Diseases and disorders

Despite the significant advances in cancer therapy made through constant evaluation and analysis of treatment aftereffects, the disease still remains one of the foremost causes of mortality worldwide killing more than 12 million people annually.

Advances in cancer research have grown exponentially in recent decades.

Development of cancer, a dreadful disease of mankind, is a multi-stage process involving numerous molecular alterations at both genomic and proteomic levels.

This unique book deals with both inflammation and cancer in a single source of publication.

Tumors often start out as a benign growth, but gradually progress toward the malignant stage over a relatively long period of time.

This book presents key concepts in the structure and function of vascular smooth muscle cells in health and disease.

The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family of ligands and the corresponding family of FGF receptor tyrosine kinases comprise one of the most versatile and diverse growth factor signaling families in vertebrates, found virtually in every tissue and cell type where they regulate metabolic and physiologic function, maintain tissue homeostasis, and mediate injury response, tissue repair, and regeneration.

Nobel laureate Tu Youyou won the 2015 prize for Medicine/Physiology for the discovery of artemisinin, a drug therapy for malaria that has saved millions across the globe.

Inflammation is important in many diseases, yet it is hard to find current information on the pertinent cellular and molecular mechanisms of inflammation.

The book aims to present, educate and inform individuals about Alzheimer's disease in a comprehensive manner.

The high morbidity and mortality due to gynecologic cancer calls for much-needed efforts to provide an early diagnosis.

This book discusses systematically treatment on the development of stochastic, statistical and state space models of the HIV epidemic and of HIV pathogenesis in HIV-infected individuals, and presents the applications of these models.

This book provides a detailed overview of the latest innovations in respiratory endoscopy, from both diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives; each chapter focuses on one disease and the techniques for early diagnosis as well as treatment.

This book helps readers to overcome the challenges encountered during the imaging diagnosis of soft tissue tumors due to their diversity and the significant overlap in imaging features between different tumors.

This book aims to provide readers with a sound understanding of the spectrum of radiologic appearances of bone tumors, which reflect histopathology, and the pattern analysis of imaging findings.

This book is a detailed guide to image interpretation in patients with spine and spinal cord tumors that will enable clinicians and residents to improve their diagnostic abilities.

This book pursues a multidisciplinary approach in order to evaluate the socio-ecological dimensions of infectious diseases in Southeast Asia.

This book thoroughly illustrates the designed and tailored medical approaches for tumors of the female reproductive organ.

This book is structured in three major parts and the first part is a comprehensive overview of IBD-related intestinal cancer.

This book covers all aspects of Wilms' tumor, the second most typical solid tumor in children.

Recurrent Miscarriages (RM) & Implantation Failure (IF) have remained an enigma to clinicians and researchers.

This book in the two volume set provides comprehensive coverage on how microbial pathogens can subvert our immune system into responding against self and resulting into autoimmune diseases.

This book discusses prospective alternative approaches to fight bacterial infections to minimize the indiscriminate use of conventional antibiotics.

This unique book provides excellent examples of ongoing, leading-edge research related to viruses, especially COVID-19.

This book is a collection of comprehensive and latest information on all aspects of vaccination in fish and shellfish.

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the state of knowledge on the role of microbes in inducing autoimmune diseases.

This manual treats both conceptual and practical aspects of gastrointestinal polyposis syndrome, which is characterized by dermatologic manifestations.

This book provides the latest information on fish lectins from the perspective of inflammation and presents new ideas on the complicated mechanisms of lectin biochemistry and associated interactions.

This textbook includes 70 chapters contributed by an exceptional group of experts in all areas of hepato-pancreato-biliary diseases, bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to treatments.

This book provides insights into the care of cancer patients in the intensive care unit in a comprehensive manner.

This book describes the biology, diagnosis, treatment and the latest research on anti-sperm antibody (ASA) and anti-zona pellucida antibody (AZPA) produced in some infertile patients.

This book covers all aspects and dimensions of tuberculosis affecting the spine, starting from its historical perspective to modern trends in early diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation.

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This book discusses the potential roles of miRNA as a crucial regulator in cancer biology.

This timely book discusses antimicrobial drug resistance, specifically, the resistance against the beta-lactam class of antibiotics by Gram-Negative bacteria.

This book reviews the role of the lung microbiome in the development and progression of lung diseases.

The second volume of the Biomedical translational research discusses advancements in biomedical research for understanding the pathophysiology of various diseases towards improving diagnosis and treatment.

The book contains review articles providing a comprehensive overview of cannabis/marijuana's diverse healing aspects in human healthcare (medicinal, nutraceutical, skincare, etc.

This atlas is designed to be a user-friendly bench-side reference for pathology trainees and general pathologists in handling and interpreting specimens of hepatocellular carcinoma.

This book presents a comprehensive collection of classic cases and problem scenarios encountered as bedside case discussions during ward rounds.

This book describes the process of immunomodulation and the plants which possess immunomodulation properties to boost the immune system.

This book compiles updated research about the implications of therapeutic proteins in various human diseases.

This book examines the technologies and processes for the development and commercial production of stem cells according to cGMP guidelines.

This book reviews the relationship between receptors, carbohydrate moieties, and pathogenic surfaces and lectins' pathophysiology of immune responses and examines the mechanisms of action of the molecules for the treatment potentials.

This book explores in depth a wide range of functional biomaterials-based systems for drug, gene delivery, and biomedical aspects.

COVID-19 has made differential impacts on countries and communities around the world.

This book provides a comprehensive summary of the latest knowledge regarding functional foods and new therapeutic strategies for neurodegenerative disorders through explaining specific mechanisms for natural remedies and functional foods as well as alternative treatment and supplementary approaches for neurodegenerative diseases.

This book explores the concept of prehabilitation to great depths using all possible modes of prehabilitation across surgical specialities.

This book focuses on a broad range of immunomodulators, including both natural and synthetic ones.

This book discusses the novel metabolic cross-talk between immune and tumor cells in the tumor microenvironment that promotes their growth and progression.