Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences

In their preface, the authors highlight the great social and medical importance of hearing loss in the elderly, an ever-increasing prob- lem.

A variety of new techniques that promise to revolutionize the clinical management of early pregnancy are fully detailed in this state-of-the-art book.

Based on a symposium covering latest research, this volume contains contributions by international experts.

ILSI Human Nutrition Reviews provide an account of current thought in the field under review and point to problems and questions yet to be elucidated.

In this book we attempt a synthesis of knowledge from two investigative extremes.

The interrelated syndromes of shock and the adult respiratory distress to attract the attention of both clinical and syndrome (ARDS) continue laboratory scientists.

This volume is based on a series of lectures delivered at a one-day teach- ing symposium on functional and metabolic aspects of NMR measure- ments held at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School on 1st September 1985 as a part of the European Nuclear Medicine Society Congress.

Inherited skeletal disorders have a fascination for many medical and surgical disciplines.

Calcium plays an enormous and varied role in living systems now widely appreciated by clinicians.

It is now about 10 years since the first edition of Nerve Cells and Nervous Systems was published.

This book is not just for professional cyclists who look to improve their performance on the bicycle.

This book is a comprehensive exploration of the science and clinical applications of fasting, with a particular focus on its effects on body weight and metabolic disease risk factors.

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of cellular senescence, which is a phenomenon, characterized by the irreversible arrest of cell growth and is accompanied by the secretion of various factors, collectively known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), which can have detrimental effects on surrounding cells and tissues.

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of cellular senescence, which is a phenomenon, characterized by the irreversible arrest of cell growth and is accompanied by the secretion of various factors, collectively known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), which can have detrimental effects on surrounding cells and tissues.

This book presents a comprehensive set of methods for quantifying geometric quantities such as the volume of a tumor, the total surface area of the alveoli in a lung, the length of plant roots, or of blood vessels, the number of neurons in a brain compartment, the connectivity number of trabecular bone, the mean size of grains in a rock, etc.

This book unlocks the secrets of a powerful and sustainable brain, as well as explores the concept of a hybrid-powered brain and the transformative potential of the "e;Small Ketogenic"e; system.

This book presents a systematic and extensive understanding about metabolic alterations affecting multiple aspects of different neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's disease, SCAs, SBMA, DRPLA, ALS, Freidrich Ataxia etc.

This book is not just for professional cyclists who look to improve their performance on the bicycle.

After 10 years, this second edition is extensively rewritten and updated and provides a source of information concerning all aspects of medullary thyroid carcinoma, including comprehensive actual references for interested scientists.

This book provides a practical guide to the use of biomarkers in the clinical decision-making process and the subsequent effect that they can have in the management of patients with a range of dermatological conditions.

Examines emerging assisted reproductive technologies that will revolutionise the future of human reproduction and their regulation.

This book is a comprehensive, concise collection but a complete overview of a critical topic i.

Translational mitochondrial medicine applies the knowledge of experimental medicine in clinical practice, it is a prospective direction of the development of mitochondrial medicine.

Translational medicine underpins vascular medicine.

The oocyte is the largest and most mysterious cell in the body of mammalian organisms.

Neurofibromatoses in Clinical Practice provides a succinct, accessible guide to the neurofibromatoses including diagnosis, management protocols and indications for referral to specialist centers.

Over the last decade there has been a substantial increase in our understanding of the genetic basis of common disorders such as stroke.

This book is a comprehensive, concise collection but a complete overview of a critical topic i.

This book helps readers discover the forefront of personalized medicine on clinical metabolomics and its applications in genetic diseases.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview on the role of bioiron in health and disease.

The book is divided into four parts: the first part introduces the basic concepts of nicotinamide coenzymes, the synthesis of nicotinamide coenzymes, intracellular distribution, and an overview of the main functions and detection methods so that readers can quickly understand the general feature and function of nicotinamide coenzymes; the second part describes the involvement of nicotinamide coenzymes in intracellular signal transduction and their roles in cellular physiological and biochemical processes to explain exactly how nicotinamide coenzymes work in the processes and enable readers to deeply understand the principle of nicotinamide coenzymes playing an important function; the third part describes the role of nicotinamide coenzymes in the pathophysiological process of diseases, tries to illustrate the specific mechanisms of their association with the occurrence of the diseases, and points out the potential value in future translational medicine research; the fourth part introduces the production technology of nicotinamide coenzymes, including precursors, the process of industrial production, and the application of nicotinamide coenzymes and precursors in health industry, medicine, and life science research.

This volume focuses on a challenging field in biomedicine: the genetic control of central immune tolerance.

This book is a ground-breaking that delves into the fascinating world of metabolism and its pivotal role in the survival, attack, and defense strategies in human-microbe interaction.

This book presents the latest research findings on the laterality of fish and other animals.

This book provides the first comprehensive coverage of the quickly evolving research field of membrane contact sites (MCS).

This book presents selected papers introducing readers to the key research topics and latest development trends in the theory and application of MMESE.

The book aims to be a handy compendium to the very voluminous texts of gastroenterology and hepatology existing in the knowledge market and provides the reader with an easy understanding of the bench knowledge (basic sciences) as they apply to bedside practice (clinical gastroenterology).

This book deals with the research and use of embryonic stem cells to combat a number of diseases and the legal limitations, arising mostly from bioethical concerns regarding human life.

By consistently dedicating efforts to multi-omic and other high-throughput technologies, it is expected that RNA therapies will have a vital role in future personalized medicine approaches for cancer therapy.

This book offers a broad exploration of the intricate networks that facilitate communication between the brain and various systems in the body.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the latest advances in translational pain and itch research, and presents the cutting-edge developments in the study of our two principal, yet most mysteries sensations.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the latest advances in translational pain and itch research, and presents the cutting-edge developments in the study of our two principal, yet most mysteries sensations.

This concise medical reference is designed to help medical students, doctors, nurses and physician's associates apply best practice to the taking of effective medical histories.