Medical genetics

Systems Biology is now entering a mature phase in which the key issues are characterising uncertainty and stochastic effects in mathematical models of biological systems.

The literature on recoding is scattered, so this superb book ?

During the past few years, major scientific discoveries have greatly contributed to our understanding of the relationship between metals and genetics.

Cancer Genetics is a collection of chapters covering the key recent developments in cancer genetics which have an impact on clinical care.

Long regarded as biological waste, the placenta is gaining momentum as a viable product for clinical use.

Biochemistry And Genetics of RecQ-Helicases provides a background into the role of helicases in general and RecQ helicases specifically in DNA repair.

Chromosome biology has been brought to a golden age by phenomenal advanced in molecular genetics and techniques.

The impetus for this book arose out of my previous book, The Evolution of Life Histories (Roff, 1992).

The first book devoted exclusively to the principles and practice of genetic counseling now in a new edition First published in 1998, A Guide to Genetic Counseling quickly became a bestselling and widely recognized text, used nationally and internationally in genetic counseling training programs.

Toxicogenomics is a discipline that combines expertise in toxicology, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental health to help understand the response of living organisms to stressful environments.

This third edition of Genetic Counseling has been thoroughly revised to reflect current practice.

Now in its 2nd edition, this manual describes laboratory methodology for the diagnosis of inherited metabolic diseases.

Economic Evaluation in Genomic Medicine introduces health economics and economic evaluation to genomic clinicians and researchers, while also introducing the topic to health economists.

This book explores the underlying biology and neuroscience associated with mental health and wellbeing.

Computational Neurogenetic Modeling is a student text, introducing the scope and problems of a new scientific discipline - Computational Neurogenetic Modeling (CNGM).

In Gene Regulatory Sequences and Human Disease, the Editor will introduce the different technological advances that led to this breakthrough.

Eminent researchers provide broad coverage of plant molecular biology and genetic engineering, detailing technological advances in plant cell transformation and responses.

The last few years have witnessed an explosion of both interest and knowledge about apoptosis, the process by which a cell actively commits suicide.

This stimulating series is unique in providing advice on management, leadership and development for those in the Allied Health Professions (AHP).

The field of neuroimaging genetics has grown exponentially over the past decade.

A complete guide to every aspect of interventional nephrology-an essential text for students, residents, fellows, and cliniciansThis timely resource examines all relevant aspects of interventional nephrology, from the history of nephrology to the principles governing the latest vascular access techniques.

This book provides a comprehensive description of sterols and their novel biological roles in mammalian signaling, the book covers their biosynthesis and structure, describes sterol receptor -mediated actions, their tissue distribution and their role in disease.

This volume contains the edited transcript of an interdisci- plinary colloquium held at Totts Gap Medical Research Laboratories, Bangor, Pennsylvania on October 12-14, 1983 under the sponsorship of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is the fundamental building block for an individual's entire genetic makeup.

Basophils and mast cells are similar but unique secretory cells with a well-documented role in immediate-hypersensitivity reactions.

A report of the proceedings of the Galton Institute's symposium which explored ethical, legal, political and psychological problems arising within advances in molecular genetics.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most prevalent genetic disorders of childhood for which there is no cure.

Texts on inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) have traditionally focused on classical biochemistry, clinical presentation, and standard treatment approaches.

Tumor-Induced Immune Suppression - Prospects and Progress in Mechanisms and Therapeutic Reversal presents a comprehensive overview of large number of different mechanisms of immune dysfunction in cancer and therapeutic approaches to their correction.

Genomic Applications in Pathology provides a state-of-the art review of the scientific principles underlying next generation genomic technologies and the required bioinformatics approaches to analyses of the daunting amount of data generated by current and emerging genomic technologies.

The process of genetic counseling involves many key components, such as taking a family genetic history, making a diagnosis, and providing communication and support to the family.

For decades, Dr.

The number of mouse models that are available for the study of human genetic neurological disorders is large and growing rapidly.

Population genomics is a rapidly emerging field that has the potential to transform our understanding of how evolutionary forces shape genomic diversity among microbes.

This book presents a major research program on epigenetic mechanisms of cell programming and reprogramming.

Being diagnosed with cancer is devastating.

Phenotypic drug discovery has been highlighted in the past decade as an important strategy in the discovery of new medical entities.

Could Lincoln have lived?

Carrier testing of adults provides information about the risk of passing a genetic mutation to your children, leading to reproductive (and some say, eugenic) decisions.

This title will focus on the study of human interphase chromosomes and its relation to health and disease.

No one wants to be sued.

Under the name of Frontotemporal Dementias (FTD) numerous hereditary and sporadic disorders are listed.

This book provides applications for the revolutionary technique of optogenetics, which combines genetic and optical methods to observe the function of neurons.

The goal of this work is summarize the contribution that insertional mutagenesis has made to our understanding of cancer.

While aware of the works of various evolutionists in their dotage (Galton, Wallace, Weismann), initially Bateson is likely to have overlooked Hugo de Vries' Intracellular Pangenesis.

The secrets of our genetic heritage are finally being unlocked.

This volume documents our growing understanding of the human major histocompatibility complex.

Epigenetic Mechanisms in Cancer provides a comprehensive analysis of epigenetic signatures that govern disease development, progression and metastasis.