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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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    • Fundamentals of Cost-Efficient AI

      • 1st Edition
      • December 5, 2025
      • Rohit Kumar
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Fundamentals of Cost-Efficient AI: In Healthcare and Biomedicine is situated within the broader context of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) technologies as they pertain to healthcare and biomedicine. AI and DL have witnessed remarkable advancements in recent years, leading to breakthroughs in various applications, including medical image analysis, drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and personalized treatment recommendations. In 14 chapters this book offers techniques and best practices for compressing deep learning models, allowing them to run efficiently on healthcare devices with limited memory and processing power. This book provides the void code-first approach to optimizing AI for healthcare and biomedicine by offering practical solutions to the unique challenges posed by AI in healthcare. The growing demand for efficient AI computing techniques, coupled with advancements in Deep Learning and Large Language Models tailored for healthcare and biomedicine, makes this book, Efficient Cost Aware Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Biomedicine timely and essential. It addresses the pressing need for practical guidance on compressing and optimizing AI models for everyday healthcare devices, making it accessible to a broad and diverse audience seeking to harness the power of AI within the healthcare and biomedicine sectors. "Efficient AI in Healthcare and Biomedicine" empowers healthcare professionals, researchers, and organizations with practical solutions to the challenges posed by resource-intensive deep learning models in healthcare and biomedicine.

    • Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty

      • 1st Edition
      • April 16, 2025
      • Gennaro Selvaggi + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty is a novel reference of the latest research on those who present with Gender Dysphoria and desire surgery. The book describes the history of Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty (GAV), including social, legal, and ethical aspects of GAV, and explains updated Standards of Care. Users will find sections on preparation for surgery, different surgical techniques available (inclusive with the most recent developments), surgical results and complications, ways to solve complications, and finally, surgical procedures for persons who are requesting nonbinary genital surgery, and for those who are requesting reversal surgery.This is an unprecedented resource for all surgeons from various specialties already involved in gender-affirmative surgery and colleagues interested to gain state-of-the-art knowledge and experience in this field included plastic surgeons, urologists and gynecologists. Gender centers and trainees, scientists, researchers in transgender health, and organizations involved in trans health.

    • The Immunological Synapse Part C

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 193
      • February 4, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      The Immunological Synapse - Part C, Volume 193 in the Methods in Cell Biology series provides state-of-the-art and detailed methods for the study of the T cell, natural killer (NK) cell and B cell immunological synapses. Topics covered in this third volume include tau-STED microscopy for 3D-quantitative colocalization of lytic granule markers, image processing approaches for 3D-analysis of markers and for microtubule remodeling quantification at the immunological synapse, flow cytometry to analyze NK cell-target cell conjugation, imaging flow cytometry to quantify a range of different subcellular processes at the immunological synapse, imaging techniques aimed at quantitatively analyzing B cell immunological synapse formation, quantification of force-mediated antigen extraction in the B cell immune synapse using DNA-based tension sensors, measuring interaction forces between T lymphocytes and their target cells using live microscopy and laminar shear flow chambers, measuring interaction kinetics between T cells and their target tumor cells with optical tweezers, and gauging antigen recognition by human primary T-cells featuring orthotopically exchanged TCRs of choice. Additionally, this volume includes methods to isolate and characterize primary NK cells and enrich the KIR2DL1+ population, and to expand γδ T cells and evaluate their cytotoxicity.

    • Lateral Flow Assays

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • Sibel Ayşıl Özkan + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Lateral Flow Assays: From Bench to Market provides a detailed understanding of lateral flow assays (LFAs), the technology behind them, and their potential uses. The book opens with a discussion of the key elements of LFAs before covering a range of different LFA types, including aptamer-based and SERS-based LFAs. Applications across the biosciences and beyond are explored, such as virus detection, including Covid-19, bacteria detection, hormonal detection, and cancer biomarkers. LFAs for the detection of narcotics, environmental pollutants, food additives, allergens, toxins, and metabolites are also explored. The book then discusses commercialization aspects of LFAs before looking to future developments.This book offers a complete overview of these biosensors and is an ideal reference for researchers and lab technicians across the biomedical sciences who work with these devices. It is also relevant to researchers and practitioners in food chemistry, the environmental industry, and pharmaceutical companies, in addition to those involved in the development of lateral flow devices.

    • Innovation in Cell Death Research

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 217
      • November 1, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      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 Management of Pediatric Brain Tumors

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 167
      • November 1, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Advances in Management of Pediatric Brain Tumors, Volume 167 encapsulates the latest developments in the field for various types of pediatric brain tumors. By examining these survival gaps, the volume offers insights into strategies for improving outcomes and bridging the gap in care on a global scale. Chapters in this new release include Pediatric-type diffuse low grade gliomak, Pediatric-type diffuse high grade glioma/Diffuse Midline glioma, Ependymoma, Choroid plexus tumors, Embryonal tumors/medulloblasto... Craniopharyngioma and other sellar-region tumors, and much more.Other sections cover Germ cell tumors, Immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors, Emerging interventional treatments in the management of pediatric brain tumors, and Management of pediatric brain tumors in low-middle income countries.

    • Innovative Targeting Strategies in Breast Cancer Therapy

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • Pankaj Kumar Singh + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Innovative Targeting Strategies in Breast Cancer Therapy is a comprehensive reference addressing the challenge of non-specific drug distribution in the body, along with severe toxicity and adverse effects, by offering insights into targeted breast cancer treatment. It further educates researchers on formulating and developing novel carriers with target-specific attributes (such as targeted liposomes, nanoparticles, micelles, and dendrimers), contributing to a more refined approach to breast cancer. This book's content is presented in 12 chapters. The first chapters introduces the reader to the different breast cancer therapies followed by indepth information on targeting . Recognizing the need for targeted drug delivery in breast cancer treatment, this book presents an encompassing compilation of advanced research and formulation strategies. By focusing on effectively targeting cancer cells, the book mitigates dose-related toxicity associated with cytotoxic drugs, providing a comprehensive resource for improved treatment approaches. Research in oncology, pharmacology, medical researchers, biomedical engineers and clinical professionals will find this an essential reference.

    • Biochemical Aspects of Metabolic Disorders

      • 1st Edition
      • May 17, 2025
      • Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Biochemical Aspects of Metabolic Disorders offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate biochemical mechanisms and/or pathways underlying a wide array of metabolic disorders. From the genetic basis of inherited metabolic conditions to the environmental factors impacting metabolic dysregulation, each chapter investigates the molecular insights essential for understanding and managing these complex diseases. Covering topics such as carbohydrate and lipid metabolism disorders, amino acid catabolism, hepatic and renal metabolism, mitochondrial dysfunction, pediatric obesity, and diagnostic approaches, this book will serve as a requisite resource for researchers, clinicians, and students alike looking for unravel the biochemical intricacies of metabolic disorders.

    • Sleep and Health

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 24, 2025
      • Michael A. Grandner
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Sleep and Health, Second Edition provides an accessible yet comprehensive overview of the relationship between sleep and health at the individual, community, and population levels, along with a discussion of the implications for public health, public policy, and interventions. Based on a firm foundation in many areas of sleep health research, this text further provides introductions to each sub-area of the field and a summary of the current research for each area. This book serves as a resource for those interested in learning about the growing field of sleep health research, including sections on social determinants, cardiovascular disease, cognitive functioning, health behavior theory, smoking, and more.

    • Animal Models of Disease Part C

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 192
      • January 24, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Animal Models of Disease, Part C, Volume 192 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Characterizing tumor-infiltrating group 1 innate lymphoid cells in PyMT breast tumors, The current models unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the intricate pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease using Zebrafish, Colitis mouse model, Matching model with mechanism: appropriate animal models for studying various aspects of diabetes pathophysiology, Human cancer cells xenografts to assess the efficacy of granulysin-based therapeutics, and much more.Additional sections cover Antimicrobial regime for gut microbiota depletion in experimental mice models, Evaluating polyglutamine protein aggregation and toxicity in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans models of Huntington's disease, A model of intraperitoneal ovarian cancer to study tumor responses to radioimmunotherapy, Metallic nanoparticles biodistribution for the study of lymphoma in animal models, Stereotactic injection of murine brain tumor cells for neuro-oncology studies, Evaluating amyloid-beta aggregation and toxicity in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans models of Alzheimer's disease, and much more.

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