Medical research

This volume critically examines the functional actions of the kainate type glutamate receptors (KARs).

Each volume of Advances in Pharmacology provides a rich collection of reviews on timely topics.

Small-Animal SPECT Imaging is an edited work derived from the first workshop on Small-Animal SPECT Imaging held January 14-16, 2004 at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

Physiology and Toxicology of Male Reproduction is a collection of papers that deals with general reproductive biology and specific aspects of reproductive toxicology, pertaining to the male sex.

The field of stem cell biology is expanding with a continued surge of new information related to its applications.

This last volume of the SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences series is setup in 5 main parts.

Missing Data in Clinical Studies provides a comprehensive account of the problems arising when data from clinical and related studies are incomplete, and presents the reader with approaches to effectively address them.

Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts, and Control, Eighth Edition, focuses on the many critical areas of America's drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decision-making within this complex and multidisciplinary field.

This second edition volume expands on the previous edition with updates about the latest state-of-the-art techniques used in leading hemostasis and thrombosis laboratories for diagnosis and exclusion of hemorrhagic and thrombotic diseases.

Rb and Tumorigenesis examines how recent advances have demonstrated the interaction of Rb with chromatin remodeling enzymes.

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

A Practical Guide to Planning, Writing, and Reviewing Medical Device Clinical Evaluation Reports guides readers through clinical data evaluation of medical devices, in compliance with the EU MDR requirements and other similar regulatory requirements throughout the world.

Detailed characterization of fuzzy interactions will be of central importance for understanding the diverse biological functions of intrinsically disordered proteins in complex eukaryotic signaling networks.

This book presents an original combination of three well-known methodological approaches for nonlinear data analysis: recurrence, networks, and fuzzy logic.

Sixteen years have passed since human aquaporin-1 (AQP1) was discovered as the first water channel, facilitating trans-membrane water fluxes.

A state-of-the-art handbook of statistical analysis for use in the pharmaceutical industry.

Start strengthening your immunity for good.

This book is designed to help researchers better design and analyze observational data from quasi-experimental studies and improve the validity of research on causal claims.

Normative Biology, Husbandry, and Models, the third volume in the four volume set, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, encompasses 23 chapters whose contents provide a broad overview on the laboratory mouse's normative biology, husbandry, and its use as a model in biomedical research.

It is now over ten years since we edited the first edition of HLA-B27 in the Development of Spondyloarthropathies (SpA).

Clinical Trials in Older Adults is the first book to consider the methodological issues underlying the evaluation of new treatments in older people.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of classic and modern approaches of centrosome research, including new aspects of centrosome functions focusing on primary cilia and their implications in numerous diseases.

Now in its second decade of publication, this landmark series draws together and critically reviews all the existing research in specific areas of nursing practice, nursing care delivery, nursing education, and the professional aspects of nursing.

In 1964, the release of Dr.

For more than thirty years, this serial has broadened the technical scope and expanded the scientific base of clinical chemistry.

Praise for the First Edition All medical statisticians involved in clinical trials should read this book - Controlled Clinical Trials Featuring a unique combination of the applied aspects of randomization in clinical trials with a nonparametric approach to inference, Randomization in Clinical Trials: Theory and Practice, Second Edition is the go-to guide for biostatisticians and pharmaceutical industry statisticians.

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.

Offering a wide array of illustrations and tables in every chapter, this book extensively covers the principles of allosterism in reference to drug action and progresses to a detailed examination of individual ionotropic and G-protein coupled receptor systems-helping those new to the subject understand the importance of allosterism and providing th

This book focuses on novel approaches that provide a reliable basis for identifying what kinds of patients are likely to benefit from the each new treatment.

The understanding of chemokines, the proteins that control the migration of cells, and their receptors, is critical to the study of causes and therapies for a wide range of human diseases and infections, including certain types of cancer, inflammatory diseases, HIV, and malaria.

Explores the forces determining the trajectory of medical progress, bringing together scientific policy, economics, sociology and innovation.

Handbook of Studies on Depression is a collection of papers on the research and general overview of studies on depression from many countries of the world.

This valuable new book, Handbook of Research on Medicinal Chemistry: Innovations and Methodologies, presents some of the latest advancements in the various fields of combinatorial chemistry, drug discovery, biochemical aspects, pharmacology of medicinal agents, current practical problems, and nutraceuticals.

In a global clinical development strategy, multiregional clinical trials (MRCTs) are vital in the development of innovative medicines.

This book covers the wide set of well-regulated virulence factors and defense mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa focusing on stress responses and the evolution of this opportunistic human pathogen.

Since the publication of the first edition, the field has changed dramatically.

This book provides in-depth information on the applications of cannabis products as a legitimate medicine in treating a variety of diseases and disorders in domestic animals.

This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence provides an alternative to the growing volumes of trial data for students, trainees and researchers looking for the key evidence affecting medical practice.

This book discusses unique ion channels and transporters that are located within epithelial tissues of various organs including the kidney, intestine, pancreas and respiratory tract.

Building upon the foundation of basics discussed in the previous edition, the Second Edition provides a more in-depth look at the latest methods and technologies of advanced drug screening, an essential function of drug discovery.

Molecular Surgical Pathology provides a concise review of recent advancement of molecular pathology in each organ system.

Cluster Randomised Trials, Second Edition discusses the design, conduct, and analysis of trials that randomise groups of individuals to different treatments.

This volume represents a substantially revised and updated 2nd edition of a reference handbook on major structural components of soft connective tissues and a whole slew of heritable diseases of soft connective tissues.

A Practical Guide to Managing Clinical Trials is a basic, comprehensive guide to conducting clinical trials.

Market access is the fourth hurdle in the drug development process and the primary driver for global income of any new drug.

A good understanding of medical statistics is essential to evaluate medical research and to choose appropriate ways of implementing findings in clinical practice.