Medical research

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.

A second edition of the easy-to-use standard text guiding biomedical researchers in the use of advanced statistical methods.

Interdisciplinarity is more often invoked than practised.

The growing interest in using combination drugs to treat various complex diseases has spawned the development of many novel statistical methodologies.

From aspects of early trials to complex modeling problems, Advances in Clinical Trial Biostatistics summarizes current methodologies used in the design and analysis of clinical trials.

Now viewed as its own scientific discipline, clinical trial methodology encompasses the methods required for the protection of participants in a clinical trial and the methods necessary to provide a valid inference about the objective of the trial.

This book is about lifelong ageing of humans.

This book presents cutting-edge papers and perspectives on the transport of oxygen to tissues by scientists in a multitude of disciplines such as biochemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine, physics, physiology, veterinary and complementary medicine.

This Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of laser and coherent-domain methods as applied to biomedicine, environmental monitoring, and materials science.

This book examines the fundamental concepts of multimodality small-animal molecular imaging technologies and their numerous applications in biomedical research.

Principles of Stem Cell Biology and Cancer: Future Applications and Therapeutics Tarik Regad, The John van Geest Cancer Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, UK, Thomas J.

Knowledge of the basic mechanisms of human disease is essential for any student or professional engaged in drug research and development.

v(D)J recombination: for the community of immunologists and developmental biologists, the molecular route by which B and T lymphocytes acquire their unique function of affording adaptive immunity.

Real-world evidence (RWE) has been at the forefront of pharmaceutical innovations.

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Immunodermatology presents a comprehensive examination of the proceedings that resulted from the International Immunodermatology Symposium which happened in London.

Multiple demographic or economic parameters contribute to the origin of emerging infections, for example: poverty, urbanization, climate change, conflicts and population migrations.

This volume of Advances in Cancer Research begins with a "e;Foundations in Cancer Research"e; articles by Harold Varmus.

Clinical research is often thought of as a dry and somewhat arcane pursuit.

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.

Research for research sake is no longer tenable or affordable; to be valuable to society, research must have impact!

At last a new edition of the highly acclaimed book Clinical Trials in Psychiatry This book provides a concise but thorough overview of clinical trials in psychiatry, invaluable to those seeking solutions to numerous problems relating to design, methodology and analysis of such trials.

Indian spices are known for their tremendous advantages, both as medicines as well as in cuisine.

Multivariate analysis is a mainstay of statistical tools in the analysis of biomedical data.

An accessible non-technical introduction to the terminology of medical statistics.

Cancer is a major healthcare burden across the world and impacts not only the people diagnosed with various cancers but also their families, carers, and healthcare systems.

Many medical authorities predict that average life expectancy could well exceed 100 years by mid century and rise even higher soon thereafter.

Engineering registration is accelerating at a pace unequalled since institution of registration laws in the 1920s and 1930s.

This book describes the challenges involved in developing mTOR inhibitors for cancer treatment, starting with an in-depth examination of their molecular mechanism of action, with emphasis on the class side-effects, efficacy and mechanisms of resistance, as well as on promising novel directions for their development, including novel compounds and rational combinations with other anti-neoplastic drugs.

'A work of exhilarating scope and relevance .

Medicinal Chemistry: A Look at How Drugs Are Discovered is written for those who are interested in learning how drugs are discovered.

Biomedical Ethics Reviews * 1987 is the fifth volume in a series of texts designed to review and update the literature on issues of central importance in bioethics today.

This book offers an updated review of malignant mesothelioma, including the latest advances in our understanding of its genetic control and molecular biology, as well as pre-clinical and clinical research.

The way a cell undergoes malignant transformation should meet their capacity of surviving in the microenvironment of the organ where the cancer will develop.

Despite the phenomenal clinical success of antibody-based biopharmaceuticals in recent years, discovery and development of these novel biomedicines remains a costly, time-consuming, and risky endeavor with low probability of success.

The XIIIth International and the VIIth European Congress of Clinical Chemistry took place at the Netherlands Congress Centre in The Hague, from June 28th to July 3rd 1987.

Optimize Your Chemical DatabaseDesign and Use of Relational Databases in Chemistry helps programmers and users improve their ability to search and manipulate chemical structures and information, especially when using chemical database "e;cartridges"e;.

By the time you've read this book, you'll be ready to design your own research project Not everyone in clinical research is a scientific investigator.

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This international symposium focuses on the contributions that biomedical research is making to the provision of proper health care for the increasing numbers of elderly people in all countries, developed and developing.

Computational modeling is emerging as a powerful new approach to study and manipulate biological systems.

In keeping with the style of the Handbook of Modern Biophysics, this fourth volume, Application of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Biomedicine, balances the need for physical science/mathematics formalism with a demand for biomedical perspectives.

The present multi-volume Book Series, CANCER GROWTH AND PROGRESSION, encompasses the widest possible framework of cutting edge research in the field of neoplastic pathology and other integrated fields.

Advances in Novel Phytopharmaceuticals covers the current aspects of the development of novel herbal formulations and summarizes their type of active components, biological activity, applications, and toxicity associated with novel herbal formulations.

Discover the latest ICH news from international experts in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, and regulatory bodies.

The breadth of the pharmaceutical medicine can be daunting, but this book is designed to navigate a path through the speciality.

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.