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Books in Life sciences

Elsevier's Life Sciences collection helps researchers get comprehensive coverage and up-to-date information on the study of living organisms, their processes, and interrelationships, spanning disciplines like biology, genetics, and biochemistry, and addressing emerging trends such as genomics, biotechnology, and sustainability, essential for advancing knowledge and driving innovation in the field.

    • Advances in Accelerators and Medical Physics

      • 1st Edition
      • May 25, 2023
      • Toshiyuki Shirai + 2 more
      • English
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      Radiotherapy is now one of the major cancer treatments. The field of accelerator and medical physics is important and growing to support high precision cancer radiotherapy. Advances in Accelerators and Medical Physics provides in-depth and comprehensive coverage of the basic concepts in x-ray therapy, electron beam therapy, particle therapy, boron neutron capture therapy, and molecular imaging and therapy. Novel technologies such as FLASH therapy and laser ion accelerator are also introduced. Each section of the book presents the current state of accelerators, irradiation methods and therapy technologies, as well as future trends in advanced research. This book will serve as a key resource for researchers and students to find all information on latest cancer radiotherapy technologies and methods.
    • Effective Use of Social Media in Public Health

      • 1st Edition
      • May 24, 2023
      • Kavita Batra + 1 more
      • English
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      Effective use of Social Media in Public Health offers a well-organized and comprehensive review of social media and its impact on people’s lives and the public health sector. Divided into sections, the book addresses the growing use (and importance) of social media in conducting and disseminating research findings and covers an array of issues from cyberbullying to diversity and inclusion. Written by health educators and practitioners for health educators and practitioners, this book is a timely resource on the topics discussed.
    • Modifications and Targeting of Protein Termini Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 684
      • May 23, 2023
      • English
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      Modifications and Targeting of Protein Termini, Volume 684 in the Methods in Enzymology series serial highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters pn a variety of timely topics, including Optimizing purification and activity assays of N-terminal methyltransferase complexes, In vitro reconstitution of hierarchical steps of Arg/N-degron pathway, Identification of N-degrons and N-recognins by using peptide-pull-downs combined with quantitative proteomics, A decoupled Virotrap approach to study the interactomes of N-terminal proteoforms, Monitoring ADO-dependent proteolysis in cells using fluorescent reporter proteins, Site-specific α-N-terminal methylation on peptides through chemical and enzymatic methods, and more. Additional sections cover Monitoring the interactions between N-degrons and N-recognins of the Arg/N-degron pathway, Characterization and chemical modulation of p62/SQSTM1 as an autophagic N-recognin of the Arg/N-degron pathway, Analysis of higher plant N-degron pathway components and substrates via expression in S. cerevisiae, and so much more.
    • Sex, Gender, and Epigenetics

      • 1st Edition
      • May 23, 2023
      • Marianne Legato J + 2 more
      • English
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      Sex, Gender, and Epigenetics: From Molecule to Bedside explores our expanding knowledge of the science of epigenetics in which gene expression is modified as a consequence of small chemical additions to various components of the genome. The book provides an overview of the field, describing the epigenetic phenomena that unite biological sex and environmental experience to create the unique phenome of each individual. The book also analyzes the impact of ancestors’ environmental experience on subsequent generations through the sex-specific transmission of environmentally induced epigenetic modifications. Here, international leaders in the field discuss both sex-specific normal physiology and the experience of disease, with chapters dedicated to fetal programming, the microbiome, cancer, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, embryogenesis, and oocyte aging, among other topics.
    • Epigenetics in Health and Disease part B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 198
      • May 23, 2023
      • English
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      Epigenetics in Health and Disease, Volume 198 in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Computational biology in epigenetics, Artificial intelligence and machine learning in epigenetics, CRISPR-dCas9 Systems for Epigenetic Editing for Therapeutic Applications, Epigenetics in heredity disease, Epigenetics in cancer development, diagnosis and therapy, Microbiota and epigenetics: health impact, Histone deacetylase (HDACs) Inhibitors: Clinical applications, Early epigenetic markers for precision medicine, Epigenetics of neurological diseases, Epigenetic Regulons in Alzheimer’s disease, and Epigenetics in epilepsy.
    • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and COVID-19

      • 1st Edition
      • May 21, 2023
      • Parag Chatterjee + 1 more
      • English
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      Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and COVID-19 showcases theoretical concepts and implementational and research perspectives surrounding AI. The book addresses both medical and technological visions, making it even more applied. With the advent of COVID-19, it is obvious that leading universities and medical schools must include these topics and case studies in their usual courses of health informatics to keep up with the pace of technological and medical advancements. This book will also serve professors teaching courses and industry practitioners and professionals working in the R&D team of leading medical and informatics companies who want to embrace AI and eHealth to fight COVID-19. Since AI in healthcare is a comparatively new field, there exists a vacuum of literature in this field, especially when applied to COVID-19. With the area of AI in COVID-19 being quite young, students and researchers usually face a struggle to rely on the few published papers (which are obviously too specific) or whitepapers by tech-giants (which are too wide).
    • Colorectal Disorders and Diseases

      • 1st Edition
      • May 19, 2023
      • Constantine P. Spanos
      • English
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      Colorectal Disorders and Diseases: An Infographic Guide provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the most relevant diagnostic modalities, staging, classification systems and current therapeutic modalities for colorectal disorders and diseases. With coverage from incontinence, prolapse, anal fissures, and cancer, this reference offers a wide-ranging guide to colorectal disorders and diseases. The use of engaging infographics throughout provides an inviting “at-a-glace” perspective of the subject, allowing users to retain a large amount of information without the need to scroll through large text or complex algorithms. This is an important reference for clinicians, surgeons and medical students rotating in colorectal surgery as well as scientists that need a quick reference for research of colorectal issues including epidemiology, diagnosis and therapy.
    • The Science of Glaucoma Management

      • 1st Edition
      • May 18, 2023
      • Kevin Gillmann + 1 more
      • English
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      The Science of Glaucoma Management: From Translational Research to Next-Generation Clinical Practice bridges the gap between laboratory research and clinicians by bringing the latest promising research directly from researchers to clinicians long before they translate into clinical advances, and often before they are presented at conferences. Organized as a series of clinically relevant topics written by world-leading experts, this book summarizes the current state of laboratory and translational research and draws on the potential implications for day-to-day clinical practice. It offers new insights and mind-opening statements through contributions from some of the most respected glaucoma research groups. The book allows glaucoma specialists to explore novel ways to refine and rethink their practice based on the latest discoveries in basic sciences and breakthrough technologies, and to gain a better understanding on how their specialty is evolving and how research may shape tomorrow’s practice.
    • New Insights into Glioblastoma

      • 1st Edition
      • May 17, 2023
      • Carla Vitorino + 2 more
      • English
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      New Insights into Glioblastoma: Diagnosis, Therapeutics and Theranostics provides a compendium of recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances in GBM, encompassing a pipeline of compounds and (bio) nanotechnology strategies that have stood out with potential increased antitumoral activity and capability to cross the blood-brain barrier. Issues and challenges related to their translation into the clinical practice and their contribution to the increase in survival rates and well-being of patients are addressed. This is a valuable resource for graduate students, oncologists, cancer researchers and members of the biomedical field who need to learn more on recent developments on the management of glioblastoma. The book is split in three parts: Diagnosis, focusing on biomarkers and techniques such PET/MRI, infrared thermography, and deep neural networks; Therapeutics, discussing new chemical entities, as natural products and repurposed drugs, and new formulation approaches, as nanotechnology-based and microRNA approaches; and Theranostics, explaining the role of omics, system-based approaches, and glioblastoma microenvironment.
    • Microbiome Therapeutics

      • 1st Edition
      • May 17, 2023
      • Nar Singh Chauhan + 1 more
      • English
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      Microbiome Therapeutics: Personalized Therapy Beyond Conventional Approaches addresses the current knowledge and landscape of microbiome therapeutics, providing an overview of existing applications in health and disease as well as potential future directions of microbiome modulations and subsequent translation to the global industry and market. This important reference provides the most current status of microbiome therapeutics as well as possible future perspectives through coverage of topics including the application of microbiome therapeutics; various additive, subtractive and modulatory approaches; microbiome composition of health and diseases, insights into live bio-therapeutics and the clinical data supporting their efficacy. Case studies are provided throughout the book to further define, describe and evaluate microbiome therapeutics success and failure.