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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.

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    • Carotenoids: Biological Functions of Carotenoids and Apocarotenoids in Natural and Artificial Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 674
      • August 23, 2022
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Carotenoids: Biological Functions of Carotenoids and Apocarotenoids in Natural and Artificial Systems, Volume 674 in the Methods in Enzymology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Ultrafast laser spectroscopic studies on carotenoids in solution and on those bound to photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes, Assessing photoprotective functions of carotenoids in photosynthetic systems of plants and green algae, Fluorescence of carotenoids: probing binding site interactions and conformational motion in carotenoproteins, Resonance Raman: A powerful tool to interrogate carotenoids in biological matrices, and much more. Other chapters in the book cover Engineering the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway to study the function of carotenoids in light-harvesting complexes, Carotenoids as proxies for variations in photosynthesis and phenology in response to environmental and climatic change, Apocarotenoid pigment biosynthesis in non-model plants, Apocarotenoid transport in plants, Screening for apocarotenoid plant growth regulators in Arabidopsis, Effects of herbivory on carotenoid biosynthesis and breakdown, Biosynthesis and action of apocarotenoid plant hormones, and much more.

    • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 107
      • March 10, 2022
      • Gregory S. Makowski
      • English
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      Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 107, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians and research scientists. The serial discusses the latest and most up-to-date technologies related to the field of clinical chemistry, with this new release focusing on Advances in Quantum Dots as Diagnostic Tools, Host polymorphisms and COVID-19 infection, Biomarkers in Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, and more.

    • Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms - Part B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 366
      • January 24, 2022
      • English
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      Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms - Part B, Volume 366 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Sections cover Genetic and Sex predisposition to MPN, Transcriptional configurations of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Inhibitors and therapeutic targets of MPN, Mutational landscape of blast-phase myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN-BP) and antecedent MPN, and Lessons from Mouse model of MPN, Lab tests for MPN.

    • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 109
      • August 3, 2022
      • Gregory S. Makowski
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 109, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians and research scientists. The serial discusses the latest and most up-to-date technologies related to the field of clinical chemistry, with this new release focusing on Biomarkers of dysfunctional visceral fat, Immunoassay Design and Biotin Interference, Orexin/Hypocretin and Major Psychiatric Disorders and more.

    • Cellular Immunity in the Peritoneum

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 371
      • July 29, 2022
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Adoptive Cell Transfer, Volume 371 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors who expound on topics such as the Impact of tumor microenvironment on Adoptive Cell Transfer activity, Dendritic Cell Transfer, CAR-T Cell dysfunction and exhaustion, NK Cell-based cancer immunotherapy, Enabling CAR-T cells for solid tumors: rage against the suppressive tumor microenvironment, Improving Adoptive T-Cell therapy with cytokines administration, and What will (and should) be improved in Immunotherapy with CAR?

    • Parathyroid Hormone

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 120
      • August 9, 2022
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Vitamins and Hormones serial highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

    • Role of TRPV4 Channels in Different Organ Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 89
      • September 23, 2022
      • English
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      Role of TRPV4 Channels in Different Organ Systems, Volume 89, the latest release in the Current Topics in Membranes series, provides an in-depth description of the role of TRPV4 ion channels in different organ systems under healthy and disease conditions. Research over the last two decades shows crucial physiological and pathological roles for TRPV4 channels. In this volume, we present chapters focusing on TRPV4 channels in the vasculature, lungs, heart, kidney, bladder, skin, musculoskeletal system, eye, and immune cells. Understanding the behavior of TRPV4 channels in various organ systems will provide a big picture on their physiological roles and therapeutic targeting.

    • Large Animals as Models for Human Diseases

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 189
      • May 17, 2022
      • Ya-Xiong Tao
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Large Animals as Models for Human Diseases, Volume 189 in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of important topics, including Sheep as a model for neuroendocrinology research, Relevance of dog as a model for urologic diseases, Relevance of lactocrine hypothesis to human maternal programming of development, Comparative aspects of embryo implantation, Pig as an animal model for obesity, Canine models of cancer, Bovine model for human ovarian diseases, Mutations in G protein-coupled receptors in large animals: Modeling human diseases, and more.

    • Membrane Proteins

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 128
      • January 13, 2022
      • Rossen Donev
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Membrane Proteins, Volume 128 in the Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology series highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

    • MRNA-Based Therapeutics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 372
      • September 3, 2022
      • English
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      MRNA-Based Therapeutics, Volume 372 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, covers topics surrounding the effect of different metabolic situations, their contribution to metabolic modulation, and their impact on tumor growth. Specific chapters in this release include New era of nucleic acid therapies: Clinical applications and perspectives, Messenger RNA as personalized therapy: time of truth for rare metabolic disease, Applications of Self-Replicating RNA, mRNA therapy in PKU, Advances in gene-editing technologies, mRNA delivery technologies: towards clinical translation, Advances in mRNA vaccines, and more.

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