Biology, life sciences

Patch clamping is a widely applied electrophysiological technique for the study of ion channels; membrane proteins that regulate the flow of ions across cellular membranes and therefore influence the physiology of all cells.

Today's top athletes understand that meeting one's nutritional needs is critical when competing.

Ecotoxicology is the study of the effects of toxicants on ecological systems.

Smooth muscle contraction is a vital component of the functioning of blood vessels, the uterus, airways and the bladder.

This important and exciting work brings together a high-calibre group of experts to discuss the practical application of genomic information to the development of drugs.

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is the detection and screening of genetic abnormality in gametes prior to fertilisation and embryos fertilised in vitro prior to implantation.

Most biological science departments run general skills courses for their first years, which include some combination of a range of topics from lab skills, writing and presentation to basic maths, statistics and IT.

"e;The authors represent most of the key figures and the work and the book as a whole is an essential reference for the newcomer or specialist in this area and for any student of eukaryotic cell structure and function.

"e;It is said if you take care of the pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves.

Quality Systems and Control for Pharmaceuticals is an accessible overview of the highly-regulated area of pharmaceutical manufacture, the production of biomedical materials, and biomedical devices.

The past decade has seen mounting global concern regarding viral outbreaks such as SARS, avian influenza and West Nile virus.

Carbohydrates offer a ready source of enantiomerically pure starting materials.

This is the first book focusing on the chemoecology of insect eggs and egg deposition.

Molecular and Genetic Analysis of Human Traits will address the science student human genetics market.

The main approaches to the investigation of food microbiology in the laboratory are expertly presented in this, the third edition of the highly practical and well-established manual.

Ecologists and environmental managers rely on mathematical models, both to understand ecological systems and to predict future system behavior.

Controlled expansion of cell populations is a fundamental feature of living organisms, being a finely-tuned balance between cell proliferation and cell death.

A Companion to Genethics is the first substantial study of the multifaceted dimensions of the genetic revolution and its philosophical, ethical, social and political significance.

In this book, leading researchers in medicine and molecular pharmacology explain the cellular mechanisms that control airway smooth muscle.

The heat shock, or cell stress, response was first identified in the polytene chromosomes of Drosophila.

Written in an informal and accessible style, Chromatin and Gene Regulation enables the reader to understand the science of this rapidly moving field.

Written by the successful author team of Sandy Primrose and Richard Twyman, Genomics: Applications in Human Biology is a topical book showing how the new science of genomics is adding impetus to the advances in human health provided by biotechnology.

This comprehensive yet concise book provides a thorough and complete guide to every aspect of managing the peer review process for scientific journals.

Peptides serve as effective drugs in the clinic today.

G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) are not only the largest protein family in the human genome but are also the single biggest target for therapeutic agents.

This text provides a fresh, accessible introduction to human metabolism that shows how the physiological actions of selected organs can be explained by their particular biochemical processes.

Taking a refreshingly different approach to the subject, this new textbook uses original case studies of psychological support work with individual athletes and groups to illustrate the underlying theory and inform the reader of cutting edge practice in the field.

In recent years cellular pathology has become more closely involved in the direct management of patients with the introduction of molecular technologies and targeted therapies.

Photosensitisers in Biomedicine offers clear and comprehensive coverage of the many different photosensitiser types, including information on their many applications that now extend beyond anticancer therapy.

The growing flood of new experimental data generated by genome sequencing has provided an impetus for the development of automated methods for predicting the functions of proteins that have been deduced by sequence analysis and lack experimental characterization.

In the last decade DNA sequencing costs have decreased over a magnitude, largely because of increasing throughput by incremental advances in tools, technologies and process improvements.

This textbook focuses on the relationship between physical exercise and cognition, a very timely and important topic with major theoretical and practical implications for a number of areas including ageing, neurorehabilitation, depression and dementia.

Drawing from a lifetime of teaching botany, Dr.

The first edition of this successful reader brought together key readings in the area of developmental cognitive neuroscience for students.

The field of high-throughput genetic experimentation is evolving rapidly, with the advent of new technologies and new venues for data mining.

The role of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease is only now starting to become clear.

Biomedical Science in Professional and Clinical Practice is essential reading for all trainee biomedical scientists looking for an introduction to the biomedical science profession whether they are undergraduates following an accredited biomedical sciences BSc, graduate trainees or experienced staff with overseas qualifications.

"e;This is essential reading for everyone who would like to update their knowledge of the pulmonary epithelium.

"e;I think this is an excellent book I recommend it to anyone involved in molecular epidemiology.

With the recent renaissance in mitochondrial biology and increasing recognition of their role in many diseases, this book provides a timely summary of the current state-of-the-art in mitochondrial research.

"e;This book should be useful to lecturers who teach senior undergraduates, graduate students, and students in the biomedical sciences in general.

This comprehensive, up-to-date book presents the latest research and applied practice to address all of the key issues relating to sport and eating disorders.

Human Blood Plasma Proteins gives an overview of the proteins found in human blood plasma, with special emphasis on their structure and function and relationship to pathological states and disease.

Today the Paralympic Movement is recognised as a global sporting phenomenon attracting thousands of athletes from an ever-increasing number of countries.

Proteomics is the study of the subsets of proteins present in different parts of an organism and how they change with time and varying conditions.

This volume presents a truly integrated methodological and biocultural approach to the expanding discipline of human palaeopathology.

This handbook is designed to help jobbing histopathologists jog their memory and get through more workload in any working day.

"e;This book contains extremely detailed and informative content on structure and function of ligands, receptors, and signalling intermediates plus interactions the extent of detail and appropriate referencing is impressive.

"e;It s not every day that one picks up a textbook that can claim to occupy a unique niche, given the multitude of scientific textbooks that are vying for a medical readership.

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results.