recognized.
Conventional attempts to control cell behaviour and function are often marred by the toxicity of the drugs used, their premature waste or inactivation or by their inability to interact with or reach target sites efficiently.
This volume is a collection of papers designed to increase awareness and utilization of fluctuation theory for the description of ionic events at the membrane.
We are extremely pleased that all of the chapters in this volume provide up-to-date information on a variety of topics of interest to scientists working on membrane biology.
The remarkable development of molecular biology has had its counterpart in an impressive growth of a segment of biology that might be described as atomic biology.
The aim of this book is to bring together in one volume the current research and thought on the concept of membrane fluidity as a biological phenomenon.
In the first edition of The Enzymes of Biological Membranes, published in four volumes in 1976, we collected the mass of widely scattered information on membrane-linked enzymes and metabolic processes up to about 1975.
In the first edition of The Enzymes of Biological Membranes, published in four volumes in 1976, we collected the mass of widely scattered information on membrane-linked enzymes and metabolic processes up to about 1975.
The phenomena involved in infections of man and domestic animals with metazoan or protozoan parasites present formidable practical problems as well as a theoretical challenge to immunologists, molecular biologists, and evolu- tionary biologists.
The study of endotoxins has undergone cycles of enthusiastic research followed by neglect and revival again due to newly described biological effects attributed to endotoxins.
The present volume contains the edited transcript of a collo- quium sponsored by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and held at Mountain Shadows Inn, Scottsdale, Arizona, December 14-16, 1981.
As traced by Uichael Bradbury in his recently published monograph, The Concept of a BZood-Brain Barrier, the idea of a scientific challenge is just about as old as the twentieth century.
The motivation for us to produce a treatise on regulation was mainly our convic- tion that it would be fun, and at the same time productive, to approach the subject in a way that differs from that of other treatises.
Although not the only volume in this series in which lipids are discussed, the present volume is devoted entirely to methods for the study of membrane lipids.
With the development of highly sophisticated analytical techniques and instrumentation during the past 15-20 years, progress in the field of lipid biochemistry has been greatly accelerated.
The amount of recent information collected about the molecular composition, structure, and function of the plasma lipoproteins, in man as well as in experimental animals, is very large.
During the summer of 1974 we discussed the state of molecular biology and biochemical developmental biology in plants on a few occasions in Paris and in Strasbourg.
The NATO Advanced Study Institute entitled "e;Surface Membrane Receptors: Interface Between Cells and Environment"e; was held in Bellagio, Italy September 13-21, 1975.
It might be asked if there is a need for yet another large review on Intestinal Absorption, and the answer is that this is still a rapidly expanding field of interest both from the medical and scientific points of view.
Not many years ago, problems of membranes and transport attracted the attention of but a few dozen enthusiasts, mainly physiolo- gists who recognize~ the significance of membranes for the stabilization of the general steady state of organisms.
This volume contains the contributions to a symposium held at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, under the auspices of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in April, 1971.
