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  • Neuroglia in Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders, Part II

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 210
    • English
    Neuroglia in Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders, Part II discusses glia relative to neurologic and psychiatric disorders, emphasizing cross-disease-glial cell dysfunctions. Driven by advances in genetics, transcriptomics, electrophysiologic and imaging techniques, as well as by the increase in knowledge on neuropathologic features and underlying disease mechanisms, this book bridges the gap between neuroglia basic science and neuroglia clinical research.

  • Aquatic Biomes

    Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity
    • 1st Edition
    • Germano Leão Demolin-Leite
    • English
    Aquatic Biomes: Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity explores the effects of anthropogenic activities on Earth’s aquatic biomes, species, and climate. It summarizes operational and potential monitoring tools to conserve or recover aquatic biomes at global scale. Written by international experts in ecology and biodiversity conservation, this book identifies the challenges and threats to aquatic organisms and connects them to real cases of conservation.Aquatic Biomes: Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity is an important resource for students, professors, researchers, governmental and non-governmental organizations active in biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation seeking guidance on the best practices for aquatic biome conservation.

  • Metabolites as Signals in Immunity and Inflammation

    • 1st Edition
    • Zbigniew Zasłona + 2 more
    • English
    Metabolites as Signals in Immunity and Inflammation describes the revolution in the definition of the word metabolism, highlighting changes in thinking about the whole field of immunology. These changes occur thanks to breakthrough experiments in basic research, and with the help of new technologies that allow for the testing of immunology hypotheses. In recent years, a substantial number of findings have been made around immunometabolism. What is emerging is a complex interplay between metabolic reprogramming and immunity, which is providing an extra dimension to our understanding of the immune system in health and disease.

  • Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 114
    • English
    Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 114, the latest release in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on the Nutraceutical potential of Mediterranean agri-food wastes and wild plants: green extraction and bioactive characterization, Yeast extract as a more sustainable food ingredient: Insights into flavor and bioactivity, Physical and chemical food safety hazards and associated health risks in seafood: a Mediterranean Perspective (Part I), Biochemical and microbial food safety hazards in seafood: A Mediterranean Perspective (Part II), Assessing food digestion in the elderly using in vitro gastrointestinal models, and much more.Additional chapters focus on Recent Advances in Non-Invasive Techniques for Assessing Food Quality: Applications and Innovations, Recent advances in carbohydrate phase behavior and rheology. Implications for processing and product formulation, and Recent advances in chemistry, biochemistry, and nutrition of dates palm fruit (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars.

  • Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume 1

    Fundamentals, Fabrication and Commercialization
    • 1st Edition
    • Vijay Mishra + 2 more
    • English
    Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume One: Fundamentals, Fabrication and Commercialization provides an overview of recent progress in the nanobiosystems arena, helping readers design and develop novel drug delivery systems and devices that take advantage of recent advances in nanomedical technologies. The book explores a wide range of promising approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases using the latest advancement in cutting-edge nanomedical technologies. It highlights established research and technology on intelligent nanobiosystems, their rapidly emerging aspects, and future research directions. Sections cover nanobiosystems, explore nano candidates and fabrication aspects, and delve into the challenges of commercialization.Th... book will be a useful resource for researchers and postgraduate students in pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology as well as medical professionals, biologists, chemists, materials scientists, clinical researchers, biochemical and biomedical engineers working both in academia and industry.

  • Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume 2

    Applications of Intelligent Nanobiosystems
    • 1st Edition
    • Vijay Mishra + 2 more
    • English
    Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume 2: Applications of Intelligent Nanobiosystems provides recent progress in the nanobiosystems arena, helping readers better design and develop novel drug delivery systems and devices that take advantage of recent advances in nanomedical technologies. The book explores a wide range of promising approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases using the latest advancements in cutting-edge nanomedical technologies. This updated volume includes chapters by experts in the field, featuring an exploration of targeted therapy and drug delivery systems, analytical and imaging tools, theranostics, tissue engineering and regenerative medicines, dentistry tools and modern developments.This book will be a useful resource for researchers and postgraduate students in pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology industries as well as medical professionals, biologists, chemists, materials scientists, clinical researchers, and biochemical and biomedical engineers working both in industry and academia.

  • Agriculture Toward Net Zero Emissions

    • 1st Edition
    • Sandeep Kumar + 1 more
    • English
    Agriculture Toward Net Zero Emissions explores how agriculture has historically contributed to carbon emissions and then takes the reader forward, offering insights into an integrated approach to reducing those emissions toward the COP26 goal. The dual challenge of increasing production to meet population and nutrition food demands while reducing the traditional emissions generated by production practices is significant. It requires understanding the foundation of current practices and then revising those underlying principles to reflect the resources and greater insights of today.This book provides an overview of the current state of the science, explores the development of policies and plans to improve carbon management, and provides examples of technology and agroecosystem management practices. It includes the latest updates in carbon neutral farming, carbon and energy management, and addresses the knowledge gap between input management, livestock management and agroecosystem management.Advancing agroecosystem science through a roadmap for improving capacity, Agriculture Toward Net Zero Emissions is a valuable resource for those seeking to develop and apply new agricultural best practices.

  • Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

    Biological and Technological Advances
    • 1st Edition
    • Dennis Chan
    • English
    Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: Biological and Technological Advances aims to introduce to a wide audience the high global priority problem of detecting AD prior to dementia onset. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s and care costs will cost the nation approximately $290 billion (2019 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures). With the failure of recent AD drug trials, many hypothesize that by the time symptoms appear, it is too late to be treated. Early detection can offer benefits such as more choice of medications, ability to participate in clinical trials, more time for family and for care planning. This book outlines potential solutions to the above problem using opportunities arising from the technology revolution, advances in neuroscience, and molecular biology. Most importantly, it discusses a paradigm shift from a reactive to a proactive diagnostic approach, aiming to detect disease before occurrence of symptoms. Topics covered include the use of sensing technologies (e.g. smartphones, smartwatches, Internet of Things) to detect early disease-related changes, the application of data science (machine learning/AI) to extract otherwise invisible disease features from these datasets and the potential to personalize diagnosis based on tracking changes in individual behaviours. Advances in blood-based biomarkers, brain imaging, and the potential for early diagnosis to aid interventions (lifestyle, dietary, pharmacological) to delay future development of dementia are also discussed.

  • An Overview of FDA Regulated Products

    From Drugs and Cosmetics to Food and Tobacco
    • 2nd Edition
    • Eunjoo Pacifici + 1 more
    • English
    An Overview of FDA Regulated Products: From Drugs and Cosmetics to Food and Tobacco, Second Edition is fully updated to reflect recent advances in science and technology and new laws and regulations. Breakthroughs in cellular and gene therapy, immunotherapy, precision medicine, and digital health are changing the face of healthcare and regulation. The updates brought about by the 21st Century Cures Act and subsequent PDUFA Reauthorizations, as well as signing into law the “Modernization of Cosmetic Regulation Act of 2022,” which will transform FDA’s oversight of cosmetics, are fully reflected in all chapters of the book.This book provides graduate students and industry professionals with comprehensive information on approval processes with the FDA and other country regulation organizations. Regulatory science professionals working with not only drugs, but biologics, medical devices, food and additives, cosmetics, veterinary products, and tobacco will benefit from this comprehensive overview of the regulatory environment.

  • CRISPR-Cas Systems for RNA and Genome Editing

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 712
    • English
    CRISPR-Cas Systems for RNA and Genome Editing, Volume 711 in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Massively parallel genomic perturbations with multi-target CRISPR interrogates Cas9 activity and DNA repair at endogenous sites, Genome oligopaint via local denaturation fluorescence in situ hybridization, Biochemical reconstitution of a type I-B CRISPR-associated transposon, Visualizing the conformational landscape of CRISPR-Cas9 through kinetics-informed structural studies, and much more.Additional sections cover Analysis of metal-dependent DNA nicking activities by Cas endonucleases, Biochemically characterizing the accessory proteins and ribonucleoprotein complexes of Type IV CRISPR systems, Prime editing in bacteria with BacPE, Preparation of high-purity CRISPR-based DNA base editor RNPs, Bacterial directed evolution of CRISPR base editors, Cloning and validating systems for high throughput molecular recording, Using CRISPR-Cas13 for viral nucleic acid detection, and more.

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