Medical research

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally and presents a major challenge to policy makers and clinicians alike.

"e;There is hardly a reason to circumcise a little boy for medical reasons because those medical reasons don't exist"e;, said Dr.

Nonlinear dynamics has become an important field of research in recent years in many areas of the natural sciences.

The truth is, few people know the first thing about clinical research.

Lipids are functionally versatile molecules.

Phase transitions occur throughout nature.

Johannes Klumpers Biotechnologies, such as genetic engineering, cloning and biodiversity, raise many legal and ethical concerns, so it is important that people understand these issues and feel able to express their opinions.

"e;Immunosenescence"e; is an imprecise term used to describe deleterious age-associated changes to immune parameters observed in all mammals studied so far.

Proteins lie at the heart of almost all biological processes and have an incredibly wide range of activities.

Current state of knowledge and gaps in experimental evidence related to the physiologic role and toxicity of trace elements in human health were presented and discussed at an international joint conference in Hersonissos, Crete-Greece, in October 2007.

Surprisingly what separates us from the open environment all around us sometimes is a single layer of epithelial cells.

The incessant development of quantum chemistry since the appearance of the Schrodinger * equation has turned this area into a respectable branch of science with unprecedented capabilities.

With the prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases on the rise as average life expectancy increases, the hunt for effective treatments and preventive measures for these disorders is a pressing challenge.

Nearly 97% of the human genome is the non-coding DNA, which varies from one species to another, and changes in these sequences are frequently noticed to manifest clinical and circumstantial malfunction.

The "e;Groupe International de Recherche sur l'Infinitesimal"e; (GIRI) was created in 1986 by Professor Madeleine Bastide and Doctor Rene Halm.

Is it acceptable from an ethical point of view to use stem cells from human embryos for scientific research and clinical therapy?

"e;Nanomaterials and Nanosystems for Biomedical Applications"e; brings together under a single cover various aspects of functional bioengineered materials and nanostructured biomaterials including commonly used implants and sustained release nanodevices.

Kary Mullis was awarded a Nobel Prize for inventing the PCR technique more than 15 years ago in 1993.

This topic is a new entry in the area of cellular calcium signaling: yet, it now spans the entire area, with discoveries that cover both genetic and acquired pathologies, even offering glimpses in the direction of therapy.

Cancer genetics is a field of daunting breadth and depth.

Retinal and choroidal angiogenesis are the leading causes of irreversible vision loss in developed countries.

Skeletal muscle is the most abundant tissue of our body.

Cancer cells are continuously interacting with the immune system of the host.

The processes of tumor metastasis, apoptosis and anti-tumor immune response are among the most complex yet rapidly advancing fields in the area of cancer research.

In order to learn oncology, it is necessary to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of molecular biology in carcinogenesis, and then, with this as a background, to consider the principles of the theoretical and clinical basis of the subject.

Programmed cell death (PCD) plays pivotal roles in tumor progression, cancer therapeutics and resistance of tumor cells to therapy.

Few would have predicted 20 years ago that myosins constitute a superfamily with at least two-dozen classes and that these molecular motors are involved in a multitude of intracellular activities including cell division, cell movement, intracellular transport and signal transduction.

This publication was initiated on the occasion of the NATO-Advanced Study Institute (ASI) meeting "e;Stem Cells and their potential for clinical application"e; which took place from August 23 - 25, 2006 in Kyiv and from August 26 - 31, 2006 in Simeiz, Ukraine.

Heat shock proteins are emerging as important molecules in the development of cancer and as key targets in cancer therapy.

Although the means of diagnosing and treating fungal infections have improved greatly over the last decade fungi still represent a serious threat to the health of immunocompromised and immunodeficient patients.

In this book the author explores the shifting philosophical boundaries of modern medical knowledge and practice occasioned by the crisis of quality-of-care, especially in terms of the various humanistic adjustments to the biomedical model.

This volume collects the lecture notes (ordered alphabetically according to the first author surname) of the talks delivered by the main speakers at the Erice 2007 International School of Crystallography, generously selected by NATO as an Advanced Study Institute (# 982582).

This volume contains research reports presented during the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) "e;Materials for Application in Medicine and Biology"e; held in Bonn, Germany, from October 4 to 6, 2006 at the center of advanced european studies and research (caesar).

Over the past few decades the involvement of neurosteroids in brain function and mental health has attracted much interest, not only from a neuroscience perspective, but also from clinical and therapeutic aspects.

Stress is a double edged sword.

The "e;Atlas Effectors of Anti-Tumor Immunity"e; is a unique scientific publication, which includes major issues of up-to-date information about immunophenotype, morphology and function of main effectors of anti-tumor immunity presented in a reasonable format.

Recent introduction of HPV vaccines has raised hopes for immunization against cervical cancer and for the first time in the history of humanity for eradication of one malignant disease.

This book includes 49 chapters presented as plenary , invited lectures and posters at the conference.

Scientists have great passion.

"e;General Principles of Tumor Immunotherapy: Basic and Clinical Applications of Tumor Immunology"e; brings together the world's leading authorities on tumor immunology.

Cancer may constitute the most extensively studied functions constitute a second line of defense that disease entity of our time.

If you wish to grow or characterize embryonic stem cells or persuade them to differentiate into a particular cell type, then this book contains information that is vital to your success.

Metastasis (spread of cancer in the body) is the main cause of death for patients with breast cancer, the leading female tumour in the industrialised countries and developing countries alike.

It is difficult to imagine anyone who has not heard of cancer.

In this volume, the expression of specific adhesion molecules within human cancer tissues are highlighted.

This volume opens with an exploration of the Confucian recognition of the family as an entity existing in its own right and which is not reducible to its members or their interests.

Heat Shock Proteins: Potent Mediators of Inflammation and Immunity currently provides the most up-to-date review on new mechanisms and provides exciting insights into how heat shock proteins modulates the hosts immune response.