Covers everything from non-invasive imaging, to eluting stents, to brachytherapy through to various molecular biology-based treatments including anti sense, stem cells and gene therapy.

Offers an introduction to systems biology and details experimental omics tools. This book introduces readers to challenging computational approaches to help understand biological dynamic systems. It provides ideas for theoretical and modeling optimization in systemic biological researches.

A comprehensive guide to the techniques used for culturing and characterising the cell types responsible for imposing self-tolerance and the experimental models employed to study their function both in vitro and in vivo.

Describes how to perform the adult urologic laparoscopic procedures. This book offers chapters focusing on laparoscopic instrumentation and procedural adult laparoscopy. It discusses procedures including the transperitoneal, retroperitoneal, and hand-assisted approaches to laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.

An authoritative collection of optimal techniques for producing and characterizing the immunologically active cells and effector molecules now gaining wide use in the clinical treatment of patients. Taking advantage of the latest technologies, the authors present readily reproducible experimental protocols for the study of dendritic cells, T cells, monoclonal antibodies, and bone marrow ...

Introduces readers to the basic principles of handwriting and the factors that affect their development. This book discusses the basic concept of the characteristics of writing that are compared when making an identification or elimination of a writer. It helps them recognize the signs of forgery and disguise.

Describes in detail bedside examination techniques that pinpoint the location of a lesion in the nervous system and lead to a resolution of the problem. The techniques cover a variety of problem areas, including the visual pathways, the sensory system, upper motor neurons, cranial nerves, the cerebellar system, upper and lower limbs, and more.

Focuses on molecular strategies for the treatment of gynecologic cancer. This work presents the hypothesis that cancer is a disease of the cell cycle, based on the deregulation of the physiological process of cell reproduction. It also focuses on the model of ovarian serous carcinogenesis, molecular markers for ovarian epithelial cancer, and more.

Addresses diabetes controversies, specifically in the management of etiology and the disease itself. This volume covers commonly accepted forms of therapies and complications, as well as advances and therapies and inadequacies in several standard treatments.

Provides information on the anatomic features, underlying physiologic mechanisms, and treatments for diseases of the heart. This book describes cardiac pacing, defibrillation, cardiac repair using stem cell therapy, robotics, less invasive cardiac surgery, biventricular pacing, and, cardiac bioenergetics.

Offers information regarding the molecular nature of prion proteins. This book features topics such as the cell biology of prions, techniques and approaches to studying prion infection in cultured cells, and prion protein mis folding. It is suitable for those investigating the field of mammalian prion disease.

Presenting an interpretation of the diagnostic advances in classic pathology, this guide aims to help the practicing pathologist achieve accurate everyday diagnoses.

Reviews the nonsurgical and surgical therapeutic options for dealing with Peyronie's disease. This book provides a summary of the etiology, natural history, and pathophysiology of this disease. It also discusses the many misconceptions about Peyronie's disease.

Examines the fundamental, yet essential, virological methods for avian influenza (AI) virus research and diagnostics as well as some of the molecular procedures used for basic and applied research. This book details wild bird monitoring, including sampling methods and virus detection, and covers reverse genetics with avian influenza virus.

A guide to molecular diagnostic techniques that offers molecular diagnostics for genetic disease, human cancers, infectious diseases, and identity testing, as well as insights into the question of quality assurance in the molecular diagnostics laboratory. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a companion e-book version of the book.

Designed to help new researchers to conduct studies involving adenoviruses and to help established researchers to branch into new areas. This work features topics that include deletion mutants, capsid modifications, insertions, and gene replacements both in human adenoviruses and murine, bovine, and ovine adenoviruses.

Presents various techniques for the synergistic study of neuroinformatics. This book demonstrates the use of neuroinformatic components as a mechanism for understanding complex disorders. It contains detailed explanations, advantages, and disadvantages of traditional and non-invasive imaging methods.

Covers the methodological developments in using plants to ameliorate degraded or polluted substrates, as well as reviews their use. Divided into four sections, this book describes the methods for enhancing contaminant degradation, uptake and tolerance by plants, and for experimentally analysing phytoremediation potential.