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Neglected Tropical Diseases and other Infectious Diseases Affecting
the Heart provides a comprehensive and systematic review on the
literature surrounding Neglected Tropical Diseases and infectious
diseases and how they affect the heart. Written by Emerging Leaders
of the Interamerican Society of Cardiology (SIAC), the book
includes the latest research findings, covering the cardiac
involvement of a range of viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases,
including COVID19, HIV, Zika, Lyme Disease, and more. Chapters
cover epidemiology, the physiopathology of cardiovascular
involvement, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for each
disease, making the book suitable to researchers, scientists,
clinicians and physicians in the field.
Stem Cells and COVID-19 presents up-to-date knowledge on the effect
of hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells to combat SARS-CoV-2
infection in its diagnosis, treatment and prevention. In addition,
the book critically discusses challenges, highlighting outstanding
questions and future perspectives. Written by global experts in the
field for both pre-clinical and clinical practitioners, this
comprehensive book delves into how stem cells have a strong
potential in developing better diagnostic, treatment and preventive
strategies in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Both hematopoietic and
mesenchymal stem cells are critical to better understand the
response of immune system to coronavirus infection in both healthy
and co-morbid conditions in the development of effective vaccines
and immunotherapies.
This book explores new developments in the dialogues between
science and theatre and offers an introduction to a fast-expanding
area of research and practice.The cognitive revolution in the
humanities is creating new insights into the audience experience,
performance processes and training. Scientists are collaborating
with artists to investigate how our brains and bodies engage with
performance to create new understanding of perception, emotion,
imagination and empathy. Divided into four parts, each introduced
by an expert editorial from leading researchers in the field, this
edited volume offers readers an understanding of some of the main
areas of collaboration and research: 1. Dances with Science 2.
Touching Texts and Embodied Performance 3. The Multimodal Actor 4.
Affecting Audiences Throughout its history theatre has provided
exciting and accessible stagings of science, while contemporary
practitioners are increasingly working with scientific and medical
material. As Honour Bayes reported in the Guardian in 2011, the
relationships between theatre, science and performance are
'exciting, explosive and unexpected'. Affective Performance and
Cognitive Science charts new directions in the relations between
disciplines, exploring how science and theatre can impact upon each
other with reference to training, drama texts, performance and
spectatorship. The book assesses the current state of play in this
interdisciplinary field, facilitating cross disciplinary exchange
and preparing the way for future studies.
This well-established international series examines major areas of
basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as
emerging and promising subfields. This volume concentrates on
adenosine receptor science, providing insights useful for actual
drug discovery/development in neurology and psychiatry areas.
This well-established international series examines major areas of
basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as
emerging and promising subfields. This volume concentrates on
Neuroimmune Signaling in Drug Actions and Addictions.
"Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Genetics" is a pithy,
lively book occupying a special niche-the conceptual history of
evolutionary genetics- not inhabited by any other available
treatment. Written by a world-leading authority in evolutionary
genetics, this work encapsulates and ranks 70 of the most
significant paradigm shifts in evolutionary biology and genetics
during the century-and-a-half since Darwin and Mendel. The science
of evolutionary genetics is central to all of biology, but many
students and other practitioners have little knowledge of its
historical roots and conceptual developments. This book fills that
knowledge gap in a thought-provoking and readable format.
This fascinating chronological journey along the many conceptual
pathways to our modern understanding of evolutionary and genetic
principles is a wonderful springboard for discussions in
undergraduate or graduate seminars in evolutionary biology and
genetics. But more than that, anyone interested in the history and
philosophy of science will find much of value between its
covers.
Provides a relative ranking of 70 seminal breakthroughs and
paradigm shifts in the field of evolutionary biology and
geneticsModular format permits ready access to each described
subjectHistorical overview of a field whose concepts are central to
all of biology and relevant to a broad audience of biologists,
science historians, and philosophers of scienceExtensively
cross-referenced with a guide to landmark papers and books for each
topic
This well-established international series examines major areas
of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as
emerging and promising subfields. This volume concentrates on
Epigenetics
This book looks atEpigeneticsinthe light of the newest scholarly
discoveries and insights."
Wound Healing, and the Myofibroblast: A Historical and Biological
Perspective is the fruit of an interdisciplinary and international
collaboration involving a historian of medicine (Dr. Zampieri), a
physician (Dr. Coen), and a researcher (Prof. Gabbiani,
world-renowned for his discovery of the myofibroblast). This book
aims to draw a concise yet complete description of the conceptual
evolution of wound healing, fibrosis and fibrosis-related
pathologies from antiquity to present time, as well as commenting
on the role of the myofibroblast and the key cell type essential
for tissue repair and fibrosis (from its identification in 1971
throughout its 50-years-old history). By viewing this complex and
century-long history from different perspectives, the book's
authors aim to draw an exhaustive overview, with the hope of
inspiring new and fruitful basic and clinical research.
Reciprocity in Population Biobanks: Relational Autonomy and the
Duty to Inform in the Genomic Era begins by discussing how current
judicial interpretation keeps standard of disclosure at the core of
genomic research. The book then outlines multiple limitations
individualistic autonomy faces in the context of gene and
population biobanks, including an analysis of the complexities of
benefit considerations in the research setting. Second, the book
explores how individualistic autonomy fails to acknowledge the
multilateral relationships implicated in genomic research,
including those that affect the broader research community,
research participants' families, and the general public. In
carrying out this analysis, this book pays special attention to
alternative approaches and ways researchers, public health
officials, and judicial bodies might interact in years to come. In
other words, implementing an understanding of relational autonomy
that acknowledges and sustains the multilateral relationships found
in genomic research without compromising the rights of
participants. In short, this book proposes a reconceived duty to
inform for researchers and a new standard of disclosure that is
more meaningful and impactful for research participants and
researchers.
There is a growing literature in neuroethics dealing with cognitive
neuro-enhancement for healthy adults. However, discussions on this
topic tend to focus on abstract theoretical positions while
concrete policy proposals and detailed models are scarce.
Furthermore, discussions appear to rely solely on data from the US
or UK, while international perspectives are mostly non-existent.
This volume fills this gap and addresses issues on cognitive
enhancement comprehensively in three important ways: 1) it examines
the conceptual implications stemming from competing points of view
about the nature and goals of enhancement; 2) it addresses the
ethical, social, and legal implications of neuroenhancement from an
international and global perspective including contributions from
scholars in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and
South America; and 3) it discusses and analyzes concrete legal
issues and policy options tailored to specific contexts.
Neuroinflammation, Resolution, and Neuroprotection in the Brain
discusses the molecular aspects of neuroinflammation in
neurological disorders. The book examines the effect of diet and
exercise on neuroinflammatory diseases. Chapters focus on bioactive
lipids, cytokines and chemokines, as well as the involvement of
neuroinflammation, resolution and neuroprotection in neurotraumatic
diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and neuropsychiatric diseases.
The comprehensive information in this monograph will help readers
understand molecular cross-talk among mediators of phospholipid,
sphingolipid and cholesterol metabolism. The book's goal is to
jumpstart more studies on molecular mechanisms and the therapeutic
aspects of neurological disorders in human subjects.
Determining the biological bases for behavior, and the extent to
which we can observe and explain their neural underpinnings,
requires a bold, broadly defined research methodology. The
interdisciplinary entries in this handbook are organized around the
principle of "molecular psychology," which unites cutting-edge
research from such wide-ranging disciplines as clinical
neuroscience and genetics, psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and
neuroethology. For the first time in a single volume, leaders in
diverse research areas use molecular approaches to investigate
social behavior, psychopathology, emotion, cognition and stress in
healthy volunteers, patient populations, and an array of non-human
species including rodents, insects, fish, and non-human primates.
Chapters draw on molecular methods covering candidate genes,
genome-wide association studies, copy number variations, gene
expression studies, and epigenetics while addressing the ethical,
legal, and social issues to emerge from this new and exciting
research approach.
The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical
breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in our
knowledge of genetics. "Advances in Genetics" continually publishes
important reviews of the broadest interest to geneticists and their
colleagues in affiliated disciplines.
Volume 85 presents an eclectic mix of articles of use to all
human and molecular geneticists on topics including: association
mapping in crop plants; miRNA-mediated crosstalk between
transcripts; unisexual reproduction; and more.
Includes methods for testing with ethical, legal, and social
implicationsCritically analyzes future directionsWritten and edited
by recognized leaders in the field
Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, Volume II: Specific Metals,
Fifth Edition provides complete coverage of 38 individual metals
and their compounds. This volume is the second volume of a
two-volume work which emphasizes toxic effects in humans, along
with discussions on the toxic effects of animals and biological
systems in vitro when relevant. The book has been systematically
updated with the latest studies and advances in technology. As a
multidisciplinary resource that integrates both human and
environmental toxicology, the book is a comprehensive and valuable
reference for toxicologists, physicians, pharmacologists, and
environmental scientists in the fields of environmental,
occupational and public health.
Liquid Biopsy in Urogenital Cancers and Their Clinical Utility
presents updated information on liquid biopsy techniques and their
utility for diagnosing urological cancers. As a promising and
recent diagnostic method, these techniques can be used for
identifying tumors at initial stage, thus greatly improving
treatment outcomes and survivorship. Chapters provide an overview
of liquid biopsy as a new tool for diagnosis, monitoring and
personalized medicine in urogenital cancers and explain its
applicability in different cancer types, including bladder,
prostate, kidney and testis tumors, female genital tract and
pediatric urogenital tumors. This is a valuable resource for cancer
researchers, oncologists, graduate students, urologists and
biomedical researchers who need to understand more about liquid
biopsy and its use for urogenital cancers.
Respiratory Neurobiology: Physiology and Clinical Disorders, Part
One, Volume 188 is one of two volumes on the neurology of
breathing. This volume focuses on the neurophysiology of breathing,
while the second volume focuses on pathologies attributable to
abnormalities of the neural control of breathing, breathing
problems that may occur in neurological diseases, and the
neurological complications of respiratory diseases.
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