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.

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Advances in Clinical Chemistry

1st Edition
Volume 125
February 26, 2025
Gregory S. Makowski
English
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Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 125, the latest installment in this internationally acclaimed series, contains chapters authored by world-renowned clinical laboratory scientists, physicians, and research scientists. Content covered in this new release includes, Spotting Targets with 2D-DIGE Proteomics, Extracellular Vesicles and MicroRNAs in Cancer Progression, Brain white matter damage biomarkers, Cell-cell junctional proteins in cancer, Advances in Periodontal Healing Biomarkers, and Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: Role of Hemolytic Protozoan Iron.

Insect Ecomorphology

1st Edition
February 25, 2025
Oliver Betz
English
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Insect Ecomorphology: Linking Functional Insect Morphology to Ecology and Evolution offers up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the morphology of insects and the functional basis of their diversity. This book covers the form and function of insect body structures in relation to their physiological performance capabilities, biological roles, and evolutionary histories. Written by international experts, the book explores the ecomorphology of functional systems such as insect feeding, locomotion, sensing, and egg laying. The combination of conceptual and review chapters, methodological approaches, and case studies enables readers to delve into active research fields and to gain an understanding of the form-function-perfor... paradigm.This book uncovers key structures of the various regions of the insect body, elucidates their function, and investigates their ecological and evolutionary implications. Insect Ecomorphology is thus a vital resource for entomologists, biologists, and zoologists, especially those seeking to understand more fully the morphology and physiological impacts of insects in correlation to their environments and to evolution.

TRNA-derived RNAs

1st Edition
Volume 711
February 25, 2025
Pavel Ivanov + 1 more
English
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tRNA-derived RNAs series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

Immunotherapy: Magic Bullet to Change the Future Therapeutics

1st Edition
Volume 144
February 24, 2025
Vijay Kumar Prajapati + 1 more
English
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FORMTEXT Immunotherapy is emerging as a novel and reliable therapeutic technique for treating diseases such as autoimmunity, HIV/AIDS, allergy and cancers. Immunotherapy change or modulate our immune system functionalization and activate it to kill pathogen infected cells or affected cells. Development in the field of Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences empower the immune system for protecting us agaist number of pathogenic infections. This volume consisit of the chapters from the different stalwarts of the field coveriing the topic such as Immunotherapy past and present, Oncolytic virus based therapy, CAR-T cell therapy, antibody engineering, adjuvant engineering etc. Chapters covered in this volume discuss the immunological translational research in the field of human cancer, parasitic and infectiouds diseases. This volume incudes the chapter describing the tools developed by scientist to engineers safe and effective antibody which can be used as powerful medicine durig human disease conditions. This volume will reflect the secret of biological sciences and technology in the field on immunology to develop safe and efficacious immune molecules based magic bullet to provide absolute cure. This volume will be helpful to the early career researchers and students working in the field of basic and applied immunological sciences.

Computational Genomics and Structural Bioinformatics in Microbial Science

1st Edition
February 24, 2025
Javid Ahmad Parray + 2 more
English
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Computational Genomics and Structural Bioinformatics in Microbial Science: Microbial Genomics (Volume 2) covers different aspects of microbial genomics, metagenomics, and functional studies of microbes through informative illustrations of current trends in computational tools and bioinformatics approach in environmental microbiology and clinical diagnosis. This book aims to provide readers with an overview of the microbial genome, computational genomics, and structural bioinformatics in microbial science, as well as the most recent developments in these fields. This book covers a range of topics, including the challenges and opportunities of computational epigenomics, bioinformatics tools for assessing metagenomic data, as well as computed comparative genomics and computational phenotyping of microorganisms relevant to agriculture. Microbial Genomics: Host Adaptation, virulence, and Evolution is a valuable resource for faculty members, researchers, and undergraduate and postgraduate students at universities, medical research labs, that are interested in microbial science specifically related to the microbial genome, computing genomics, and bioinformatics.

Host Adaptation, Virulence, and Evolution

1st Edition
February 24, 2025
Javid Ahmad Parray + 2 more
English
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Microbial Genomics: Host Adaptation, Virulence, and Evolution covers different aspects of microbial genomics, metagenomics, and functional studies of microbes that have provided a significant understanding of microbial-host interactions, virulence function, host adaptation mechanisms, including microbial evolution. Microbial Genomics: Host Adaptation, virulence, and Evolution is a comprehensive source on the latest updates and applications of microbial genomics information to understand the plant, microbe interaction, host adaptation, virulence nature of the infectious pathogen, microbial evolution, host-pathogen interactions contribute to shaping the genetic diversity of both organisms. Sections include an introduction to Microbial Genomics, followed by sections on Plant Microbiome, Genome Editing Prospecting and Approaches, Microbial virulanse and disease incidence. The final section of the book covers Microbial Genomics and evolutionary concepts. “Microbial Genomics: Host Adaptation, virulence, and Evolution” is a valuable resource for faculty members, researchers, and undergraduate and postgraduate students at universities, medical research labs, industries, and government agencies that are interested in the microbial science specific to the microbial genome, virulence function of pathogenic microbes, host adaptation, evolution of microbes, and all other disciplines related to molecular microbiology.

Genetic and Genome-Wide Microbial Insights: Bioenergy

1st Edition
February 24, 2025
Javid Ahmad Parray + 2 more
English
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Genetic and Genome-Wide Microbial Insights: Bioenergy: Microbial Genomics (Volume 3) delves into the cutting-edge developments in the field of metagenomics, encompassing both metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics. This comprehensive resource highlights the significant potential of metagenomics in screening previously uncultivated microbial species. It underscores the pivotal role of these advanced genomic techniques in accessing elusive microorganisms, thereby revolutionizing the production of biofuels. This book emphasizes the practicality of these methods, aiming to make biofuel production more economically feasible and efficient. "Genetic and Genome-Wide Microbial Insights: Bioenergy" offers both a foundational overview and the most recent advancements in microbial genomics, computational genomics, and enzyme engineering. It details the process of upscaling and bio-prospecting microbial strains, specifically tailored for biofuel production, providing a comprehensive guide that bridges basic concepts with cutting-edge research. This book covers a range of topics, including advanced microbial fuel production techniques, Sustainable bioenergy (genomics and biofuel development) and microbial engineering. The comprehensive chapters in this book will appeal to readers from diverse backgrounds in biology, life sciences, agriculture, environmental engineering, genome engineering, and even medicine.

Circulating biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment response prediction in cancer - Part A

1st Edition
Volume 391
February 21, 2025
Lorenzo Galluzzi + 1 more
English
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Circulating Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment Response Prediction in Cancer Patients, Part A, Volume 391 delves into the crucial role of circulating biomarkers in cancer diagnosis and treatment monitoring. Specific chapters in this new release include Circulating biomarkers for diagnosis and response to therapies in cancer patients, Identification of circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker for diagnosis and response to therapies in cancer patients, Identification of cell-free circulating epigenomic biomarkers for early diagnosis and response to therapies in breast cancer patients, Expanding frontiers in liquid biopsy-discovery and validation of circulating biomarkers in renal cell carcinoma and bladder cancer, and much more.This comprehensive work explores the various types of biomarkers, their significance in early cancer detection, prognostication, and evaluation of therapeutic responses. It covers cutting-edge research on circulating tumor cells, cell-free DNA, exosomes, and other biomarkers that can revolutionize cancer management. Additionally, it discusses the challenges, advancements, and future prospects of utilizing circulating biomarkers in personalized cancer care.

Osmolytes and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: From Functional Regulation to Disease Pathogenesis

1st Edition
Volume 211
February 18, 2025
Tanveer Ali Dar + 2 more
English
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Osmolytes and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: From Functional Regulation to Disease Pathogenesis, Volume 112 delves into the fascinating interplay between osmolytes and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), exploring their pivotal roles in cellular function and disease mechanisms. This volume brings together experts to present cutting-edge research on how osmolytes regulate functional behavior of IDPs and ensure cellular stability and adaptability under stress conditions. Specific chapters cover Functional diversity of IDPs and their structural heterogeneity: Protein structure-function continuum, Osmolytes as structure-function regulators of intrinsically disordered casein, Synergism of the effects of osmolytes and crowders on structure and function of IDPs/IDRs: The natural habitat, and more.Additional chapters delve into Osmolyte-IDP Interactions during Desiccation, Modulation of aggregation/fibrilla... propensity of IDPs by osmolytes, Osmolytes in modulating the structural and functional integrity of α-synuclein: a study based on Parkinson's disease, Regulation of the structural dynamics, aggregation, and pathogenicity of polyQ-expanded Huntingtin by osmolytes, Aggregation and inhibitory strategies of amyloid fibrillation, and much more.

Organic Mechanochemistry

1st Edition
February 17, 2025
Davor Margetic
English
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Organic Mechanochemistry: A New Tool for Sustainable Synthesis presents the greener chemical method to a broader reading audience, including chemical practitioners. Descriptions of each method, followed by examples on sustainability aspects and applications give readers a better understanding and realization of its possibilities. Mechanochemistry, a nonconventional method for inducing the chemical reaction by application of mechanical energy in solid state, has been recognized as beneficial as mechanochemically conducted reactions hold diverse environmental sustainability advantages in manufacturing processes.

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