Книги автора Gregory R. Bock

Nicotine is considered to be the main agent in the maintenance of the tobacco smoking habit and is largely responsible for the behavioral an…

Over the last several years, immunologists have re-discovered the importance of regulatory lymphocytes, formerly termed 'suppressor cells'. …

This work deals with basic plant physiology and cytology, and addresses the practical exploitation of plants, both as crops and as sources o…

Over recent decades vast amounts of biological data have been accumulated. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to apply tradition…

Prominent clinicians and researchers from diverse disciplines discuss the basic cell and molecular biology of steroid action and sex steroid…

Regulation of intracellular pH is vital to all living cells. This symposium covers the control of pH in muscle and nerve cells and the diffe…

Dietary supplements can contain a wide variety of ingredients, either singly or in combination, including nutrients, botanicals and 'bioacti…

Anaphylaxis is an immediate-type allergic reaction involving the whole organism. It is the most life-threatening allergic condition. Althoug…

Certain organic compounds can become toxic to biological tissue when activated by light. Many medical applications of this effect have been …

Dengue virus is a member of the Flaviviridae family, which includes viruses associated with human diseases such as yellow fever, Japanese en…

Myopia, the most common disorder of the eye, affects 80% of the population of some countries. Although its basis remains uncertain, recent d…

Many common human diseases have a multifactorial origin: they are influenced by a person's genetic predisposition as well as by factors in t…

Modern technology has made possible epidemiological studies that relate aspects of neonatal health to disease in adult life. This symposium …

Examines the progress of leading scientists working on various aspects of handedness in order to consider the occurrence of handedness in th…

Neural tube defects are the second most common cause of perinatal death from birth defects in the United Kingdom. In this important book, le…

Until recently a neglected disease syndrome, diarrhea is responsible for many millions of infant deaths in developing countries. The result …

Documents the latest results and opinions on the causes and possible cures for this disorder. Coverage includes retroviral involvement, immu…

An international group of researchers addresses basic mechanism involved in the metastatic spread of tumors and considers new methods of pre…

This book draws together contributions from some of the leading investigators in the field of autism to consider specific problem areas in c…

TGF-beta, originally identified as a transforming growth factor with similar properties, is now known to exist as a family of factors with s…