Pollen Terminology
by Michael Hesse, Heidemarie Halbritter, and Reinhard Zetter
Palynology is important in basic as well as in manifold applied sciences, as e.g. biology, medicine, forensics, earth history, climatology and food production. This volume is the first fully illustrated handbook of palynological principles and glossary terms, exclusively using LM and EM micrographs of superior quality. A comprehensive General Chapter on pollen morphology, anatomy, pollen development etc. based on the present knowledge in palynology introduces the reader in the world of pollen. T...
Evolutionary Biology of Host-Parasite Relationships (Developments in Animal & Veterinary Sciences S., v. 32)
This book brings together recent theoretical and empirical developments in all aspects of the study of host-parasite coevolution, including epidemiology, the evolution of parasite virulence, specificity and life history traits, and the evolution of host defences and life history strategies. The book covers all host and parasite taxa, and also explores some of the practical consequences of host-parasite evolution for veterinary and medical sciences.
The Cytokine Factsbook and Webfacts (Factsbook)
by Katherine A Fitzgerald
Cytokines are chemical messengers produced by virtually all the cells in our bodies, and effect changes in cellular behavior that are important in a number of physiological processes, including reproduction, growth and development, and injury repair. While many different cytokines have been identified, their individual functions are only partly known. In some cases, one cytokine can interact with a variety of different cell types and elicit different responses from each cell. In other cases, dif...
Environmental Triggers for Rheumatic Diseases, an Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America (Clinics: Internal Medicine, #48)
Advances in Food Mycology (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, #571)
by Ailsa D. Hocking
This book represents the Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Food Mycology, which was held on the Danish island of Samso from 15-19 October, 2003. This series of Workshops c- menced in Boston, USA, in July 1984, from which the proceedings were published as Methods for Mycological Examination of Food (edited by A. D. King et al. , published by Plenum Press, New York, 1986). The second Workshop was held in Baarn, the Netherlands, in August 1990, and the proceedings were published as...
Molecular Evolution of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (NATO ASI Subseries H, #59)
From molecules to populations and back In biology, the most vigorous organisms often ensue from a union of two disparate, pure lines. In science, too, laws of hybrid vigor seem to operate at the interface between two disciplines, an interface that often proves to be fertile ground for germinating concepts and new outlooks. The fringes of research into the major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) have provided such an interface several times in the past and the encounters have invigorated fields su...
When phagocytes are exposed to a number of different stimuli, they undergo dra- matic changes in the way they process oxygen. Oxygen uptake increases markedly, frequently more than 50-fold; the phagocytes begin to produce large quantities of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide; and they immediately begin to metabolize large amounts of glucose by way of the hexose monophosphate shunt. This series of changes has become known as the respiratory burst. It was first believed that the major function of t...
Eine natur- und umweltbewusste Bekampfung von Haus- und Vorratsschadlingen muss artspezifisch erfolgen. Nur so kann man Gifte gezielt einsetzen bzw. vermeiden und durch biologische Bekampfungs- oder Vorbeugemassnahmen ersetzen. Anhand dichotomer Schlussel und zahlreicher Zeichnungen spezieller Merkmale lassen sich mit diesem Buch alle in Mitteleuropa vorkommenden Vorrats- und Materialschadlinge, Hausungeziefer sowie Ektoparasiten von Mensch und Haustieren bis zur Art bestimmen. In der 7. Auflage...
Antibody Therapeutics (Routledge Revivals)
Published in 1997: Antibody Therapeutics is a comprehensive evaluation of progress toward using humanized antibodies as a new generation of therapeutics. The humanized antibodies that have led the way in product approval are discussed as case studies, offering an insight into the preclinical and clinical data acquired during the regulatory approval process. Leading experts offer their findings as examples of what works and what does not, saving you time and making your research more cost effecti...
The vast majority of modern criminal investigations involve some element of digital evidence, from mobile phones, computers, CCTV and other devices. Digital Forensics: Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations provides the reader with a better understanding of how digital evidence complements "traditional" scientific evidence and examines how it can be used more effectively and efficiently in a range of investigations. Taking a new approach to the topic, this book presents digital evidence a...
Lymphokines and Interferons
A practical response to the increase of interest in the fields of interferon and lymphokine research, this volume presents the techniques involved with these independent areas of research. Reflecting recent progress in these fields, contributors describe protocols for working with interferons including antibody preparation, immuno-assay, purification, expressing recombinant genes in heterologous systmes and quantitating mRNA with cDNA probes; the chapters on techniques for lymphokines address as...
Current Concepts in Autoimmunity and Chronic Inflammation
by Peter E Lipsky
Profiles of the Vaccine-Injured (Children's Health Defense)
by Children's Health Defense and Robert F Kennedy
Are vaccine injuries really “one in a million,” as governments and public health experts constantly tell us? This comprehensive look at the evidence by Children’s Health Defense, illustrated by nine real-life stories of serious vaccine injury, exposes health agencies’ soft-pedaling of vaccine risks as a dangerous lie. For most people, the potential risks of vaccination, which include life-changing illness, family bankruptcy, and even death, are invisible and almost inconceivable—until a vacc...
Cell Biology of the Major Histocompatibility Complex
'A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling. Daniel Davis has a rare knack for making complex science comprehensible and thrilling' BILL BRYSON Welcome to a revolution in the science of you. Recent and dramatic breakthroughs in our understanding of the body will profoundly change the experience of being human in the coming century. Already they are opening up boundary-breaking possibilities for intervention at every level, from our brains and genes to our microbiomes...
Drug Hypersensitivity, an Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America (Clinics: Internal Medicine, #42)
Advances in Network Complexity (Quantitative and Network Biology (VCH))
A well-balanced overview of mathematical approaches to complex systems ranging from applications in chemistry and ecology to basic research questions on network complexity. Matthias Dehmer, Abbe Mowshowitz, and Frank Emmert-Streib, well-known pioneers in the fi eld, have edited this volume with a view to balancing classical and modern approaches to ensure broad coverage of contemporary research problems. The book is a valuable addition to the literature and a must-have for anyone dealing with ne...
New Generation Vaccines
Updated to reflect the wide spectrum of economic, regulatory, financial, ethical, and political issues impacting vaccinology in industrialized and developing nations, the Third Edition pinpoints relevant breakthroughs, trends, and advances in vaccinology and immunization science. The book highlights the most influential developments in vaccine safe