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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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    • Revolutionizing Drug Development

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Jen-Tsung Chen
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Revolutionizing Drug Development: Harnessing AI and Computational Biology presents cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as machine- and deep-learning models and generative AI, to assist structure-based drug design and clinical trial design and integrate with drug development programs. This book summarizes technical advancements of AI-based technologies and computational biology approaches, highlighting their applications in developing new drugs through discovery, repurposing, and designing, for advancing R&D in the pharmaceutical industry and benefiting precision medicine. This book serves as an ideal reference for students, teachers, professors, and researchers in biological and biomedical sciences, particularly the topics related to bioinformatics, systems biology, pharmacology, and drug development. The readers can efficiently and precisely overview this burning field, which might inspire their future directions of research in drug development and AI-based digital biology.

    • ATP

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Ronald Sluyter + 5 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 0 2 5 1 0
      ATP: Extracellular Communication in Health And Disease delivers a comprehensive discussion of extracellular ATP biology and its communication role in both homeostasis and pathologic states. It explores the function of ATP across the nervous, sensory, musculoskeletal, cutaneous cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, urinary, reproductive, exocrine, haematopoietic and immune systems. The book considers ATP in the context of various disease states, including cardiovascular, respiratory, psychiatric, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders, as well as pain and sensory disorders, infectious diseases, and cancer. ATP in humans is explored alongside other species, including rodents, fish, and plants. This is the latest volume in the “Molecular Mediators in Health and Disease” series. With contributions from specialists across pharmacology, physiology, biophysics, biochemistry, immunology, anatomy, molecular biology, therapeutics, and other critical fields, this volume provides a broad and detailed overview of ATP which will be helpful to researchers working in these areas and beyond.

    • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 130
      • January 1, 2026
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Advances in Clinical Chemistry series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. This volume provides invaluable information on the fast-moving field of chemistry research that includes outstanding original reviews on a variety of topics.

    • Current Trends in Breast Cancer Pathology, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatments

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Firdos Alam Khan
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 8 4
      The book “Cutting-edge Computational Intelligence in Healthcare with Convolution and Kronecker Convolution-based Approaches” discusses how advanced deep learning techniques enhance medical image analysis. These advances offer promising progress in healthcare through improvements in diagnostic accuracy, efficiency in medical image interpretation, and breakthroughs in treatment planning. The book begins by explaining foundational concepts of deep learning and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to show how they extract meaningful features from medical images for tasks such as diagnosis and segmentation. It then explores Kronecker convolutions, highlighting their ability to better capture spatial hierarchies, use parameters more efficiently, and adapt to unique medical image characteristics. Subsequent sections cover applications like tumor detection, organ segmentation, and disease classification and examine real-world implementations of AI in diagnostic imaging, precision medicine, and continuous health monitoring through wearable devices. The final section addresses challenges, emerging trends, and future directions, emphasising how these techniques could shape advanced healthcare. Throughout the book, the authors bridge medicine, computer science, and machine learning to address complex problems in medical imaging and healthcare.

    • Group B Streptococcus in Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Neonatal Period

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Philip Steer + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 7 5 0 5 0
      Group B Streptococcus in Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Neonatal Period brings together field experts to provide a comprehensive understanding of group B streptococcus (GBS), the most common cause of perinatal infection today. It discusses this important bacterium and infection within pregnancy, both obstetric and fetal aspects during labor, and in the infant. The book opens with a global view of GBS, recounting the history and variation in risk factors and outcomes across regions. Subsequent chapters cover not only the biology, epidemiology and pathology, but also intricately describe infection management, treatment, and prevention options. Both early onset as well as late onset GBS disease are discussed. Further, written accounts of lived experiences with varying outcomes are included, along with strategies to aid practitioners in improving care and understanding of patients and families impacted by GBS. The book concludes with clarification of common misconceptions and discussion of future directions in prevention and treatment options. This comprehensive reference offers evidence-based insights aimed at enhancing practice and ultimately improving perinatal outcomes.

    • Design and Applications of Cell-Free Systems Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 218
      • January 1, 2026
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Design and applications of cell-free systems –Part A represents an important component in the field of biochemistry, duly acknowledging the pioneering effort made by Nobel laureate Eduard Buchner for discovery of fermentation in yeast cell extracts (YCE). CFS requires a core molecular machinery including RNA polymerase, translational apparatus (ribosomes, tRNA synthases, and translation factors), energy-generating molecules, and their cofactors, substrates, and DNA or plasmid templates for obtaining desired products. CFS is a simple, rapid, and sensitive platform, which is devoid of membrane-bound barriers, yet contains all the mandatory substrates, biomolecules, and machineries required for the synthesis of the desired proteins. It has the potential to overcome loopholes in the current in vivo production systems and it is promising tool in both basic and applied scientific research. It facilitates a simplified organization of desired experiments with a variety of reaction conditions, making CFS a powerful tool in biological and translational science research.This volume offers wide range of topics on different aspects of cell free systems design and their applications. It covers introduction to applications of cell-free systems, protocol for cell free design, transcription and translation, computational biology, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics for cell free systems, cell free for biosensor, low cost diagnostics, cell free based high throughput screening, biodesign and incorporation of non-natural amino acids into proteins. This volume helps students, researchers, scientists, clinicians, stakeholders, policymakers, and practitioners to understand cell-free systems and their applications in many areas.

    • Climate Change, Public Health, and Regional Security in the Indo-Pacific

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Sebastian Kevany
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Climate Change, Public Health, and Regional Security in the Indo-Pacific: From Mitigation to Adaptation addresses the absence of solutions to looming and inevitable regional security, health, and environmental threats. To date, there has not been a comprehensive solution-based focus on climate change in the region that includes subjects such as acceptance of the consequences; implications for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief; the role of defense forces in managing migration, climate refugees, infectious diseases, and related issues such as flooding or land use change; and a further focus on climate change and implications for public health in the Indo-Pacific. This book addresses these issues and provides strategies for those living and working in the region. Written by regional experts for public health, security, and climate change practitioners, researchers and experts, as well as regional and international policymakers and opinion leaders in the area.

    • Genetic Regulation of Immune Response Pathways

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 115
      • January 1, 2026
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Genetic Regulation of Immune Response Pathways, Volume 115 in the Advances in Genetics series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting comprehensive chapters on a variety of timely topics. Chapters explore the genetic regulation of immune cells upon activation, IFN response regulation during viral infections, and the role of noncoding RNAs—including lncRNAs and ncRNAs—in immune regulation and inflammation. Additional sections examine the JAK-STAT signaling pathway in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases as a potential therapeutic target, long noncoding RNAs as key regulators of autoimmunity, and the importance of appropriate cytokine expression in maintaining immune response homeostasis. Together, these contributions provide valuable insights into the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying immune-mediated processes.

    • Translational Plastic Surgery

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Adam E.M. Eltorai + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Translational Plastic Surgery provides a comprehensive overview reflecting the depth and breadth of the field of translational research focused on plastic surgery, with input from a distinguished team of basic and clinical investigators. The practical, straightforward approach helps the aspiring investigator navigate challenging considerations in study design and implementation. The book provides valuable discussions of the critical appraisal of published studies in translational plastic surgery research, allowing the reader to learn how to evaluate the quality of such studies with respect to measuring outcomes and to make effective use of all.

    • Cutting-edge Computational Intelligence in Healthcare with Convolution and Kronecker Convolution-based Approaches

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Pawel Plawiak + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 3 0 8 3 4
      Cutting-edge Computational Intelligence in Healthcare with Convolution and Kronecker Convolution-based Approaches focuses on the use of deep learning techniques in the field of medical imagine analysis. These advances offer promising progress in healthcare through improvements in diagnostic accuracy, efficiency in medical image interpretation, and breakthroughs in treatment planning. Divided into five sections, the book begins with foundational coverage of deep learning in medical imaging and fundamentals of Convolutional Neural Networks. Discover the role convolutions play in extracting meaningful features from images, aiding tasks such as diagnosis and segmentation. The second section takes a deep dive into Kronecker convolutions and their unique advantages, such as enhanced spatial hierarchy understanding, efficient parameter utilization, and improved adaptability to specific characteristics of medical images. Section three reviews specific applications in tumor detection, enhancing organ segmentation as well as disease classification, and section four explores real-world implementation of AI-driven diagnostic imaging, precision medicine via imaging analytics, and wearable devices and continuous health monitoring. The final section offers discussion on the unique challenges, trends, and potential future directions these innovative computational approaches have on medical image processing and advanced healthcare. In summary, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach to bridge the gap between theory and practice, fusing knowledge from the domains of medicine, computer science, and machine learning to address issues in healthcare through sophisticated image analysis techniques.

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