Medicine: general issues

The aim of the present publication is to summarize the results of studies of ontogenesis of the skeleton and muscles of the human hand and foot.

Osteoporosis affects a growing number of the population.

Erkrankungen durch Pilze beanspruchen in der täglichen Praxis ei­ nen breiten und ständig wachsenden Raum.

Der Laser hat als medizinisches Instrument in den letzten Jahren einen beeindruckenden Aufschwung erfahren.

Die Praktischen Ärzte und die Allgemeinärzte stellen die weitaus größte ärztliche Berufsgruppe.

,,von der Tiefe der schwarzen Erde bis zum Gipfel des Saturns habe ich alle Probleme des Universums gelöst.

An essential component of inflammation is the migration of circulating leukocytes from blood into tissues.

From our current knowledge, it is obvious that estrogen action in- volves more than reproduction and fertility.

Advances in genetics, molecular biology and gene delivery technologies in recent years have led to new gene therapy strategies for treatment of a variety of diseases.

During the past two decades research on the testis has created a vast number of publications.

Based on the international workshop on 'Small Molecule - Protein Interactions' held in Berlin, April 24-26, 2002, researchers from industry and academic laboratories describe novel and efficient ways selecting promising new drug targets and developing small molecule inhibitors against them.

The first complete genome sequence of a multicellular organism, Caenorhabditis elegans, has been determined recently.

The induction of immune responses against tumor cells by vaccination is rapidly evolving as a therapeutic modality with new potentials for the treatment of cancer.

A number of chapters present the most novel research on testicular and epididymal functions or on more general fields of hormone action and molecular cell biology as it is now a tradition.

Many women have to spend one third of their lives in a postmenopausal state and they should have a good quality of life during this period.

How sex hormone receptors and all the other members of the nuclear receptor superfamily do such a remarkable job has fascinated scientists for decades.

In this book emerging questions of current glutamate research are addressed and new pathways which glutamte research may take in the future discussed.