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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.

    • Blood-Brain Barrier

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 126
      • July 17, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
    • Overcoming Cancers Resistant to HER-2 Antibodies

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 2
      • July 15, 2024
      • Benjamin Bonavida
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Overcoming Cancers Resistant to HER-2 Antibodies provides general updated information on the resistance of various human cancers to anti-HER2 therapeutic antibodies. The book also discusses the description of various sensitizing agents that can reverse resistance when used in combination with anti-HER2 antibodies. There have been a lot of reports in which the treatment with anti-HER2 antibodies for various cancers has resulted in clinical responses; however, there have been also subsets of cancer patients who did not respond initially, and several responding patients developed resistance following treatments. Sections cover Lapatinib, Ganetespib, Paclitaxel, Celecoxib, Emantasine, Liposomal Doxorubicin, and Kinase Inhibitors.This book is a valuable source for cancer researchers, oncologists, pharmacologists and different members of the biomedical field interested in fighting cancer resistance to HER-2 antibodies.
    • Enzyme Biotechnology for Environmental Sustainability

      • 1st Edition
      • July 13, 2024
      • Praveen Dahiya + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Enzyme Biotechnology for Environmental Sustainability discusses recent applications of enzyme biotechnology in various industrial sectors and state-of-the-art information on novel microbial enzyme technologies for a sustainable environment.The book describes in detail the latest developments and modern methods in microbial enzyme biotechnology for wider application in bioremediation, cleaner technology for industries and waste management, green chemistry and pharmaceutical biotechnology, sustainable textiles, food production and biodegradation, and other industries. The chapters cover topics such as genetic engineering, protein engineering, nanotechnological advances of microbial enzymes, computational tools for engineering enzymes, and health risk assessment of enzymes in different sectors. With contributors from an array of experts in the field, Enzyme Biotechnology for Environmental Sustainability is an informative reference for researchers, biotechnologists, microbiologists, environmental scientists, graduate and post-graduate students working in the area of enzyme technology and their biomedical, environmental, and industrial applications.
    • Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems in Infectious Disease Treatment

      • 1st Edition
      • July 12, 2024
      • Sarwar Beg + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems in Infectious Disease Treatment explores a broad range of promising approaches for the treatment of infectious diseases using the latest advancements in nanomedical technologies. The book opens with an introduction about infectious diseases and global burdens. There is also specific discussion and assessment of the global impact of viruses with an emphasis on COVID-19, Zika, and Ebola. Subsequent chapters provide detailed information about various novel nanotherapeutic strategies used for delivering drugs for the treatment of various types of viral, bacterial, and fungal disorders. This will be a valuable resource for graduates, researchers, industry professionals, and anyone working to tackle the challenges of delivering drugs in a more targeted and efficient manner for the treatment of infectious diseases.
    • Glycation

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 125
      • July 11, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Glycation, Volume 125 in the Vitamins and Hormones series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.
    • Metaverse Technologies in Healthcare

      • 1st Edition
      • July 11, 2024
      • Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Metaverse Technologies in Healthcare focuses on data analysis, utilizing the possibilities of data to increase the effectiveness of healthcare organizations. As healthcare services aim to maintain the physical, mental, social and emotional well-being of human lives while the Metaverse is a blend of technological trends- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), collectively, they can deliver treatments and medicines, lower costs, and substantially enhance patient outcomes. The book redefines the digital health experience and describes the advantages of the Metaverse-based NFT technology in the healthcare sector, facilitating NFT avatars to interact with targeted audiences, and more.
    • Sleep and Sport

      • 1st Edition
      • July 7, 2024
      • Michael A. Grandner + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Sports Medicine**The relationship between sleep and both mental and physical performance in athletes has become a key issue over the past several years. Sleep and Sport: Physical Performance, Mental Performance, Injury Prevention, and Competitive Advantage for Athletes, Coaches, and Trainers aims to synthesize the growing scientific evidence in this area to help researchers, clinicians, and others interested in sport to understand the fundamentals of sleep health and how these factors relate to athletes. Serving as an important bridge between the sleep and athletics field, this book educates sleep professionals about how their field of expertise relates to various aspects of athletics, while educating sports professionals about the basics of sleep and how it relates to their field of expertise. This is accomplished by explaining some of the basics of sleep health; reviewing the literature on sleep disorders, treatments, and risk factors for athletes; discussing ways that sleep health impacts physical and mental performance; and addressing key specific areas where these fields overlap. In all cases, this text will draw from the existing peer-reviewed literature, in order to provide evidence-based guidance that is objective and well explained.
    • Reverse Vaccinology

      • 1st Edition
      • July 6, 2024
      • Jayashankar Das + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Reverse Vaccinology: Concept, Methods, and Advancement presents the development strategy of new vaccines through genome sequencing bioinformatics analysis. This book promises to revolutionize vaccine development, especially for pathogens to which the classical applications of Pasteur’s principles have failed, and it is explained in detail in this book.This book is split into three sections: the first, Concept, brings the basis of reverse vaccinology, vaccine antigen discovery, and subunit vaccine; the second, Tools and Methods, describes immunoinformatic, proteomics for epitope-vaccine design, databases, network analysis, machine learning, and NGS-driven antigen screening technology; and the last one, Disease Case Study, discusses real-world examples in the development of new vaccines for diverse diseases.It is a valuable resource for bioinformaticians, researchers, students, and members of the biomedical and medical fields who want to learn more about a new and agile process for the development of new vaccines.
    • Biophysical Approaches for the Study of Membrane Structure Part A

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 700
      • July 4, 2024
      • English
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      Biophysical Approaches for the Study of Membrane Structure, Part A, Volume 700 explores lipid membrane asymmetry and lateral heterogeneity. A burst of recent research has shown that bilayers whose leaflets differ in their physical properties—such as composition, phase state, or lateral stress—exhibit many fascinating new characteristics, but also pose a host of new challenges related to their creation, characterization, simulation, and theoretical description. Chapters in this new release include Evaluation of functional transbilayer coupling in live cells by controlled lipid exchange and imaging FCS, Effects of lateral and hydrostatic pressure on membrane structure and properties, and much more.Other sections cover Using the yeast vacuole as a system to test the lipid drivers of membrane heterogeneity in living cells, Direct quantification of cellular membrane lipids using ratiometric fluorescence sensors, The spectral phasor approach to resolving membrane order with environmentally sensitive dyes, The use of hemifusion to create asymmetric giant unilamellar vesicles: Insights on induced order domains, Advanced microscopy methods to study membrane pores, Use of cryo-EM to study membrane phase separation, and much more.
    • Metalloproteins and Motor Proteins

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 141
      • July 4, 2024
      • English
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      Metalloproteins and Motor Proteins, Volume 141 focuses on recent advances in studying metalloproteins and motor proteins, along with their roles in different pathologies and drug-resistance. Chapters include Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Zinc-Mediated Virulence and Pathogenicity in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, The Mechanistic Insights into Different Aspects of Promiscuity in Metalloenzymes, Role of Metal ion in ion channel Mechanisms, A model of microtubule depolymerization by kinesin-8 motor proteins, Metalloproteins and metalloproteomics in health and disease, Decoding Genetic and Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Primary Lateral Sclerosis: A Comparative Study of Differentially Expressed Genes and Implicated Pathways in Motor Neuron Disorders, and much more.Additional chapters cover Exploring the effect of disease causing mutations in metal binding sites of human ARSA in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Role of transmembrane proteins in regulating metalloproteins and motor proteins in human cancer, Role of transmembrane proteins in metalloproteins and motor proteinsin human neurogenesis, Role of transmembrane proteins in metalloproteins and motor proteins in human aging, Vesicle transport of metalloproteinases, Motor proteins and spermatogenesis, and much more.