Developmental biology

Actin Cytoskeleton in Cancer Progression and Metastasis - Part A, Volume 355 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, provides an overview of the roles of the actin cytoskeleton and some of its key structural regulators, including WASp, Paxillin, Myosin, Testin, L-Plastin and profilin, in central processes underlying cancer progression and metastasis, such as changes in cell morphology and gene expression, acquisition of migratory and invasive capabilities, and evasion from the immune response.

This timely volume explores the use of CRISPR-Cas9 for genome editing, presenting cutting-edge techniques and their applications in treatment of disease.

In a presentation to the Linnean Society of London in November 1831, the Scottish botanist Robert Brown (perhaps better known for his discovery of Brownian motion) mentioned almost as an afterthought that in orchid epidermal cells, a single "e;circular areola"e; could be seen, a "e;nucleus of the cell as perhaps it might be termed.

This volume presents the most current reviews on how cancer stem cells (CSCs) hypothesis dictates that the continued proliferation of a tumor is dependent on a sub-population of self-renewing and asymmetrically dividing neoplastic stem cells that supply a largely differentiated tumor.

In spite of the fact that the process of meiosis is fundamental to inheritance, surprisingly little is understood about how it actually occurs.

Much research has focused on the basic cellular and molecular biological aspects of stem cells.

The Guide to Investigation of Mouse Pregnancy is the first publication to cover the mouse placenta or the angiogenic tree the mother develops to support the placenta.

This book provides thorough coverage of high-throughput OMICs technologies for the monitoring of stem cells and regenerative medicine.

This is the third meeting we have organized which has explored the meaning of fetal neural developmental disruption in the etiology of schiwphrenia.

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development.

Redox Signaling in Wound Healing in Elderly Populations: Theoretical Basis, Part 1 deals with wounds in different types and locations (diabetic, ischemic, post-operational) in subcellular and macro dimensions, examine their relationship with aging aim to target deteriorating redox signaling cascades, and will also focus on promising therapeutic approaches.

This book is aimed to summarise the key aspects of the role of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in breast cancer, with special attention to their contribution to tumour progression and establishment of metastatic disease.

Evolutionary developmental biology or evo-devo is a field of biological research that compares the underlying mechanisms of developmental processes in different organisms to infer the ancestral condition of these processes and elucidate how they have evolved.

This detailed volume presents validated and well-adapted procedures involving humanized and/or stem cell-based neural model systems that have proven helpful in better understanding the essential brain functions involved in the pathogenesis of brain disorders.

Cell biology is moving at breakneck speed, and many of the results from studies on insects have helped in understanding some of the central problems of biology.

This volume details methods and protocols to further the study of stem cells within the computational stem cell biology (CSCB) field.

Recent research has emphasized that socially transmitted information may affect both the gene pool and the phenotypes of individuals and populations, and that an improved understanding of evolutionary issues is beneficial to those working towards the improvement of human health.

This new volume in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series concentrates on transcriptional switches during development.

Anaerobiosis and Stemness: An evolutionary paradigm provides a context for understanding the many complexities and evolutionary features of stem cells and the clinical implications of anaerobiosis stem cells.

The field of genetics is rapidly evolving and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in knowledge of genetics.

Prominent intellectuals and public figures explore the dynamics of development, offering varying perspectives from a range of fields.

The transition in anthropological and biomedical research methods over the past 50 years, from anthropometric and craniometric measurements to large-scale microarray genetic studies has resulted in continued revision of opinions and ideas relating to the factors and forces that drive human variation.

In the vasculature, the extracellular matrix (ECM) is involved in the regulation of angiogenesis, vascular mechanosensing, and blood vessel stability.

This detailed volume contains embryo culture techniques that should inspire embryologists to consider comparative studies.

Bees are flying insects of the order Hymenoptera closely related to wasps and ants.

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Plants are autotrophs and sessile, while animals are heterotrophs and motile.

A thoroughly updated fourth edition, providing a comprehensive and well-illustrated guide to all tissues and organs of flowering plants.

This book puts the ethics, policy and politics of stem cells into context in a way that helps readers understand why past and current issues have developed the way they have and what the implications are for their work going forward.

This book provides keys, descriptions and illustrations for about 850 species of liverworts and hornworts, in 148 genera and 47 families, of Colombia and Ecuador.

This book provides detailed and comprehensive mechanistic insights of the various risk factors that lead to the ischemic stroke and the novel therapeutic interventions against it.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

This book focuses on the basic aspects of dental stem cells (DSCs) as well as their clinical applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

The book illustrates how Darwin's theory has evolved, about the development of the biological world before Darwin, and great changes that took place with the incorporation of statistics, and after Darwin's death of genetics and mathematics.

This book is a guide specifically for Early Career Researchers on how to publish in the Biological Sciences, whether that be your first manuscript or if you're already experienced - there's something for everyone.

This book covers the full range of pathologic conditions encountered during childhood and youth, including tumors and tumor-like conditions of all organ systems, with direct links to developmental biology pathways and genetics.

Animal Models of Disease, Part C, Volume 192 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Characterizing tumor-infiltrating group 1 innate lymphoid cells in PyMT breast tumors, The current models unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the intricate pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease using Zebrafish, Colitis mouse model, Matching model with mechanism: appropriate animal models for studying various aspects of diabetes pathophysiology, Human cancer cells xenografts to assess the efficacy of granulysin-based therapeutics, and much more.

The Immunological Synapse, Part A, Volume 173 in the Methods in Cell Biology series provides state-of-the-art methods for the study of the immunological synapse.

Crustaceans adapt to a wide variety of habitats and ways of life.

Skeletal muscle is the most abundant tissue of our body.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the molecular basis of developmental and stem cell regulation.

Muscle disease represents an important health threat to the general population.

Edited overview of the development, function and evolution of vertebrate teeth.

Over the past decade, significant advances in the fields of stem cell biology, bioengineering, and animal models have converged on the discipline of regenerative medicine.

White biotechnology, or industrial biotechnology as it is also known, refers to the use of living cells and/or their enzymes to create industrial products that are more easily degradable, require less energy, create less waste during production and sometimes perform better than products created using traditional chemical processes.

"e;In this engaging book, Axe uses 'common science' to consider the biggest mystery: To what or to whom do we owe our existence?

Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells are mature cells that have been genetically reprogrammed so that they return to their embryonic state.

The Zebrafish: Cellular and Developmental Biology, Part A Cellular Biology, is the latest edition in the Methods in Cell Biology series that looks at methods for analyzing cellular and developmental biology of zebrafish.