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The latter are a subgroup of white cells travelling all over our body which are capable to distinguish between "self and non self".Readers will know from the inside about the history of the HLA genetic system and will discover how T lymphocytes recognize and destroy cancer cells.

Microalgae have been largely commercialized as food and feed additives, and their potential as a source of high-added value compounds is well known. In this book a group of outstanding researchers working on different areas of microalgae biotechnology offer a global vision of the genetic manipulation of microalgae and their applications.

Cell surface molecules are critically important in regulating cell structure and function.

This book will describe the nuclear encoded genes and their expressed proteins of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. For complex IV (cytochrome c oxidase) some of these subunits occur in tissue-specific (subunits IV, VIa, VIb, VIIa, VIII), developmental-specific (subunits IV, VIa, and VIIa) as well as species-specific isoforms.

The aim of this book is to present a unique compilation of lectures given by international speakers at the Hammersmith Hospital during the recent Meetings in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplantation.

This book covers current trends in the investigation of GI microbiota. It examines the relationship between the microbiota and the immune system from a variety of angles.

The American Peptide Society (APS) provides a forum for advancing and promoting knowledge of the chemistry and biology of peptides.

Providing information on cystic fibrosis, this work is of interest to molecular biologists, physiologists, scientists working in pharmaceutical research and drug development, physicians and researchers in cystic fibrosis and related diseases.

This volume provides a representative survey of the current science of brain repair. It offers a broad introduction into molecular imaging, stem cell biology, cell therapy, animal models, central nervous system malignancies, stroke, and neurodegeneration.

RNAs form complexes with proteins and other RNAs. RNA Infrastructure and Networks brings together these ideas to illustrate the scope of RNA-based biology, and how connecting RNA mechanisms is a powerful tool to investigate regulatory pathways.

This book introduces the current concepts of molecular mechanisms in synaptic plasticity and provides a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge research technology used to investigate the molecular dynamics of the synapses.

The International Symposium on Hearing is a highly-prestigious, triennial event where world-class scientists present and discuss the most recent advances in the field of hearing research in animals and humans.

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Lymphocyte Activation and Immune Regulation, held in Newport Beach, California, February 16--18, 1990

The book provides reader-friendly information on aspects of pulmonary infections, including comprehensive accounts of bacterial and viral diseases, therapeutic approaches, molecular and classical culture-related techniques of diagnosis and explaining the basic cell biological mechanism.

The need to continually discover new agents for the control or treatment of invertebrate pests and pathogens is undeniable.

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I is a widely expressed growth factor with diverse effects on many tissues throughout development and in adult life.

The purpose of this book is to provide an up to date review of the nature and consequences of epigenetic changes in cancer. These changes include alterations in global and promoter specific DNA methylation, activating and repressive histone modifications, and changes in higher order chromatin structures.

The book blends basic and clinical research on respiratory carcinogensis. The focus is on the search for novel molecular markers, derived from easily accessible tissues in clinical settings, such as the serum or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, which could help diagnose cancer at an early stage and have a prognostic therapeutic value.

This series, started by Professors Vladimir Strbak, Florian Lang and Monte Greer in Smolenice, Slovakia in 1997 and continued by Professors Rolf Kinne, Florian Lang and Frank Wehner in Berlin in 2000, is projected for 2005 in Copenhagen to be hosted by our colleague, Professor Else Hoffmann and her team.

Provides a developmental, molecular and cell biological view of the exciting SCNT technology. This book explains the cellular events arising from SCNT procedure, such as the need for nuclear remodeling, disposal of donor cell organelles, presence of foreign mitochondrial DNA and altered mode of oocyte activation.

This book runs the gamut of chapters devoted to chronic cough-related conditions in children and adults, health care quality and safety, environmental pollution health effects, efficiency of therapeutic approaches and a mutual dependence of respiratory and non-respiratory illnesses.

The Series will provide microbiologists, hygienists, epidemiologists and infectious diseases specialists with well-chosen contributed volumes containing updated information in the areas of basic and applied microbiology involving relevant issues for public health, including bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections, zoonosis and anthropozoonosis, environmental and food microbiology. The increasing threat of the multidrug-resistant microorganisms and the related host immune response, the new strategies for the treatment of biofilm-based, acute and chronic microbial infections, as well as the development of new vaccines and more efficacious antimicrobial drugs to prevent and treat human and animal infections will be also reviewed in this series in the light of the most recent achievements in these fields. Special attention will be devoted to the fast diffusion worldwide of the new findings of the most advanced translational researches carried out in the different fields of microbiological sciences, with the aim to promote a prompt validation and transfer at clinical level of the most promising experimental results.

The latest in a series of books from the International Hypoxia Symposia, this volume spans reviews on key topics in hypoxia, and abstracts from poster and oral presentations.

Thisbook provides readers an extensive overview of recent progress in basicand clinical research on cancer immunotherapy. This book covers five major topics, including monoclonalantibodies, biological response modifiers, cancer vaccines, adoptive cellulartherapy and oncolytic viruses.

This is the book that provides expert advice on the clinical aspects of respiratory disorders. The book will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, health care providers, and other medical professionals.

Hypertension: from basic research to clinical practice" contains a unique collection of selected chapters written by experts and enthusiasts engaged in research and treatment of hypertension, a condition that affects around a billion people in the world.

Asthma is a chronic relapsing airways disease that represents a major public health problemworldwide.

Researchers in the field of ecological genomics aim to determine how a genome or a population of genomes interacts with its environment across ecological and evolutionary timescales.

This volume provides a modern look on the age-old influenza infection and the preventive role of anti-influenza shots. The chapters cover vaccination strategies in various age-groups of people and provide the extensive amount of knowledge on the immune response to influenza vaccination in a spectrum of disease conditions.

A host of neurotransmitters and neuroactive substances underlies respiratory regulation in health and disease. It is now clear that a complex interaction among various neuroactive substances, rather than a single one, forms the basis of respiratory changes.