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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.

    • Mitochondria and Longevity

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 340
      • July 31, 2018
      • English
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      Mitochondria and Longevity, Volume 340, the latest release in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series reviews and details current advances in cell and molecular biology. The IRCMB series has a worldwide readership, maintaining a high standard by publishing invited articles on important and timely topics with this release focusing on topics such as Mitochondria metabolism and aging, Mitohormesis, Mitochondrial dynamics in the aging stem cell compartment, Mitochondrial proteostasis and aging, Mitochondrial DNA mutations and aging, Mitochondrial sirtuins, NAD+, NADH and aging, Mitophagy and aging, Mitochondria, calcium transport and aging.
    • International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 337
      • March 15, 2018
      • English
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      International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, Volume 337 reviews and details current advances in cell and molecular biology. The IRCMB series has a worldwide readership, maintaining a high standard by publishing invited articles on important and timely topics that are authored by prominent cell and molecular biologists. Sections in this new release include the karyosphere (karyosome) and its peculiar structure of the oocyte nucleus, organoids as models of disease, lipid droplets as organelles, the dark side of apoptosis, interconnections between autophagy and secretion, and the regulation and function of intracellular pressure in cell biology.
    • Neuroepigenetics and Mental Illness

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 158
      • July 30, 2018
      • Bart P.F. Rutten
      • English
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      Neuroepigenetics and Mental Illness, Volume 158, the latest release in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, seeks to provide the most topical, informative, and exciting monographs available on a wide variety of research topics related to prions, viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes. The series seeks to provide readers with in-depth knowledge of important molecular biological aspects of organismal physiology and function, with this release focusing on Neuroepigenetics in mental illness, Neuroepigenetics of development and neurodevelopmental disorder, Neuroepigenetics of aging and age-related neurodegenerative disorders, Neuroepigenetics of prenatal psychological stress, Neuroepigenetics of the HPA axis, Neuroepigenetics of the serotonergic system, and more.
    • Advances in Microbial Physiology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 73
      • September 24, 2018
      • Robert K. Poole
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      Nitric Oxide and Other Small Signalling Molecules, Volume 73, the latest release in the Advances in Microbial Physiology series, continues the long tradition of topical, important, cutting-edge reviews in microbiology. The book contains updates in the field, with comprehensive chapters covering Nitric Oxide and Urinary Pathogens, Antibiotic Lethality and pH Homeostasis, Antimicrobial Strategies for Avian Pathogens and Bioactive Peptides from Marine Sources for Biotechnological Applications, and more.
    • Dehydroepiandrosterone

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 108
      • July 18, 2018
      • Gerald Litwack
      • English
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      Dehydroepiandrostero... Volume 108, the latest release in the Vitamins and Hormones series first published in 1943, covers the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology and enzyme mechanisms, with this release focusing on topics such as Dehydroepiandrostero... Research: Past, Current and Future, Astrocyte Neuroprotection and Dehydroepiandrostero... Mutation of HSD3B2 Gene and Fate of Dehydroepiandrostero... Autophagy and Autophagic Cell Death: Uncovering New Mechanisms Whereby Dehydroepiandrostero... Promotes Beneficial Effects on Human Health, Dehydroepiandrostero... and Cardiovascular Disease, Dehydroepiandrostero... and Experimental Osteoarthritis, The Role of Dehydroepiandrostero... (DHEA) in Skeletal Muscle, Mechanism of Action of Dehydroepiandrostero... and more.
    • Protein-Protein Interactions in Human Disease, Part B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 111
      • February 17, 2018
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      Protein-Protein Interactions in Human Disease, Volume 111, Part B, promotes further research and development in the protein interaction network in order to identify critical proteins involved in the etiology of human diseases and locate new protein targets for drug development. Thus, this volume is of considerable interest to protein chemists, pharmacologists, cell biologists, immunologists, structural biologists, computational biochemists and other researchers working in the field. In addition, these articles would be of great benefit to medical, biology and pharmacology students who specialize in this field.
    • WNT Signaling

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 153
      • January 16, 2018
      • English
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      WNT Signaling, Volume 153, the latest release in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, seeks to provide the most topical, informative, and exciting monographs available on a wide variety of research topics related to prions, viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes. The series provides readers with in-depth knowledge of important molecular biological aspects of organismal physiology and function, along with insights into how this knowledge may be applied to understand and ameliorate human disease. Each volume is edited by an internationally recognized expert who selects contributors at the forefront of a field.
    • Advances in Applied Microbiology

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 104
      • August 21, 2018
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      Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 104, continues the comprehensive reach of this widely read and authoritative review source in microbiology. Users will find invaluable references and information on a variety of areas, with this updated volume including chapters covering Cold Shock Responses in Salmonella, Microbial Processes in Geotechnical Engineering, Microbial Diversity and Functional Analysis, The Mycosphere and Turnover of Contaminants, and the Enhancement of Metallosphaera Sedula Bioleaching by Targeted Recombination and Adaptive Laboratory Evolution.
    • Nitric Oxide and Other Small Signalling Molecules

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 72
      • May 16, 2018
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      Nitric Oxide and Other Small Signalling Molecules, Volume 72, the latest release in the Advances in Microbial Physiology series, continues the long tradition of topical, important, cutting-edge reviews in microbiology. The book contains updates in the field, with comprehensive chapters covering the Biochemistry of cysteine persulfides, NO signaling in yeast, The Inflammasome: Regulation of Nitric Oxide and Antimicrobial Host Defense, Nitric Oxide, aN Old molecule with NOble functions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biology, the Emerging roles of nitric oxide synthase in bacterial physiology, and Anaerobic bacterial response to nitrosative stress.
    • Therapeutic Proteins and Peptides

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 112
      • April 18, 2018
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      Therapeutic Proteins and Peptides, Volume 112 in an ongoing series promotes further research in the discovery of new therapeutic targets that can be affected by therapeutic proteins and peptides to cure or manage symptoms of human diseases, with this release focusing on the Rational Design of Stable Liquid Formulations of Biopharmaceuticals, Formulation strategies for peptides, proteins and antibodies using nanotechnology, the Solution structural dynamics of therapeutic peptides and their adsorption on plasmonic nanoparticles, Enzymatic approaches of protein-polymer conjugation, Chimeric small antibody fragments as a strategy to deliver therapeutic payloads, Smart cell-penetrating peptide-based techniques for cytoplasmic delivery of therapeutic macromolecules, and more.