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Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants

  • 1st Edition
  • August 1, 2025
  • Mila Emerald + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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When synthetic drugs produce adverse side effects, practitioners may look to natural alternatives to alleviate symptoms or complement existing treatment. Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants: The Science Behind Natural Remedies, investigates the bioactive compounds and functionality of medicinal plants and herbs which are recommended to help certain health conditions and overall well-being while highlighting cultivation that can be done sustainably to promote biodiversity conservation. Written by over 50 experts in the fields of nutrition, organic food, fertility, phytopharmacology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, plant botanicals, and herbal medicine, “Therapeutic Potential of Medicinal Plants: The Science Behind Natural Remedies,” introduces readers to the the chemical composition of over 75 plants, herbs, grains and seeds while highlighting their anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory effects to improve overall well being and manage certain conditions such as diabetes, osteoarthritis, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Bioactive compounds, essential oils and phytochemicals in certain plants and marine compounds are reviewed for their efficacy to help improve gynecological health, alleviate menopausal symptoms and lower blood pressure. The book also discusses the toxicity and safety implications associated with the use of medicinal herbs during pregnancy and other life stages.

Emerging Paradigms in Delivery of therapeutic agents for the Treatment of Glioblastoma

  • 1st Edition
  • August 1, 2025
  • Rajeev Sharma + 4 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Emerging Paradigms in Delivery of Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Glioblastoma describes the intense research and clinical developments that are required to optimize the available treatment options and the potential side effects to heal brain cancer. The success of this strategy includes the use of validated biomarkers, appropriate patient selection criteria, strategies to prevent adverse events, and the implementation of immunotherapy in multimodal treatment approach. In 18 chapters, this title sets forth the rationales for promising therapies like immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint blockade, chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cell therapy, oncolytic virotherapy, and vaccine therapy.In addition, the book reviews potential novel agents, the current status of preclinical and clinical trials, and the challenges and future perspectives in glioblastoma immuno-oncology. This book is a valuable resource for health professionals, scientists and researchers, health practitioners, students, and all those who wish to broaden their knowledge in the allied field.

Preventable Medical Errors

  • 1st Edition
  • August 1, 2025
  • Erwin B. Montgomery Jr.
  • English
  • Paperback
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Preventable Medical Errors: The Role of Different Sciences in Medical Education and Practice addresses the issues of staying up to date with evolving medical practices, by providing practical examples linked to real-world patient safety concerns and illustrating theoretical discussions with clear clinical practice scenarios. The book is divided into two sections, Part 1 - How Did It Come To This? and Part 2 - Where Does It Go From Here?; which guide the reader through how we got here historically and how we can navigate our way out using the tools the author presents. Thus paving the way, bridging a gap between theory and practice, while emphasizing the importance of patient safety. Written for all medical professionals, at the forefront of postmodern and scientific medical advancements, to ultimately improve clinical outcomes and reduce preventable medical errors.

Targeted Protein Degradation Technologies

  • 1st Edition
  • July 31, 2025
  • Jiangjiang Qin + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Targeted Protein Degradation Technologies provides a thorough overview of targeted protein degradation from the latest developments in the field to potential therapeutic applications. The book begins with an introduction to the mechanisms of protein degradation followed by a section covering both protease-mediate degradation and lysosome-mediate degradation. A range of cutting-edge technologies are covered, including PROTAC, AbTAC, molecular glues, hydrophobic tagging, LYTAC, GlueTAC and AUTAC. Degraders of specific proteins are then investigated, including signal transduction receptors, membrane proteins, and transcription factor degraders.The book closes with a section on the clinical applications of targeted protein degradation and a look at future perspectives. It is a useful resource to those in the fields of molecular biology, cell biology, and related areas working with protein degradation and the development of therapeutic technologies in this arena.

Aging in Ophthalmology

  • 1st Edition
  • July 7, 2025
  • Jorge L Alio MD + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Aging in Ophthalmology examines the aging process of the eye and how this affects the future of ophthalmology. With a strong focus on therapeutic options, the book shows the latest improvements in medical and surgical possibilities. It describes both the risks of the aging of the eye, the aging of different parts of the eye (like the retina, lens, and iris), therapeutic approaches to limit the aging processes of the eye, along with a glance into the future. This book is a valuable resource for ophthalmologists of all subspecialties and researchers interested in the aging process in the human eye.

Aquaculture Mycology and Bacteriology

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Frederick S.B. Kibenge + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Aquaculture Mycology and Bacteriology is a practical reference to address the steadily increasing importance of infectious diseases of aquatic animals. With the burgeoning expansion of the animal aquaculture industry to new geographic areas, new microbial and parasitic species with pathogenic potential will continue to emerge. This necessitates rapid identification of the new pathogens to enable their control. Each pathogenic bacterial or fungal species is accompanied by the full description of both taxonomic and clinical information for the three major aquatic food animals (fish, crustaceans and mollusks). The book takes a comprehensive approach to facilitate research to develop vaccines or other similar pathogen mitigation measures, and is useful to bacteriologists, mycologists, aquaculturists, clinical practitioners in aquatic animal health and all those in industry, government or academia who are interested in aquaculture, fisheries and comparative biology.

Biomarkers in Kidney Transplantation

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Dr Smita Pattanaik + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Biomarkers in Kidney Transplantation: Clinical Aspects and Laboratory Determination provides a focused study on traditional and emerging biomarkers to predict early rejection of kidney transplants supporting appropriate therapeutic interventions. Coverage includes predictive and diagnostic biomarkers for different types of rejections, including biomarkers of acute, chronic/sub chronic rejection or clinical rejection, T-cell mediated rejection, antibody mediated rejection and mixed rejection. Comparisons are provided for broad classification of pharmacokinetic versus pharmacodynamic biomarkers, and differentiation is shown between the susceptibility, diagnostic, predictive, prognostic and monitoring biomarkers.Coverage of the analytical aspects of biomarker measurement, the process of biomarker discovery and their clinical validation addresses both the clinical features of biomarkers as well as the pitfalls of determining such biomarkers in clinical laboratories. By combining all current markers known for kidney transplant in one collection, this easy-to-use reference is perfect for pathologists, clinical pharmacologists, clinical laboratory scientists and all physicians involved in organ transplantation, including immunologists and transplant surgeons.

Flow Cytometry in Immuno-oncology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 195
  • July 1, 2025
  • Marcello Pinti + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Flow Cytometry in Immuno-oncology, Volume 173 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on timely topics, Basic principles of Flow cytometry in immuno-oncology, Good practice and methods for flow cytometry in immuno-oncology, Automated flow cytometry in immuno-oncology, Flow cytometric analysis of Tregs in solid tumors, Multiparametric analysis of Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in solid tumors, Analysis of tumor-infiltrating immune cells in intracranial glioblastoma, Assessing chromosomal abnormalities in leukemias by Imaging flow cytometry, Flow cytometric analysis of cellular alkaline phosphatase in acute myeloid leukemia, and much more.

Proteolytic Enzymes and their Inhibitors in Infectious Pathogens

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Theresa Coetzer
  • English
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Proteolytic enzymes are found in all life forms, where they catalyze peptide bond hydrolysis during essential biological processes. Proteases of various pathogens have also been shown to use endogenous protease inhibitors to regulate the activity of host proteolytic enzymes encountered during infection.Proteolytic Enzymes and their Inhibitors in Infectious Pathogens brings together key experts to provide a thorough discussion of proteolytic enzymes and their endogenous inhibitors found in parasites, bacteria, and viruses. The book focuses on the respective roles of the different catalytic classes of proteolytic enzymes and their protein-protease inhibitors at the host-infectious organism interface, and how this knowledge may inform drug and vaccine design. Following a foundational overview of proteases and macromolecular inhibitors of pathogenic organisms, authors discuss recent research on distinct classes of proteolytic enzymes in pathogens. Classes include aspartic proteases, cysteine proteases, metalloproteases, serine proteases, and threonine proteases with experts contributing chapters on distinct enzymes and inhibitors. New methods to identify protease substrates and inhibitors are also provided, with step-by-step protocols to advance new research and drive drug discovery.

Glycobiology of the Immune System and Disease

  • 1st Edition
  • July 1, 2025
  • Shyamasree Ghosh
  • English
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Glycobiology of the Immune System and Disease explores the integration of state-of-the-art glycobiology and immunology to raise awareness of the multifaceted roles of glycans and lectins in the immune system. Glycobiology is a rapidly growing field in biology, with relevance to biomedicine, biotechnology and basic research. Considering the central role that glycans play in immune interactions, glycoproteins and carbohydrates are becoming the targets of next-generation therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics. Programmed remodeling of host glycans can modulate infection, autoimmunity, and cancer, while microbial glycoconjugates can serve as canonical innate receptor agonists that induce B cell and T cell activation.This important reference investigates microbial and mammalian glycans and their protein-binding partners (lectins) and shows the role they play in all innate and adaptive immune responses. With its comprehensive overview of the field, this is an important resource for academicians, graduate and post graduate students as well as professors and faculty in the field of research in glycobiology and immunology.

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