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Books in Life sciences

  • AI Powered Drug delivery to Neuro and Cardiovascular Systems

    Perspectives and Future Challenges
    • 1st Edition
    • March 23, 2026
    • Chandra P. Sharma + 2 more
    • English
    AI-Powered Drug Delivery to Neuro and Cardiovascular Systems: Perspectives and Future Challenges is a definitive reference exploring the transformative influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in neuro and cardiovascular drug delivery. This book integrates cutting-edge research to explain how AI is poised to reshape clinical protocols, therapeutic strategies, and regulatory standards. By examining advancements in robotics and intelligent systems, it demonstrates how AI enhances precision, personalization, and efficiency in drug delivery for heart and neurological conditions, providing readers with a thorough understanding of these innovations and their potential to revolutionize healthcare practices.The book delves into AI-driven drug design and testing for cardiovascular diseases and explores the application of AI in cardiac drug delivery vehicles. It discusses bioengineered heart and vessel therapeutics, redox homeostasis, and targeted drug replenishment in cardiac matrix remodeling. Additionally, it addresses mitochondrial drug retention, AI-assisted gene therapy for neurodegenerative disorders, and the role of AI in optimizing heart health. The text highlights smart systems for managing cerebrovascular accidents and neuromodulation with pharmacotherapy. Finally, it covers translational challenges, future directions, and the significance of AI-driven prediction models and robotic delivery mechanisms.
  • Clinical Diseases, Production, and Management of Cattle

    • 1st Edition
    • March 20, 2026
    • Tanmoy Rana
    • English
    Clinical Diseases, Production, and Management of Cattle is an essential reference that extensively covers the health, care, and management of cattle. This comprehensive guide begins with general considerations of cattle care and production, progresses into specific practices for calf care, and culminates in a broad examination of cattle diseases—from common to rare, mild to severe. The book includes preventative measures, diagnostic procedures, and treatments for diseases. It is an invaluable resource for industry professionals, animal agriculture researchers, and veterinarians looking to deepen their understanding of cattle health and disease prevention.
  • Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy, Molecular Therapeutics, and Immunotherapy

    • 3rd Edition
    • March 20, 2026
    • Herbert B. Newton
    • English
    Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy, Molecular Therapies, and Immunotherapy, Third Edition offers a unique cutting-edge collection of basic science and clinical information brain tumor chemotherapy research. The book represents the most complete single-volume resource available for information on the subject of brain tumor chemotherapy. Including a multidisciplinary approach, this volume combines recent advances tumor therapy with molecular biology, molecular therapeutics, immunobiology, and immunotherapy approaches in one location. Chapters new to this volume include cutting-edge research on the molecular underpinnings of brain tumors such as glioblastoma, other gliomas, and targeted molecular therapies to consider for treatment.
  • Retinoic Acids in Cancer Therapy

    Mechanisms of Sensitivity, Resistance, and Methods of Delivery
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23
    • March 20, 2026
    • Saeid Ghavami + 2 more
    • English
    Retinoic Acids in Cancer Therapy: Mechanisms of Sensitivity, Resistance, and Methods of Delivery provides an overview of how All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) kills cancer cells and how some cells survive treatment. Focusing on the cellular pathways and compartments involved in ATRA-mediated inhibition of proliferation, this book also discusses how aggressive tumors develop escape routes conferring retinoic acid resistance.Across 15 chapters, it describes the molecular structure and biological properties of ATRA, explains mechanisms of resistance, and defines ATRA’s efficacy in seven cancer types. It concludes with chapters on ATRA and cancer stem cell biology, strategies to improve treatment, future therapeutic perspectives, and delivery methods to reduce toxicity and enhance anticancer efficacy.Each chapter includes Learning Objectives and a “What We Learn” section, making the book highly accessible for undergraduate, graduate trainees, scientists, physicians, and biotech companies. Adding simple, attractive schemes and informative tables makes it ideal for all interested in the current status of Retinoic Acids in Cancer Therapy. This book serves as a valuable resource for health professionals, scientists, researchers, clinical practitioners, and all those seeking to broaden their knowledge and develop new drugs or therapeutic strategies to improve ATRA’s efficacy in the treatment of resistant cancers.
  • Cell Shape and Position during Development

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 166
    • March 20, 2026
    • English
    Cell Shape and Position during Development, Volume 166 provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental roles that cell morphology and spatial organization play in the development of multicellular organisms. This volume brings together leading experts in developmental biology, cell biology, and biophysics to explore how cells acquire specific shapes. Chapters in this new release include Cell shape changes during sperm-egg interactions, Cell shape and position during organ development, Regulation of shape and position during asymmetric cell division, Cell shape dynamics during mouse peri-implantation development and embryo dormancy, Shaping the intestine: the role of cell morphology and spatial dynamics in development, and more.Additional sections Intermediate filaments in cell shape and position, Regulation of adult stem cell behavior by cytoskeletal dynamics and cell shape, Shape changes in gastrulation, and more.
  • Advances in Edible Packaging Systems for Food Preservation

    Processing, Bioactive Agents and Preservation
    • 1st Edition
    • March 20, 2026
    • Zuhaib F. Bhat + 1 more
    • English
    Advances in Edible Packaging Systems for Food Preservation: Processing, Bioactive Agents and Preservation discusses the edible packaging systems available for the preservation of all types of foods and products derived from meat, eggs, milk, plants, cereals, fish, and seafood. Divided into 14 chapters, the book covers recent topics related to edible packaging such as the role of emerging technologies (including cold plasma, ultrasonication, electrospinning, high-pressure, 3D printing, and pulsed light), alternative film materials (including insect, fungal, and algae proteins), novel bioactive agents (including novel peptides and nanoemulsions, nanoparticles, and nanofibers from novel sources), engineering aspects, environmental impacts, and consumer perception.This book caters to a wider audience, including, but not limited to, individuals involved in food science, meat science, dairy science, food packaging, agriculture sciences, protein and carbohydrate biochemistry, and nutrition.
  • Using Stimulants to Improve Plant Health

    From Stress to Strength
    • 1st Edition
    • March 20, 2026
    • Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef
    • English
    Using Stimulants to Improve Plant Health examines biostimulants, chemical growth regulators, and phytohormones as levers to bolster plant resilience and productivity under abiotic and biotic stress. It outlines the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms that enable these agents to enhance tolerance to adverse soil and weather conditions and highlights cutting-edge advances in nanotechnology and precision agriculture.With applied guidance insights, sample protocols, and real-world case studies, readers learn how to integrate stimulant-based strategies into operations—from smallholder farms to large-scale production—while prioritizing financially sound and ecologically responsible practices.Structured into 16 chapters, each surveying a specific class of bioactive compounds and their modes of action, with practical agricultural applications, this authoritative volume will be invaluable to researchers, agronomists, extension professionals, and plant biologists dedicated to promoting plant health, achieving greater robustness and yield outcomes.
  • A Complete Guide to Hysteroscopic Myomectomy

    • 1st Edition
    • March 20, 2026
    • Rahul Manchanda + 2 more
    • English
    A Complete Guide to Hysteroscopy Myomectomy provides an evidence-based, comprehensive treatise on hysteroscopic myomectomy, a valuable option for treating uterine fibroids that offers a less invasive alternative to traditional surgeries like hysterectomies and laparotomies. This complete guide helps readers master how to diagnose and select the most appropriate strategy of treatment, describing all aspects of each strategy and applying the knowledge in different clinical settings. This is an essential reference for anyone in the research and medical field. It's also ideal for patients who want to understand the procedure's benefits, indications, and recovery process to make informed decisions about their treatment options.
  • Packaging Operations in the Food Industry

    Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry
    • 1st Edition
    • March 16, 2026
    • Seid Mahdi Jafari + 1 more
    • English
    Packaging Operations in the Food Industry, a volume in the Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry series, explains the processing operations and equipment necessary for the packaging of different food products including conventional and modern packaging techniques. These processes and unit operations are important in the manufacture of various food products.Divided in four sections, “Principles of packaging “, “Different stages of packaging”, “Different packaging operations”, and “Novel packaging processes”, all chapters emphasize basic texts relating to experimental, theoretical, computational, and/or applications of food engineering principles and the relevant processing equipment to packaging unit operations.Written by experts in the field of food engineering, in a simple and dynamic way, this book targets industrial Engineers working in the field of food processing and within food factories to make them more familiar with the food processing operations and equipment.
  • Cutting Edge Advances in Transplantation

    • 1st Edition
    • March 16, 2026
    • Dai Dao Nghiem
    • English
    Cutting Edge Advances in Transplantation presents the current state of the science of transplantation. With a unique interdisciplinary approach, this reference collects contributions from selected transplant surgeons, scientists, and immunologists who have worked in the field for the last thirty years. Coverage includes transplantation tolerance, the molecular approach to transplant monitoring, sensitized transplant recipients, xenotransplantation, biologics, and regifted organs. This is the perfect reference for transplant surgeons and nephrologists that want to find new approaches and solutions to serve their patients. It is also ideal for transplantation researchers looking for the most up-to-date scientific information related to the field which can be built upon.