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  • Immunotherapies for Neurological Disorders

    Unlocking the Brain's Defenses
    • 1st Edition
    • Akash Gautam + 1 more
    • English
    Immunotherapies for Neurological Disorders: Unlocking the Brain's Defenses explores the complex intersection of both the immune and nervous systems and neurological disorders. This comprehensive guide details the vital role of immunology in understanding conditions from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Each chapter reviews strategies, including the use of antibodies, recombinant proteins, and cutting-edge vaccine approaches to modulate immune responses in the brain. Readers will be presented with the therapeutic potential of immune cells, gene therapy, and RNA interference in combating these debilitating disorders, while also examining the role of nanotechnology in enhancing treatment efficacy.Aimed at neurologists, immunologists, researchers, and students alike, this book serves as an essential resource for the latest advancements in neurological disease treatment.

  • Multiple Abiotic Stresses in Plants

    Mechanisms and Management Strategies
    • 1st Edition
    • Koushik Chakraborty + 4 more
    • English
    Driven by the realities of global climate change, compound stress events—such as drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and flooding—now frequently affect crops within a single season, posing significant risks to global food security and agricultural sustainability. Multiple Abiotic Stresses in Plants: Mechanisms and Management Strategies examines how plants coordinate distinct physiological, biochemical, and molecular pathways to adapt under complex stress conditions, contrasting these mechanisms with those triggered by individual stress factors.Chapters cover key processes including redox regulation, hormonal signaling, transcriptional control, ion transport, and metabolic adjustments. The volume also highlights advances in breeding and biotechnology—from marker-assisted selection and genome editing to nanotechnology and multi-omics approaches—alongside practical strategies for improved stress management, such as optimized nutrient use, microbial interventions, and climate-adaptive agronomy.Comprehensi... in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, this reference book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, students, plant scientists, and agricultural professionals by offering the strategic insight needed to anticipate, rather than react to, the evolving challenges of plant–environment interactions.

  • Single, Double, and Triple Starch Modifications

    • 1st Edition
    • Zebin Guo
    • English
    Single, Double, and Triple Starch Modifications, a volume in the "Applications of Starches in Food and Packaging" Series systematically reviews the chemical modification technology of starch and its latest research, in addition to providing a reference for the application of starch production technologies in food, materials, biomedicine and other fields. The book summarises the chemical modification methods of starch and its modified structure, as well as digestibility, and the physical and chemical properties. Simultaneously, it compares the latest research on the modification method, while describing its current or potential applications. Therefore, readers can comprehend the modification of starch and its related applications from a processing technology perspective and its impact. Edited by an internationally diverse group of experts and leaders who possess extensive knowledge of techniques and properties of the chemical modification of natural starch, this book is an excellent resource that ensures a global perspective on the subject matter.

  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 199
    • English
    Advances in Agronomy, Volume 199, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, each written by an international board of authors.

  • The Science and Safety of Beverages

    • 1st Edition
    • Roji Waghmare + 1 more
    • English
    The Science and Safety of Beverages is a comprehensive guide that explores principles and practices that are essential in producing safe, high-quality beverages. The book offers detailed examinations of a variety of beverages and their production processes, with coverage such as quality assurance in fruit beverages, microbial safety in vegetable drinks, and techniques to enhance the shelf life and safety of dairy beverages. Readers of this informative book will gain insights into preserving the quality and microbial characteristics of plant-based beverages, along with advancements in maintaining safety standards for alcoholic drinks.This versatile guide compiles a variety of both traditional methods and advanced techniques for detecting contaminants and verifying compliance with regulatory standards for all major drink categories, making it a valuable resource for food scientists, industry professionals, and academics in food and beverage science.

  • Diagnostic Reasoning

    Laboratory-Based Case Studies in Clinical Chemistry
    • 1st Edition
    • Ibrahim A. Hashim
    • English
    Training in clinical chemistry is acquired via different avenues that include didactic lectures on pathophysiology of disease, methodologies and practical aspects of testing, and through attendance of operations meetings, sign-out sessions, seminars and tutorials. There is little instruction on how to apply the vast amount of knowledge gained in the process to practice. In other branches of medicine, cases are regularly presented with clinical information and therapeutic interventions which form the basis of training. Diagnostic Reasoning: Laboratory-Based Case Studies in Clinical Chemistry fills this gap for clinical chemistry. The concise and practical approach of the book, including real-life scenarios, is an excellent resource for pathology trainees, clinical laboratory science students, clinical chemistry fellows, clinical laboratory professionals, and clinicians. These cases help professionals remain competent in the field and be successful in their board exams. The cases are stated as they present, often with no or few clinical details accompanying the sample request with only barcoded samples arriving into the laboratory. In a busy laboratory, thousands of these cases are received daily and it is impossible to review the clinical information associated with the specimens.

  • Cell Death Part C

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 208
    • English
    Cell Death: Part C, Volume 208 continues the comprehensive exploration of cellular mechanisms governing the fate of cells in health and disease. This volume delves deep into the molecular pathways, regulatory networks, and biological consequences of various cell death modalities, including apoptosis, necrosis, autophagy, ferroptosis, pyroptosis, and other emerging forms.

  • Advances in Clinical Chemistry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 133
    • English
    Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Volume 133 in this ongoing series, examines physiologic and pathophysiologic biochemistry and their impacts on Clinical Chemistry testing and design. Molecular mechanisms of disease processes are highlighted in the context of traditional, current, and emerging technologies, and advances in the development of improved diagnostic and predictive biomarkers are examined, especially those targeting early and emerging diseases. Specific chapters in this new release include Drug Induced Renal Injury (DIRI) Biomarkers, Unveiling tobacco markers in exhaled breath, Advances in small extracellular vesicle analysis, Piezoelectric Sensors in Point-of-Care Testing, Mitochondrial myopathy biomarkers, and Hormonal and Metabolic Biomarkers in Long COVID.

  • Microglial Advances in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 171
    • English
    Microglial Advances in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Volume 170 in the Advances in Immunology series, presents current developments and comprehensive reviews focused on the role of microglia and neuroinflammation in neurological and psychiatric disorders. This volume brings together contributions from leading researchers, offering up-to-date insights into microglial biology in health and disease, as well as their involvement in major neurodegenerative conditions. Chapters in this new release explore Cross-talk between Tau and Neuro-glia Axis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Microglia in Health and Disease, Amyloid-beta (Aβ) and Neuroinflammation in Microglia, Chemokine Receptor CX3CR1 Interacts with Tau and Regulates Microglial Activity in Alzheimer’s Disease, and much more.Additional chapters explore Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Psychiatric Disorders, GPCR-Mediated Internalization and Endosomal Sorting of the Tau–GPCR Complex in Microglia, iPSC-Derived Microglia: A Cellular Platform for Tau and Alzheimer’s Disease Immunotherapy, Advancements in Invasive and Non-Invasive Neuromodulation for Parkinson’s Disease, LRRK2-I1371V Disrupts Microglial Membrane Homeostasis and Enhances α-Synuclein Toxicity, Microglial Advances in Parkinson’s Disease, Microglial Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease, and more.

  • Microbiome in Head and Neck Cancer: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Implications

    Part B
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 170
    • English
    Advances in Immunology, Volume 170 presents current developments and comprehensive reviews in immunology. This volume focuses on mechanisms of gasdermin activation and pyroptosis, providing insights into inflammatory cell death and immune signaling, and serving as a valuable reference for researchers in the field.

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