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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.

    • New Developments in Redox Biology

      • 1st Edition
      • July 17, 2025
      • Asim K. Duttaroy + 1 more
      • English
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      New Developments in Redox Biology: Fundamental Roles in Health and Disease serves as a vital resource for understanding the profound impact of the redox system on human biology. In the book, readers are introduced to the intricate balance of oxidative stress, the delicate mechanisms of antioxidant defense, and their pivotal roles in cellular function. This book meticulously unpacks the connections between redox biology and the progression of health, aging, and disease, offering researchers and enthusiasts alike a window into these complex physiological processes.Aside from illuminating oxidative dynamics, this book delves into emerging trends, therapeutic potential, and the integration of redox principles in developing medical interventions, highlighting its relevance in advancing human health.
    • Protein Aggregation - Part B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 146
      • July 4, 2025
      • English
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      Protein Aggregation - Part B, provides valuable insights into the factors driving protein aggregation, the impact on cellular function, and the role in various diseases, offering a comprehensive overview for researchers and professionals in the field of biomedicine and biochemistry.
    • Pathology of the Laboratory Rabbit

      • 1st Edition
      • October 24, 2025
      • Alys Bradley
      • English
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      Pathology of the Laboratory Rabbit serves as a “go to” text for all pathologists working on laboratory rabbits in safety assessment studies. The book helps diagnostic veterinary pathologists rule out spontaneous non-clinical disease pathology when assigning cause of death to these animals which are also kept as domestic pets. The book provides a comprehensive text on the spontaneous pathology seen in common laboratory rabbit strains. This is the first book collating information on all organ systems in these strains.
    • Neuropathology of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

      • 1st Edition
      • May 21, 2025
      • Rudy J. Castellani
      • English
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      Neuropathology of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease takes a foundational approach to the topic by offering basic scientific information and the latest advancements in the field. The focus of this reference is on neuropathology and recent advances in tissue characterization in aging, and in Alzheimer’s Disease. Neuropathology has direct relevance to therapeutic constructs and allows for an in-depth understanding of disease pathogenesis. It is a synthesis of the salient issues with respect to pathology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, disease, normal aging, biomarker relevance, and prospects for therapeutic intervention.
    • Circulating Tumor Cells, From Biotech Innovation to Clinical Utility Part B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 392
      • April 28, 2025
      • English
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      Circulating Tumor Cells, From Biotech Innovation to Clinical Utility Part B, Volume 392 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Circulating Tumor Cells in Lung Cancer: integrating stemness and heterogeneity to improve clinical utility, Multi-omic Features and Clustering Phenotypes of Circulating Tumor Cells Associated with Metastasis and Clinical Outcomes, CTCs in CRC: updates, Proteomics and post-translational modification analysis in CTCs, Latest advances of CTC studies in prostate cancer, and Epigenetics and CTCs: new biomarkers and impact on tumor biology.
    • Cryo-electron Tomography

      • 1st Edition
      • July 10, 2025
      • Dorit Hanein + 1 more
      • English
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      Cryo-Electron Tomography: A Journey from Sample Preparation to Data Mining providing a holistic overview of this rapidly advancing field and equipping researchers with the knowledge and tools necessary to initiate their own investigations. The book begins with a section on advanced cryogenic sample preparation for in situ cellular tomography, covering a range of sample types including viruses, bacteria, eukaryotic cells, and perspectives for organoids and tissues. Specific chapters focus on essential approaches such as vitrification, sample thinning, and bimodal correlative techniques. The book then transitions to a section on data mining and validation.
    • Materials and Components of Biosensors in Healthcare

      • 1st Edition
      • January 27, 2025
      • Md Saquib Hasnain + 2 more
      • English
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      Materials and Components of Biosensors in Healthcare: Volume Two provides comprehensive coverage and a detailed examination of the various materials and components used in the development of biosensors. The book begins with an introduction and then discusses the biochemical, inorganic, and biopolymeric components used in biosensor assembly. It goes on to detail a range of materials such as nanoparticles, biological cellular structures, electrochemical, and electromagnetic materials and how they are used in biosensors.Combined with Fundamentals of Biosensors in Healthcare, Volume One, and Applications of Biosensors in Healthcare, Volume Three, this trio provides holistic reference sources suitable for researchers, graduate students, postgraduates, and industry professionals involved in biosensing, biosensors, and biomedical applications.
    • Pharmacology, Physiology, and Practice in Obstetric Anesthesia

      • 1st Edition
      • March 31, 2025
      • Alan D. Kaye + 1 more
      • English
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      Pharmacology, Physiology, and Practice in Obstetric Anesthesia provides all the essentials of obstetric anesthesia in a straightforward, user-friendly format that avoids encyclopedic language and lengthy discussions, and is inclusive of other healthcare specialties and subspecialties including obstetrics, neonatal care, and more. Coverage spans the essentials of obstetrics as well as overlooked issues including obstetric pharmacology and physiology safe practice strategies, clinical concepts for vaginal delivery and C-section, high-risk pregnancy states and management of the complicated parturient, complications and medicolegal, fetus and newborn considerations, and guidelines, standards and statements related to obstetric anesthesia.Pharmacol... Physiology, and Practice in Obstetric Anesthesia is the perfect reference for an interdisciplinary group of health professionals, policymakers, and researchers working and training in the field of obstetric anesthesiology
    • Transketolases

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 725
      • December 5, 2025
      • English
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      Transketolase is an ubiquitous enzyme which has not yet finished revealing all its secrets. This Methods in Enzymology: Transketolases volume is devoted to the description of cutting-edge methods to its study in biochemistry. Several topics are addressed by world experts in their field.The first part of this volume deals with transketolase at the cellular level. The latest scientific progress on human transketolase TKL1 in relation to certain diseases and to its inhibition are discussed including the involvement of this enzyme in new metabolic pathways or as a diagnostic biomarker.The second part focuses on transketolase at the molecular level. The structural and mechanistic aspects linked to this enzyme are addressed using several approaches including molecular modelling and crystallography, for example. Finally, the experimental methodological approaches relating to the use of transketolase as a tool of choice in biocatalysis is presented.
    • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 129
      • November 1, 2025
      • English
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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.