Книги автора Gregory R. Bock

This book features contributions from experts in cell biology, genetics, neurobiology, immunology and structural biology. The unifying eleme…

The past decade has seen mounting global concern regarding viral outbreaks such as SARS, avian influenza and West Nile virus. In 2004 and 20…

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

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

Tissue engineering takes advantages of the combined use of cultured living cells and three-dimensional scaffolds to reconstruct adult tissue…

This book features scientists from a broad spectrum of disciplines discussing recent data on aggression in laboratory animals with particula…

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…

A comprehensive volume examining the fundamental questions raised by reductionists' theory about levels of explanation necessary to understa…

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

This book contains chapters by some of the leading figures in the field of evolutionary psychology. The latest data are presented on evoluti…

Heart failure is the main cause of death and disability in the industrialized world. There is a major need for novel therapeutics for preven…

Understanding stem cells at the molecular level is essential to understanding their behaviour in a physiological context. This volume in our…

Much recent research in evolutionary developmental biology has focused on the origin of new body plans. However, most evolutionary change at…

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…

This book explores the possibility that life exists on Mars. It provides an interdisciplinary overview of the early evolution of life in hyd…

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

This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date account of where we stand in immunological strategies for preventing or treating type 1 diabetes…

Cigarette smoking is estimated to lead to 4.9 million premature deaths per year worldwide. This is predicted to rise to 10 million by 2020. …