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Micro and Nanotechnologies in Engineering Stem Cells and Tissues

von Murugan Ramalingam, Esmaiel Jabbari & Seeram Ramakrishna

A cutting-edge look at the application of micro and nanotechnologies in regenerative medicine

The area at the interface of micro/nanotechnology and stem cells/tissue engineering has seen an explosion of activity...

Modern Biopharmaceuticals: Recent Success Stories

von J?rg Kn?blein

This collection of high-profile contributions provides a unique insight into the development of novel, successful biopharmaceuticals.

Outstanding authors, including Nobel laureate Robert Huber as well as prominent...

Physical Biochemistry: Principles and Applications

von David Sheehan

"As will be seen, there is not much missing here. I thought that the sections were well balanced, with rarely too much or too little on a given topic...This is a text to be welcomed by both teachers and students."...

The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

von Graham Seymour, Gregory A. Tucker & Mervin Poole

A comprehensive and mechanistic perspective on fruit ripening, emphasizing commonalities and differences between fruit groups and ripening processes.

Fruits are an essential part of the human diet and contain...

Biotribology

von J. Paulo Davim

Tribology is the “science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion” and encompasses the study of friction, wear and lubrication. By extension biotribology is usually defined as the tribological...

Automatic Control of Bioprocesses

von Denis Dochain

Giving an overview of the challenges in the control of bioprocesses, this comprehensive book presents key results in various fields, including: dynamic modeling; dynamic properties of bioprocess models; software...

Compression of Biomedical Images and Signals

von Amine Nait-Ali & Christine Cavaro-Menard

During the last decade, image and signal compression for storage and transmission purpose has seen a great expansion. But what about medical data compression? Should a medical image or a physiological signal...

Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery, Imaging, and Tissue Engineering

von Ashutosh Tiwari & Atul Tiwari

This groundbreaking, multidisciplinary work is one of the first books to cover Nanotheragnostics, the new developmental edge of nanomedicine. Through a collection of authoritative chapters, the book reports...

Minicircle and Miniplasmid DNA Vectors: The Future of Non-Viral and Viral Gene Transfer

von Martin Schleef

This first title on the topic provides complete coverage, including the molecular basis, production and possible biomedical applications. Written by the most prominent academic researchers in the field as well...

Understanding Diabetes: A Biochemical Perspective

von R. F. Dods

A clear explanation of the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes

Written for a broad range of readers, including students, researchers, policymakers, health care providers, and diabetes patients and caregivers,...

Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Skeletal Regeneration

von Elena Jones, Peter Giannoudis & Xuebin Yang

This book covers our current understanding of the role of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and other mesenchymal progenitors in skeletal regeneration, encompassing bone, cartilage and whole joint regeneration....

Photon-based Medical Imagery

von Herv? Fanet

This book describes the different principles and equipments used in medical imaging. Importance of medical imaging for diagnostic is strongly increasing and it is now necessary to have a good knowledge of the...

Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery and Therapeutics

von Ajay Kumar Mishra

This book describes a broad area of nanomedicine which involves mainly applications, diseases, and diagnostics. The comprehensive coverage provides researchers, academics, and health specialists with a great...

Risk Management Applications in Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

von Hamid Mollah, Harold Baseman & Mike Long

Sets forth tested and proven risk management practices in drug manufacturing

Risk management is essential for safe and efficient pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, control, and distribution....

Ligand Efficiency Indices for Drug Discovery: Towards an Atlas-Guided Paradigm

von Celerino Abad-Zapatero

The purpose of Ligand Efficiency Indices for Drug Discovery: Towards an Atlas-Guided Paradigm is to introduce in a concise and self-contained form the concepts, ideas, applications and examples of efficiency-driven...

Molecular and Supramolecular Information Processing: From Molecular Switches to Logic Systems

von Evgeny Katz

Edited by a renowned and much cited chemist, this book covers the whole span of molecular computers that are based on non-biological systems. The contributions by all the major scientists in the field provide...

Environmentally Benign Approaches for Pulp Bleaching

von Pratima Bajpai

Pulp and paper production has increased globally and will continue to increase in the near future. Approximately 155 million tons of wood pulp is produced worldwide and about 260 million is projected for 2010....

Biomimetic Approaches for Biomaterials Development

von Joao F. Mano

Biomimetics, in general terms, aims at understanding biological principles and applying them for the development of man-made tools

and technologies. This approach is particularly important for the purposeful...

Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine

von Buddy D. Ratner, Allan S. Hoffman & Frederick J. Schoen

• The most comprehensive textbook on the principles and applications of all classes of biomaterials
• Edited by four of the leaders in the biomaterials field today and fully endorsed and supported by the Society...

Biocatalysts and Enzyme Technology

von Klaus Buchholz, Volker Kasche & Uwe Theo Bornscheuer

This second edition of a bestselling textbook offers an instructive and comprehensive overview of our current knowledge of biocatalysis and enzyme technology.

The book now contains about 40% more printed content....