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  • Interdisciplinary Approaches to Gene Therapy

    Legal, Ethical and Scientific Aspects

    Edited by Stefan Müller, Jürgen W. Simon, Jan W. Vesting ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Current therapies for most human genetic diseases are inadequate. In response to the need for effective treatments, modern molecular genetics is providing tools for an unprecedented new approach to the treatment of diseases; e.g. the direct manipulation of mutant genes or the input on new therapeutic genes. The treatment of human disease by gene transfer has now moved from the theoretical to the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • The PKU Paradox

    A Short History of a Genetic Disease

    by Diane B. Paul, Jeffrey P. Brosco ...
    Series series Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease
    Named one of the "Ten must-read science histories" by Science MagazineIn a lifetime of practice, most physicians will never encounter a single case of PKU. Yet every physician in the industrialized world learns about the disease in medical school and, since the early 1960s, the newborn heel stick test for PKU has been mandatory in many countries. Diane B. Paul and Jeffrey P. Brosco’s beautifully ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • DNA Repair in Cancer Therapy

    Molecular Targets and Clinical Applications

    Edited by Mark R. Kelley ...
    Cancer therapeutics include an ever-increasing array of tools at the disposal of clinicians in their treatment of this disease. However, cancer is a tough opponent in this battle, and current treatments, which typically include radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery, are not often enough to rid the patient of his or her cancer. Cancer cells can become resistant to the treatments directed at them, ... Read more

    $121.59 CAD

  • The Consumer Benchmarks in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

    by Bram B. Duivenvoorde ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book investigates the regime of consumer benchmarks in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and explores to what extent this regime meets each of the goals of the Directive. In particular, it assesses whether the consumer benchmarks are suitable in terms of achieving the three goals of the Directive: achieving a high level of consumer protection, increasing the smooth functioning of the ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Gene Transfer and the Ethics of First-in-Human Research

    Lost in Translation

    by Jonathan Kimmelman ...
    Human gene transfer is widely regarded as one of the most promising technologies for the treatment of a variety of disorders, but it presents practitioners with a variety of difficult ethical questions. Gene Transfer and the Ethics of First-in-Human Research examines the ethical and policy dimensions of testing interventions in human beings for the first time. The book discusses the difficult ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • Regulating Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis

    A Comparative and Theoretical Analysis

    Edited by Sheila A.M. McLean, Sarah Elliston ...
    Series series Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
    The successful achievement of pregnancies following pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported in April 1990. The technology is often used for patients who are at substantial risk of conceiving a pregnancy affected by a known genetic disorder, however from this technology other more controversial uses have arisen such as HLA typing to save the life of a sibling, gender selection ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Is this Cell a Human Being?

    Exploring the Status of Embryos, Stem Cells and Human-Animal Hybrids

    Edited by Antoine Suarez, Joachim Huarte ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The central question of this book is whether or not particular cell entities of human origin ought to be considered human beings. The answer is crucial for making moral decisions for or against research and experimentation. Experts in the field discuss the production of embryonic-like pluripotent stem cells by altered nuclear transfer, parthenogenesis and reprogramming of adult somatic cells. They ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Genetic Information

    Acquisition, Access, and Control

    Edited by Alison K. Thompson, Ruth F. Chadwick ...
    It is difficult to think of an example of an advancement in the biological sciences that has had an impact on society similar to that of the new genetics. Recent developments in biotechnology have occasioned much discussion among academics, professionals, and lay people alike. In particular, many questions and concerns have arisen over the acquisi tion, access, and control of genetic information. ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Ethics in Reproductive Medicine

    Edited by David R. Bromham, Maureen E. Dalton, Jennifer C. Jackson, Peter J.R. Millican ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Medical ethics is a difficult and controversial field and that part of it dealing with reproductive medicine is no exception. Our first conference on philosophical ethics in reproductive medicine (PERM 1) in 1988 discussed many of the controversies in this field. The acclaim it received encouraged us to organise PERM 2 but choosing a relevant and topical programme was a clairvoyant challenge in ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Breathing Race into the Machine

    The Surprising Career of the Spirometer from Plantation to Genetics

    by Lundy Braun ...
    How race became embedded in a medical instrumentIn the antebellum South, plantation physicians used a new medical device—the spirometer—to show that lung volume and therefore vital capacity were supposedly less in black slaves than in white citizens. At the end of the Civil War, a large study of racial difference employing the spirometer appeared to confirm the finding, which was then applied to ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Ethical Challenges in Genomics Research

    A Guide to Understanding Ethics in Context

    by Paula Boddington ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    New developments in science and technology have resulted in shifting ethical challenges in many areas including in genomics research. This book enables those who are involved in genomics research, whether as researcher, participant or policy maker, to understand the ethical issues currently developing in this field and to participate actively in these important debates. A clear account is given of ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • RNA Metabolism in Trypanosomes

    Edited by Albrecht Bindereif ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Trypanosomes are unicellular protozoa of ancient evolutionary origin that are responsible for several tropical diseases, such as African sleeping sickness. Over the last few decades, research in trypanosome biology has revealed many unique and fascinating features, many of which have helped to establish new paradigms in other biological systems. This applies in particular to studies in gene ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD