Search Results - "Genetics"

Clinical dermatology / by Weller, Richard P. J. B., Hunter, Hamish J.A, Mann, Margaret W.

Table of Contents: “…Skin disease in perspective -- The function and structure of the skin -- Diagnosis of skin disorders -- Disorders of keratinization -- Psoriasis -- Other papulosquamous disorders -- Eczema and dermatitis -- Reactive erythemas and vasculitis -- Bullous diseases -- Connective tissue disorders -- Disorders of blood vessels and lymphatics -- Sebaceous and sweat gland disorders -- Regional dermatology -- Racial skin differences -- The skin at different ages -- Infections -- Infestations -- Skin reactions to light -- Disorders of pigmentation -- Skin tumours -- The skin in systemic disease -- Cosmetic dermatology -- The skin and the psyche -- Other genetic disorders.…”
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Undisciplining knowledge : interdisciplinarity in the twentieth century / by Graff, Harvey J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the problem of interdisciplinarity in theory and practice over time -- Sciences of life and society in the making of the research university : genetic biology and sociology, 1890s-1920s -- Crossing and remaking boundaries : the humanities and communication, 1870s-1960s -- In search of unification for war and peace : social relations and operations research, 1930s-1960s -- Between mind and mentality : cognitive science and new histories, 1940s-1980s -- A material world and the making of lifeworlds : materials science and cultural studies, 1950s-1990s -- The past and future of interdisciplinarity : bioscience and literacy studies.…”
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Pediatric nursing : the critical components of nursing care /

Table of Contents: “…Issues and trends in pediatric nursing -- Standards of practice and ethical considerations -- Family dynamics and communicating with children and families -- Cultural, spiritual, and environmental influences on the child -- End-of-life care -- Growth and development -- Newborns and infants -- Toddlers and preschoolers -- School-age children -- Adolescents -- Respiratory disorders -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Neurologic and sensory disorders -- Mental health disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Renal disorders -- Endocrine disorders -- Reproductive and genetic disorders -- Hematologic, immunologic, and neoplastic disorders -- Musculoskeletal disorders -- Dermatologic diseases -- Communicable diseases.…”

Psychosis, psychoanalysis and psychiatry in postwar USA : on the borderland of madness / by Ophir, Orna

Table of Contents: “…The "dopamine hypothesis" and evidence of genetic factors in schizophrenia (1971-1980) -- 5. …”
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Stem cells and regenerative medicine

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Regenerative medicine aims to repair, regenerate or replace damaged tissues and organs -- Selection of appropriate cell sources -- Plasticity -- Differentiation of stem cells towards target phenotypes -- Medium supplementation -- Exposure to cell extracts -- Direct or indirect co-culture with other cells/tissues -- Genetic modification -- Scaffolds -- Bioprocessing systems -- Pre-clinical testing of novel stem cell-based therapies in animal models of disease -- Clinical trials -- Treatment of ischaemic heart failure with autologous bone marrow stem cells.…”
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Assessment of obesity and classification of patients historical perspective and current practice /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Obesity is not a new problem -- Palaeolithic times: Venus of Willendorf -- Neolithic times: Venus of Catalhoyuk -- MesoAmerican times: Mayan figurine -- Historical times to 1500AD: Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Chinese and Tibetan, Indian and Greco-Roman -- Modern times: modern themes -- Not all obesities are the same: classifications -- Body Mass Index and risk to health -- Evaluation of obesity: clinical history, clinical classification, vital signs and laboratory measures -- Genetic causes of obesity -- Hypothalmic obesity -- Dietary factors -- Physical inactivity.…”
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Colony stimulating factor-1 regulation of macrophages in development and disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Colony stimulating factors -- Action of CSF-1 and its isoforms -- The CSF-1 receptor (CSF-1R) and its new ligand, IL-34 -- CSF-1 and the CSF-1R in mouse models of inflammatory disease and cancer -- A proteomic approach CSF-1R signaling -- Action of the downstream signaling molecule, PSTPIP2 -- PSTPIP2 mutations cause autoinflammatory disease -- A genetic approach to CSF-1R structure/function and signaling -- Current questions.…”
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Heritable arrhythmias insight into molecular physiology from the long QT syndrome /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The long QT syndrome -- LQTS: genetic linkage to ion channel genes -- Molecular IKS signaling complex and long QT syndrome -- IKS subunits: KCNQ1 and KCNE1 -- KCNQ1 mutations and IKS regulation -- Yotiao: an additional component -- Mutations in Yotiao linked to LQTS -- IKS and other cardiac disorders -- The location of KCNE1 in the IKS channel -- Control of KCNQ1 gating by KCNE1 -- Alteration of voltage sensor movement by KCNE1 -- KCNE1/KCNQ1 stoichiometry and its implications.…”
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Mitochondrial chaperonin Hsp60 locations, functions and pathology /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Chaperonology: the study of molecular chaperones in all their aspects, normal and pathological -- The chaperoning system: the entire complement of chaperones in an organism, including co-chaperones and co-factors -- Chaperonopathies: diseases in which abnormal chaperones play a pathogenic role -- Hsp60: the mitochondrial chaperonin Cpn60 -- Genetic Hsp60 chaperonopathies: pathologic conditions in which Hsp60 mutations are involved as etiologic-pathogenic factors -- Hsp60 in cancer: Hsp60 chaperonopathies by mistake, in which the chaperonin helps the tumour rather than the patient.…”
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Is there a role for academia in drug discovery

Table of Contents: “…-- Other aspects of the heretofore-failed neuro drug discovery pipeline e.g. large-scale genetic studies aimed at unearthing new targets -- The need to redefine the precompetitive space -- The need to build new collaborations between companies, and between the commercial and academic sectors.…”
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Case studies in public health ethics by Coughlin, Steven S. (Steven Scott), 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Case analysis and moral reasoning -- Privacy and confidentiality protection -- Informed consent in public health research -- Randomized controlled trials -- Committee review and the institutional review board system -- Scientific misconduct in public health research -- Conflicting interests and research sponsorship -- Intellectual property and data sharing -- Publication and interpretation of research -- Communication responsibilities of public health professionals -- Public health practice -- Studies of vulnerable populations -- Cross-cultural research -- International health research -- Genetic research and testing -- AIDS prevention and treatment -- Allocation of scarce resources and health care reform.…”
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Practical manual of clinical obesity by Kushner, Robert F., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Energy balance and body weight homeostasis -- The genetic basis of obesity -- Adipocyte biology -- Fetal and infant origins of obesity -- Metabolic fuels and obesity -- Practical guide to clinical assessment and treatment planning -- Patterns, risks, and benefits of weight loss -- Dietary management -- Physical activity and exercise -- Behavioral therapy -- Pharmacotherapy -- Surgical treatments -- Diabetes and metabolic diseases -- Obesity and reproductive health -- Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disease in obesity -- Respiratory complications of obesity -- Obesity and cardiovascular disease -- Obesity : mental health and social consequences -- Obesity and musculoskeletal disease -- The obese patient in hospital.…”
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The mechanical patient : finding a more human model of health / by Glouberman, Sholom

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Aristotle and a Good Life -- chapter 3 Galen’s Four Humors: The First Medical Model -- chapter 4 The Renaissance and Roots of the Mechanical Patient -- chapter 5 Robert Boyle: The First Mechanical Patient -- chapter 6 The Story of Scurvy and the First Failed Controlled Trial -- chapter 7 Surgery and the Mechanical Patient -- chapter 8 Medicine and the Chemical Patient -- chapter 9 Genetics and the Return of Individualized Medicine -- chapter 10 The Great Mortality Shift -- chapter 11 Humanizing Health: The Social/Relational Person.…”
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Molecular biology of ryanodine receptors

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Molecular cloning of RyR -- The identification of functional domains -- RyR channel structure -- Channel regulation by: a) inter-RyR interaction, b) divalent cations and c) protein:protein interactions -- The role of leucine zippers in assembling the 'macromolecular complex' -- Defective protein:protein interactions in cardiac disease -- Genetic basis of RyR dysfunction -- Identification of mutations in cardiac RyR -- Functional characterization of RyR mutations -- Investigating interdomain interactions using state-of-the-art imaging tools -- Pathological defects in channel stability.…”
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Teaching tomorrow's medicine today the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1963-2003 / by Niss, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…Icahn Center for Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine -- The Center for Immunobiology -- The Department of Community and Preventive Medicine -- The Department of Human Genetics -- The Department of Health Policy -- Graduate and postgraduate education -- The faculty practice plan -- The Mount Sinai alumni -- Student voices: in their own words.…”
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African American bioethics culture, race, and identity /

Table of Contents: “…/ Reginald L. Peniston -- Race, genetics, and ethics / Kevin FitzGerald and Charmaine Royal.…”
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Gender and the science of difference cultural politics of contemporary science and medicine /

Table of Contents: “…Hwahng -- Facial feminization and the theory of facial sex difference : the medical transformation of elective intervention to necessary repair / Heather Laine Talley -- The proportions of fat in genetics of obesity research / Shirlene Badger -- Making male sexuality : hybrid medical knowledge and erectile dysfunction in Mexico / Emily Wentzell.…”
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ABC of breast diseases

Table of Contents: “…Symptoms, assessment, and guidelines for referral / Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas -- Congenital problems and aberrations of normal development and involution / Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas -- Mastalgia / Michael Dixon and Julie Iddon -- Breast infection / Michael Dixon -- Breast cancer : epidemiology, risk factors, and genetics / Jack Cuzick, Gareth Evans, and Michael Dixon -- Prevention of breast cancer / Ivana Sestak ... …”
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Intracellular pathogens I Chlamydiales /

Table of Contents: “…Arulanandam, and Guangming Zhong -- Chlamydial genetics : decades of efforts, very recent successes / Brendan M. …”
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Sugarcane : physiology, biochemistry, and functional biology /

Table of Contents: “…Sugarcane: the crop, the plant, and domestication -- Anatomy and morphology -- Developmental stages (phenology) -- Ripening and postharvest deterioration -- Mineral nutrition of sugarcane -- Photosynthesis in sugarcane -- Respiration as a competitive sink for sucrose accumulation in sugarcane culm: perspectives and open questions -- Nitrogen physiology of sugarcane -- Water relations and cell expansion of storage tissue -- Water, transpiration, and gas exchange -- Transport proteins in plant growth and development -- Phloem transport of resources -- Cell walls: structure and biogenesis -- Hormones and growth regulators -- Flowering -- Stress physiology: abiotic stresses -- Mechanisms of resistance to pests and pathogens in sugarcane and related crop species -- Source and sink physiology -- Biomass and bioenergy -- Crop models -- Sugarcane yields and yield-limiting processes -- Systems biology and metabolic modeling -- Sugarcane genetics and genomics -- Sugarcane biotechnology: axenic culture, gene transfer, and transgene expression.…”
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