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Animal cell culture is an important laboratory technique in the biological and medical sciences. It has become an essential tool for the study of most biochemical and physiological processes and the use of large-scale animal cell culture has becom...

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This book describes the background to the construction, characterization, and use of somatic cell hybrids. Particular attention is paid to their use in human gene mapping, although other uses, for studies of gene expression for example are also co...

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Written for a readership with a basic understanding of molecular and cell biology, and intended for graduate students and researchers, this text provides an overview of signal transduction. Common themes and structures are emphasized, and there ar...

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Our Hospital is a charity book about the Royal United Hospital, Bath. Full of superb colour photographs, the book gives a fascinating insight into daily life at the hospital. There are photostories which follow patients through their procedures, p...

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First published in 1998. This book is targeted at the beginner who has little or no knowledge of the principles or practice of hybridization. This text concentrates on solution and filter hybridization with a final chapter on current developments ...

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This third edition contains 360 multiple choice questions arranged as practice papers of 90 questions each. The format is that used for the examination for Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

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Electron Microscopy in Microbiology provides detailed descriptions of electron microscopic techniques relevant to all fields of microbiological research. In numerous protocols, standard techniques required for the structural characterization of un...

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Functional and Molecular Glycobiology explains the chemistry of carbohydrates, and the biosynthesis and diversity of different types of glycans. It looks at the functional role of glycoconjugate compounds in normal cellular processes, in both dise...

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This book aims to bridge the widening rift between clinical and molecular aspects of viral hepatitis by providing an up-to-date overview of the field. The focus is practical and covers the limitations of clinical diagnosis, the interpretation of t...

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Key Topics in Clinical Research aims to provide a short, clear, highlighted reference to guide trainees and trainers through research and audit projects, from first idea, through to data collection and statistical analysis, to presentation and pub...

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Key Topics in Cardiac Surgery includes every current topic central to the modern practice of cardiac surgery. The systematic and structured format of the book make it an ideal revision aid for postgraduate trainees in cardiac surgery preparing for...

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Recent years have seen rapid advances in our understanding of genetic diseases in terms of their molecular origins. The book focuses on DNA mutations which give rise to abnormalities of protein structure and function in genetic disease.

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An important introduction to the use of the centrifuge in the biology laboratory, Biological Centrifugation is also useful for more experienced workers. The book describes the background and the principles behind centrifugation, including sediment...

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This book is unique; the factual content and ideas it expounds are only just beginning to be touched upon in standard texts. Protein Electron Transfer is a major collaborative effort by leading experts and explores the molecular basis of the rapid...

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Many common diseases are partly attributable to the genes which an individual inherits. Early steps have now been made in developing ways to determine which genetic variations are important, with some recent successes. In parallel, ways to improve...

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Indispensable for all plant biologists, this is a fascinating and thorough examination of those factors which affect the sex determination of plant species, describing all of the main classes of plant with unisexual flowers hermaphrodite, monoecio...

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Genetics is increasingly important in health care provision, but its relevance on a day-to-day basis is often poorly understood. Genetics for Healthcare Professionals introduces the general principles of genetics and links these to real world exam...

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Studies of the interactions between plants and their viral, bacterial and fungal pathogens are of major importance in plant and crop production. More than 10% of potential agricultural yield is lost to these organisms annually worldwide, and major...

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Introduction to Animal Physiology provides students with a thorough, easy-to-understand introduction to the principles of animal physiology. It uses a comparative approach, with a broad spectrum of examples chosen to illustrate physiological proce...

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This book, written by a leading geneticist, examines the ethical and social issues raised by the genetic testing of children. The opinions of geneticists, ethicists and affected families are all included to give a balanced view of this controversi...

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Bioinformatics, the use of computers to address biological questions, has become an essential tool in biological research. It is one of the critical keys needed to unlock the information encoded in the flood of data generated by genome, protein st...

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Within the last decade, much progress has been made in the analysis and diagnosis of human inherited disease, and in the characterization of the underlying genes and their associated pathological lesions. This informative, readable and highly-prai...

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Environmental physiology and comparative biochemistry are shifting to a new level of focus-the gene. New developments in molecular biology have put simplified techniques for screening and analysis of gene expression into the hands of physiologists...

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Angiogenesis research is one of the most quickly developing areas in biomedicine. It is considered to be a common denominator in society's most important diseases and pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop new angiogenesis-based drugs. Thi...

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The technique of DNA Sequencing lies at the heart of modern molecular biology. Since current methods were first introduced, sequence databases have grown exponentially, and are now an indispensable research tool. This up-to-date, practical guide i...

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The book is primarily concerned with DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling in the context of forensic medicine and kinship testing. It concentrates on methods of determining the degree of relatedness of members of the same species, focusing on huma...

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Apoptosis is an essential process in embryonic development and tissue homeostasis, particularly in the prevention of disease. Written from a genetic viewpoint, Genetics of Apoptosis first describes the molecular and cell biology of apoptosis, then...

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STEM is a discipline of importance to a growing number of microscopists. This book is essential reading for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers requiring an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to this rapidly growing, state of the ...

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