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Books in Life sciences

  • Multi-Omics Technology in Human Health and Diseases

    Genomics, Epigenomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Radiomics, Multi-omics
    • 1st Edition
    • Muzafar A Macha + 2 more
    • English
    Multi-Omics Technology in Human Health and Diseases: Genomics, Epigenomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Radiomics, Multi-omic offers an advanced exploration into the comprehensive understanding of disease etiology and prognosis through multiomics approaches. This authoritative volume delves into the applications of multiomics technology in elucidating complex human health conditions and diseases. It introduces the technology's potential for biomarker identification, drug discovery, and disease prognostication. For a thorough understanding of human health and diseases, particularly cancer, it is essential to integrate knowledge of molecular biomarkers across multiple omics levels, including the genome, epigenome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome. This resource addresses the current gaps in knowledge among students and researchers, providing in-depth coverage of multiomics technology and its implementation in scientific research and discovery.Multi-Omic... Technology in Human Health and Diseases: Genomics, Epigenomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Radiomics, Multi-omics is a pioneering resource that presents cutting-edge information on contemporary multiomics technologies for big data interpretation and their applications in deciphering complex human pathobiology. This comprehensive guide is indispensable for researchers, academics, students, and industry professionals alike.
  • Glucose Transporters

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 128
    • English
    Glucose Transporters, Volume 128 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Glucose transporters and their energy homeostasis function in various organs, Molecular basis for inhibiting glucose transporters by exofacial inhibitors, Self-assembly of the insulin-responsive vesicles creates a signaling platform for the insulin action on glucose uptake, The role of lipid soluble vitamins on glucose transporter, Transport of dehydroascorbic acid by glucose transporters GLUTs, Glut-1 Inhibition in Breast Cancer Cells, Small-molecule inhibitors of glucose transporters, and more.
  • Energy Drinks

    Composition, Consumption, and Cautions
    • 1st Edition
    • John Higgins + 1 more
    • English
    After reports of adverse events associated with energy drink consumption, including trouble sleeping, anxiety, cardiovascular events, seizures, and even death, concerns have been raised about their safety and efficacy. Energy Drinks: Composition, Consumption, and Cautions will focus on these popular beverages, their composition, ingredients, consumption patterns, performance-enhancin... effects, and their potential negative side effects and health risks. This book will go on to make recommendations that call for education, regulatory actions, changes in marketing, and additional research.The research about energy drink safety and efficacy is often contradictory, and much of the available literature is industry sponsored. This book will offer a single, unbiased, up-to-date resource for researchers, healthcare providers, and industry regulators to understand the full scope of energy drinks and their associated health risks.
  • Handbook of Food Allergen Detection and Control

    • 2nd Edition
    • Simon Flanagan
    • English
    Handbook of Food Allergen Detection and Control, Second Edition continues to be an essential resource of scientific and technical information in the food and analytical communities. This book provides information on current and emerging technologies for detecting and reducing allergens to improve allergen control overall. Written by experts in the field, it offers a wide scientific perspective on allergens and includes hot topics such as food allergen labeling and consumer perspectives on food allergen labels. Chapters are fully revised to include the latest information in the industry, including practical applications of new methods and control strategies. The book is useful for anyone in the food supply chain.The book reviews current and emerging technologies for detecting and reducing allergens, as well as issues such as traceability, regulation, and consumer attitudes. Following an introductory chapter by a distinguished expert, Part One covers allergen management throughout the food chain. Part Two details current and emerging methods of allergen detection in food, with Part Three covering methods for reducing and eliminating allergens in food. Finally, Part Four focuses on the control and detection of individual food allergens and the risks each one presents in food manufacturing.
  • Protein Misfolding in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    • 1st Edition
    • Neha Gogia + 2 more
    • English
    Protein Misfolding in Neurodegenerative Diseases is a comprehensive review of proteome homeostasis in neurons, and in the brain. Beginning with an introduction on factors involved in the formation and aggregation of misfolded proteins, chapters then discuss the precise cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in these processes and their role in neurodegeneration and disease. Additional topics of focus include protein clearance mechanisms like protein quality control, disease-modifiers, molecular druggable targets, novel therapeutics, and emerging techniques that block or delay disease onset or progression. This volume is relevant for researchers working with neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and more.
  • A Comprehensive Guide to Rodent Models of Liver Diseases

    • 1st Edition
    • Savneet Kaur + 1 more
    • English
    A Comprehensive Guide to Rodent Models of Liver Diseases provides the why, what, and how of preclinical models of liver disease. These models have not only substantially improved understanding of human liver disease pathogenesis, but also helped in developing and testing newer therapeutics as well as addressed some of the unanswered medical challenges and problems of today.This important reference gives a detailed and in-depth review of the various animal models of human liver disorders. Well-reported animal models several human liver diseases such as fatty liver disease (non-alcoholic and alcoholic) to steatohepatitis, cholestasis, fibrosis, cirrhosis and its complications are described. Preclinical models used for studying liver regeneration and liver failure are also discussed. For each model, the characteristic features, brief protocols, relevance, and limitations are provided.Preclinical models used for studying liver regeneration and liver failure are also discussed. For each model, the characteristic features, updated protocols, relevance, and limitations are provided for consideration. Finally, it provides an overview of the recently developed organoid models of liver pathology.
  • Clinical Applications of Echo Doppler Haemodynamics

    • 1st Edition
    • Edgar Argulian + 1 more
    • English
    Clinical Applications of Echo Doppler Haemodynamics is precisely the book cardiologists and cardiology trainees have been waiting for. While this essential area of echocardiography is crucial to cardiologists and all cardiac imagers, there are no dedicated books for case-based Doppler Echocardiography. This often-overlooked discipline integrates physiology with interpretation of a wide variety of real-life echo Doppler tracings. It contains critical information for professionals around the world, including contents highly relevant to their day-to-day practice as well as its unique case studies. An abundance of knowledge in this area can currently be found randomly in various textbooks, but they lack cohesive, dedicated explanations and discussions. Clinical Applications of Echo Doppler Haemodynamics presents the reader with 100 different Doppler images, exemplifying (among other things) cardiophysiology image analysis, LVOT, pulmonary pressures, shunts, congenital heart disease and ECMO. It quite literally gives medical professionals a new way to look at the heart, better allowing them to diagnose and treat previously under-identified ailments. It is a must-have for healthcare workers interested in the most accurate, up-to-date methods of cardiac imaging and Doppler interpretation.
  • Emerging Green Processing Technologies for Beverages

    • 1st Edition
    • Roji Waghmare + 1 more
    • English
    Emerging Green Processing Technologies for Beverages, Volume Seven in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series, covers the fundamentals and recent trends in the processing of different beverages, such as herbal beverages, fresh produce-based beverages, and dairy beverages. Chapters cover a broad range of beverages to enhance knowledge in quality retention and shelf life extension. Sections summarize the influence of green technologies on nutritional quality, microbial safety, and physico-chemical characteristics. Edited by Dr. José Manuel Lorenzo and authored by a team of global experts, this book provides comprehensive knowledge to food industry personnel and scientists.This is the most up-to-date resource, covering trend topics such as Advances in the analysis of toxic compounds and control of food poisoning; Food fraud, traceability and authenticity; Revalorization of agrifood industry; Natural antimicrobial compounds and application to improve the preservation of food; Non-thermal processing technologies in the food industry; Nanotechnology in food production; and Intelligent packaging and sensors for food applications.
  • Cerebral Asymmetries

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 208
    • English
    Cerebral Asymmetries, Volume 208 summarizes research on cerebral hemispheric asymmetries and their implication for consciousness cognition, language emotion, behavior movement, and neurological disease. The book discusses anatomy and networks, genetics, hormones, and evolution, although it is primarily focused on animal research as it relates back to humans.
  • The Immunology of the Domestic Ruminants

    Cattle, Sheep, and Goats
    • 1st Edition
    • Ian R. Tizard
    • English
    The Immunology of Domestic Ruminants: Cattle, Sheep, and Goats provides a thorough examination of the immune systems of these animals. It explores their normal immune functions and their roles in combating infectious and parasitic diseases, chronic inflammatory conditions, and immunodeficiency disorders. The book incorporates new data from the bovine genome project and highlights significant breed differences. Both innate and adaptive immunity are systematically covered, offering insights into basic and applied aspects of bovine immunology. In addition to detailing the immunology of major bacterial, viral, and parasitic diseases in cattle, the book reviews bovine vaccines and emphasizes the importance nutrition.This essential resource caters to professionals in large animal research and practice, providing comprehensive information on the immunology of domestic cattle, sheep, and goats.