Книги автора Gregory R. Bock

Comprises the proceedings of a symposium held at the Ciba Foundation, London, February 1987. Addresses main issues and new techniques in the…

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

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…

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…

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

Presented here are the most up-to-date research findings of leading international scientists in the field of aging. The collected data explo…

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 …

The astounding diversity of the immune system and the complexity of its regulatory pathways makes immunology a combinatorial science. Comput…

There is an urgent need to uncover new therapies that will protect against malaria, as the parasite becomes increasingly resistant to availa…

Incontinence is a very common and often devastating problem, but one that goes largely unacknowledged. In order to elucidate the underlying …

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

The term «unconventional virus» refers to virus-like agents that differ from conventional viruses in significant respects–resistance to agen…

Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and motor neuron disease share a significant common feature: selective death of neurons in restric…

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

To understand the brain and its devastating diseases, we need to reveal the mechanisms that produce it and the ways in which it can constant…

'Homology' as a concept became increasingly elusive during the course of the 20th century. The central debates and controversies concern bot…

An international group of leading investigators discuss recent progress of sensory structures in lower and higher vertebrates. Experts in tw…