Books in Biochemistry biophysics

Extracellular Vesicles: Advances and Perspectives in Treatments, Therapies, and Vaccination

1st Edition
Volume 96
November 1, 2025
Ana Claudia Torrecilhas + 2 more
English

Extracellular Vesicles: Advances and Perspectives in Treatments, Therapies, and Vaccination, Volume 96 explores the field of extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their potential applications in treatments, therapies, and vaccination. Covering a broad range of topics from EV-based biomarker detection to vaccine development and theranostic applications, this new release in the series includes chapters on Extracellular Vesicles: Advances in Treatments, Therapies, and Vaccination, Extracellular Vesicles: Advances in Therapies and Vaccination in virus, Products of excretion-secretion and extracellular vesicles derived from zoonotic helminths: a two-face response, and more.Additional sections cover Extracellular Vesicles in Fungal Pathogenesis: Mechanisms and Implications, Extracellular vesicle-based vaccines: a promising approach for parasitic diseases, Extracellular Vesicles as Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases, EVs and images, Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles: Potential and Applications in Next-Generation Vaccines, Theranostic application of extracellular vesicles in breast cancer, and much more.

Innovation in Cell Death Research

1st Edition
Volume 217
November 1, 2025
Vijay Kumar Prajapati
English

Innovation in Cell Death Research, Volume 217 covers topics relating to the identification of unique signaling pathways, the discovery of biomarkers and innovative treatment strategies, neurodegenerative diseases, and immune-related disorders. Chapters in this new release include Cell Death Triad: Integrating Apoptotic, Autophagic, and Necrotic Cell Death Mechanisms, Advances in Cell Death Detection and Imaging, Informatic and data science for the cell death researches, Visualizing and Mapping Cell Death: Biochemical Tools, Techniques and Assays, and the Role of Autophagy in Cell Death and Survival: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications.Other sections cover the Role and Relation of Cell Death in Cancer Disease, Exploring Pyroptosis: From molecular mechanisms to cancer therapeutics, Current findings and potential applications of cell death research in ovarian cancer, PHAGEPTOSIS: A BACTERIAL CELL DEATH PROGRAM INDUCED BY CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS, Cell death mechanisms in Drosophila: Responses to infectious challenges, and much more.

Advances in Marine Biology

1st Edition
Volume 102
November 1, 2025
Simon K. Davy
English

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 102 in the Advances in Marine Biology series, the latest release in this long-standing serial, presents cutting-edge developments in marine biology with a focus on diverse themes influencing ocean ecosystems. This volume features chapters on highly informative topics such as The Inclusion of habitat quality into fisheries models, The urgent need to better define, quantify and identify the drivers of "water quality" on tropical coral reefs (opinion article), Indigenous knowledge and marine systems, and Sensory perception in marine larvae.

Cyclic Peptides

1st Edition
Volume 721
November 1, 2025
Parisa Hosseinzadeh + 1 more
English

Cyclic Peptides, Volume 721 covers peptide structures and their enhancement, stability, specificity, and overall functionality. As a growing suite of computational and experimental tools support the discovery and optimization of these molecules, ranging from well-established modeling platforms to emerging deep-learning algorithms that expand design possibilities, this book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of cyclic peptide research, covering fundamental principles, production strategies, and the latest technological advances in both synthetic and computational realms.Cyclic peptides are a powerful approach to constraining peptide structures, enhancing their stability, specificity, and overall functionality. They can be generated through diverse techniques—including chemical synthesis, mRNA display, and DNA display—that enable the creation of tailored peptide libraries.

Advances in Clinical Chemistry

1st Edition
Volume 129
November 1, 2025
Gregory S. Makowski
English

Computational Approaches to Natural Products Discovery

1st Edition
Volume 720
October 15, 2025
David Christianson + 2 more
English

Computational Approaches to Natural Products Discovery provides descriptions of the latest techniques in computational methods for the study of natural products. The techniques covered are related to genome mining, natural product biosynthesis, natural product evolution, and natural product structure. Readers will learn how to use these techniques to advance their own work in natural product discovery.

Lipases

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Eliane Pereira Cipolatti + 2 more
English
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Lipases: Foundations, Applications, and Perspectives, a new volume in the Foundations and Frontiers of Enzymology series, offers a practical, in-depth discussion of lipases and instruction in their use across research and industry. Here, global experts in the field introduce readers to basic lipase biology and the history of the field, interfacial activation and lipase lids, evolving analytical techniques and technology for studying lipases, and a range of lipase applications, from health and drug discovery to biofuels, food, cosmetics, and waste treatment. Lipase sources and production methods discussed include mammalian lipases, microbial lipase production, biomass lipase production, immobilized lipases, and tailor-made recombinant lipases, among other approaches.

Genome Analysis

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Dev Bukhsh Singh + 1 more
English
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Genome Analysis: Principles and Methods provides recent and advanced information about genome analysis approaches and techniques to study and annotate the structure and function of the genome. It is a compendium of important topics such as NGS analysis, genome fragmentation and assembly, metagenomics, cloning and expression, physical marker analysis, transcriptome data analysis, sequence alignment and comparison, evolutionary analysis, SNP analysis, genome-based disease diagnosis and therapies, micro-RNAs, pharmacogenomics, genetic approaches to disease intervention, and challenges with opportunities in genome analysis and genomics, etc.The latest developments in the field are discussed, and key concepts are introduced to ensure readers understand advanced concepts and methodologies in the area. The book serves as a valuable guide to the present, emerging, and evolving research methodologies in the field.

Enzymatic Production of Oligosaccharides

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Carlos Vera + 2 more
English
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Enzymatic Production of Oligosaccharides: From Basic Research to Industrial Production, a volume in the Foundations and Frontiers of Enzymology series, covers the enzymes used for the extraction, synthesis, or modification of oligosaccharides, the biochemical properties of those enzymes, and potential technological applications. The book is divided into three parts, the first of which shares the fundamentals on the enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides. The book then explores the enzymatic production of oligosaccharides, considering a range of different oligosaccharides and production processes. Final sections cover the technological properties of oligosaccharides and potential applications across the chemical, biochemical, biotechnology, and food industries.This is a useful reference for researchers working with oligosaccharides across biochemistry, enzymology, biotechnology, food chemistry and related fields.

Fungal and Protozoan Carbonic Anhydrases

1st Edition
Volume 57
October 1, 2025
Claudiu T. Supuran
English

Fungal and Protozoan Carbonic Anhydrases, Volume 57 in The Enzymes series, explores recent advancements in the study of fungal and protozoan carbonic anhydrases (CAs). This volume presents a comprehensive collection of chapters covering various aspects of these enzymes, including an overview of fungal and protozoan CAs (genetics, molecular biology, and phylogenetics), the structure and function of fungal α-carbonic anhydrases, and an in-depth look at β-carbonic anhydrases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida spp., and Cryptococcus neoformans.Additiona... chapters delve into the Malassezia spp. and Sordaria macrospora CAs, as well as protozoan CAs from Plasmodium falciparum, Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania spp., Toxoplasma gondii, and Entamoeba histolytica. The volume also addresses the challenges in developing selective fungal and protozoal CA inhibitors as anti-infective agents, providing insights into their potential biomedical applications.

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