Peptide Applications in Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Peptide Applications in Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Author: Sotirios Koutsopoulos

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing

Published: 2017-11-16

Total Pages: 655

ISBN-13: 0081007426

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Peptide Applications in Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Bioengineering summarizes the current knowledge on peptide applications in biomedicine, biotechnology and bioengineering. After a general introduction to peptides, the book addresses the many applications of peptides in biomedicine and medical technology. Next, the text focuses on peptide applications in biotechnology and bioengineering and reviews of peptide applications in nanotechnology. This book is a valuable resource for biomaterial scientists, polymer scientists, bioengineers, mechanical engineers, synthetic chemists, medical doctors and biologists. - Presents a self-contained work for the field of biomedical peptides - Summarizes the current knowledge on peptides in biomedicine, biotechnology and bioengineering - Covers current and potential applications of biomedical peptides


Quantitative Neuroendocrinology

Quantitative Neuroendocrinology

Author:

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 1995-10-16

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0080536476

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In this volume contemporary methods designed to provide insights into, mathematical structure for, and predictive inferences about neuroendocrine control mechanisms are presented. - Collates an array of contemporary techniques for analysis of neuroendocrine data - Discusses current problems in and solutions to neurohormone pulse analysis - Identifies relevant software available


Contemporary Practice in Clinical Chemistry

Contemporary Practice in Clinical Chemistry

Author: William Clarke

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2020-06-11

Total Pages: 1070

ISBN-13: 0128158336

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Contemporary Practice in Clinical Chemistry, Fourth Edition, provides a clear and concise overview of important topics in the field. This new edition is useful for students, residents and fellows in clinical chemistry and pathology, presenting an introduction and overview of the field to assist readers as they in review and prepare for board certification examinations. For new medical technologists, the book provides context for understanding the clinical utility of tests that they perform or use in other areas in the clinical laboratory. For experienced laboratorians, this revision continues to provide an opportunity for exposure to more recent trends and developments in clinical chemistry. - Includes enhanced illustration and new and revised color figures - Provides improved self-assessment questions and end-of-chapter assessment questions


Peptidomics

Peptidomics

Author: Mikhail Soloviev

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-12-21

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0470196491

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The definitive guide to peptidomics- a hands-on lab reference The first truly comprehensive book about peptidomics for protein and peptide analysis, this reference provides a detailed description of the hows and whys of peptidomics and how the techniques have evolved. With chapters contributed by leading experts, it covers naturally occurring peptides, peptidomics methods and new developments, and the peptidomics approach to biomarker discovery. Explaining both the principles and the applications, Peptidomics: Methods and Applications: * Features examples of applications in diverse fields, including pharmaceutical science, toxicity biomarkers, and neuroscience * Details the successful peptidomic analyses of biological material ranging from plants to mammals * Describes a cross section of analytical techniques, including traditional methodologies, emerging trends, and new techniques for high throughput approaches An enlightening reference for experienced professionals, this book is sufficiently detailed to serve as a step-by-step guide for beginning researchers and an excellent resource for students taking biotechnology and proteomics courses. It is an invaluable reference for protein chemists and biochemists, professionals and researchers in drug and biopharmaceutical development, analytical and bioanalytical chemists, toxicologists, and others.


Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes

Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes

Author: Helen Turner

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2009-03-26

Total Pages: 954

ISBN-13: 0198567391

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This handbook in endocrinology and diabetes discusses clinical investigation and management in a convenient way, including both the protocols and explicit clinical information necessary for the management of individual patients.


Vaccine Research and Development

Vaccine Research and Development

Author: Wayne C. Koff

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2024-11-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1040295266

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Serving as a complementary series to AIDS Research Reviews - edited by Drs. Wayne C. Koff, Flossie Wong-Staal, and Ronald C. Kennedy (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) - this new series reviews significant advances in immunization research and addresses scientific and public policy challenges for moving candidate vaccines from the laboratory to the population.;Exploring recent progress in immunology, vaccine development and improvement, and clinical trials, Vaccine Research and Developments: analyzes the capacity of lipophilic components to chemically modify peptide and protein antigens and augment their immunogenicity; discusses the potential of noninfectious packaging mutants to serve as prototype vaccines; provides a novel presentation system for peptide vaccines through the multiple antigen peptide approach; examines the current status and future prospects for contraceptive vaccines and offers perspectives for improving pertussis vaccines; furnishes a comprehensive update of vaccine clinical trials; and describes the legal policy aspects involved in developing HIV vaccines.;Containing over 915 useful references, Vaccine Research and Developments is for immunologists, microbiologists and virologists, molecular and cell biologists, infectious disease specialists, pharmacologists, government and industry drug regulatory personnel, and graduate level students in these disciplines.


Recombinant DNA Methodology II

Recombinant DNA Methodology II

Author: Ray Wu

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 935

ISBN-13: 0323137741

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The critically acclaimed laboratory standard for forty years, Methods in Enzymology is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerlyawaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. More than 250 volumes have been published (all of them still in print) and much of the material is relevant even today--truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences.* Methods for: * DNA isolation and cloning* Synthesizing complementary DNA (cDNA)* Cleaving and manipulating DNA * Selecting useful reporter genes* Constructing vectors for cloning genes* Constructing expression vectors* Site-directed mutagenesis and gene disruption* Identifying and mapping genes* Transforming animal and plant cells* Sequencing DNA* Amplifying and manipulating DNA and PCR* Detecting DNA - protein interaction


Non-Animal Techniques in Biomedical and Behavioral Research and Testing

Non-Animal Techniques in Biomedical and Behavioral Research and Testing

Author: Michael Kapis

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1993-06-24

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781439810903

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Non-Animal Techniques in Biomedical and Behavioral Research and Testing features the contributions of noted experts describing the application of non-animal methods in a wide variety of research and testing situations, including computer modeling/graphics, protein sequence analysis, behavioral analysis, drug design/testing, cosmetic and household products testing, toxicological testing, clinical testing, chemical identification and analysis, and disease investigations. Many of the alternatives covered have applications in behavioral as well as biomedical research and testing. Topics examined include in vitro techniques, molecular genetics, structure-activity relationships, physicochemical methods, computer-assisted drug designs, nutrition, epidemiology, autopsies, neural networks, ethology, image scanning devices, and medical microbiology. Future applications for non-animal methods are also explored. The book will appeal to toxicologists, pharmacologists, cosmetic and household product researchers, epidemiologists, medical microbiologists, biopsychiatrists, biomedical and psychological educators, biochemists, molecular geneticists, and other scientists interested in alternative testing methods.


Neuroendocrine Tumors: Review of Pathology, Molecular and Therapeutic Advances

Neuroendocrine Tumors: Review of Pathology, Molecular and Therapeutic Advances

Author: Aejaz Nasir

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-08-31

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 1493934260

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This comprehensive subspecialty reference book on NeuroEndocrine Tumor (NET) pathology brings together the diagnostic and clinical expertise of an outstanding team of practicing neuroendocrine pathologists and oncologists. In addition to in-depth coverage of clinico-pathologic aspects of NETs of the various organ systems, the recent histological grading and staging schemes proposed by the North American and European NeuroEndocrine Tumor Societies (NANETS, ENETS), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), this book also focuses on the recent molecular and therapeutic advances in the field of NET pathology and oncology. Neuroendocrine Tumors: Review of Pathology, Molecular and Therapeutic Advances will be an essential reference book for anatomic pathology (histopathology) residents, fellows, surgical pathologists, researchers, oncologists, surgeons and other medical professionals practicing advanced NET Pathology and Oncology in academia, community, private practice and research settings.