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Love Sense

The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships

by Dr. Sue Johnson ...

Series Book 2 - The Dr. Sue Johnson Collection
The bestselling author of Hold Me Tight presents a revolutionary new understanding of why and how we love, based on cutting-edge research.Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. Love Sense presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr. Johnson explains that romantic love is an attachment ... Read more

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The bestselling author of Hold Me Tight presents a revolutionary new understanding of why and how we love, based on cutting-edge research.Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. Love Sense presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr. Johnson explains that romantic love is an attachment
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The Role of VEGF in Tumour Angiogenesis and Common Anti-Angiogenic Therapeutics

A medical handbook providing an outlook into a relatively new field of research in medicine: anti-VEGF treatments

by Amirali Banani ...

There are some truly innovative therapeutic techniques in the works that can transform the future of medicine, and one of them is anti-VEGF. This anti-angiogenic therapy can cure a variety of cancers and retinal diseases that were previously incurable using biomolecules that can suppress VEGF signaling pathways, thereby preventing metastasis in cancers and irreversible blindness in retinal ... Read more

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There are some truly innovative therapeutic techniques in the works that can transform the future of medicine, and one of them is anti-VEGF. This anti-angiogenic therapy can cure a variety of cancers and retinal diseases that were previously incurable using biomolecules that can suppress VEGF signaling pathways, thereby preventing metastasis in cancers and irreversible blindness in retinal
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Fundamentals of Pharmacology

The basics of drugs and how they are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted from the body

by Amirali Banani ...

Have you ever wondered what makes drugs so special? Or have you ever pondered upon the incredible number of lives that medications have saved in just the last century? The wonders of chemistry and biology have allowed pharmacologists to develop treatments against some of the most deadly forms of bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections, from the discovery of penicillin (the first ... Read more

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Have you ever wondered what makes drugs so special? Or have you ever pondered upon the incredible number of lives that medications have saved in just the last century? The wonders of chemistry and biology have allowed pharmacologists to develop treatments against some of the most deadly forms of bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections, from the discovery of penicillin (the first
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Methylene Blue for Biohackers

The Ultimate Guide to Brain Health, Mitochondrial Energy, Immune Optimization and Longevity

by Oliver Wilson ...

Unlock the Forgotten Compound That Recharges Your Brain, Revives Your Cells, and Boosts Your Lifespan Naturally!⚠️ Struggling with low energy, mental fog, or slow recovery from stress? Battling burnout, mood swings, or stubborn cognitive dips that don’t respond to the usual fixes?⚡ Want a science-backed, powerful tool to enhance your mind and body—without relying on stimulants or pres... ... Read more

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Unlock the Forgotten Compound That Recharges Your Brain, Revives Your Cells, and Boosts Your Lifespan Naturally!⚠️ Struggling with low energy, mental fog, or slow recovery from stress? Battling burnout, mood swings, or stubborn cognitive dips that don’t respond to the usual fixes?⚡ Want a science-backed, powerful tool to enhance your mind and body—without relying on stimulants or pres...
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Experiment Eleven

Dark Secrets Behind the Discovery of a Wonder Drug

by Peter Pringle ...

In 1943, Albert Schatz, a young Rutgers College Ph.D. student, worked on a wartime project in microbiology professor Selman Waksman's lab, searching for an antibiotic to fight infections on the front lines and at home. In his eleventh experiment on a common bacterium found in farmyard soil, Schatz discovered streptomycin, the first effective cure for tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest ... Read more

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In 1943, Albert Schatz, a young Rutgers College Ph.D. student, worked on a wartime project in microbiology professor Selman Waksman's lab, searching for an antibiotic to fight infections on the front lines and at home. In his eleventh experiment on a common bacterium found in farmyard soil, Schatz discovered streptomycin, the first effective cure for tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest
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Bitter Pills

The Global War on Counterfeit Drugs

by Muhammad H. Zaman ...

Long the scourge of developing countries, fake pills are now increasingly common in the United States. The explosion of Internet commerce, coupled with globalization and increased pharmaceutical use has led to an unprecedented vulnerability in the U.S. drug supply. Today, an estimated 80% of our drugs are manufactured overseas, mostly in India and China. Every link along this supply chain offers ... Read more

$31.19 CAD

Long the scourge of developing countries, fake pills are now increasingly common in the United States. The explosion of Internet commerce, coupled with globalization and increased pharmaceutical use has led to an unprecedented vulnerability in the U.S. drug supply. Today, an estimated 80% of our drugs are manufactured overseas, mostly in India and China. Every link along this supply chain offers
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Hallelujah Moments

Tales of Drug Discovery

by Eugene H. Cordes ...

Drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry has important consequences for the health and wellbeing of people everywhere. However, the general public knows little about the paths through which basic research findings are translated into products that protect or restore human health: the route from the laboratory bench to the bedside. In Hallelujah Moments, Eugene Cordes reveals how some of the ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry has important consequences for the health and wellbeing of people everywhere. However, the general public knows little about the paths through which basic research findings are translated into products that protect or restore human health: the route from the laboratory bench to the bedside. In Hallelujah Moments, Eugene Cordes reveals how some of the
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Pharmaceutical Formulation

The Science and Technology of Dosage Forms

Edited by Geoffrey D Tovey ...

Series Book 64 - Drug Discovery Series
Formulation is a key step in the drug design process, where the active drug is combined with other substances that maximise the therapeutic potential, safety and stability of the final medicinal product. Modern formulation science deals with biologics as well as small molecules. Regulatory and quality demands, in addition to advances in processing technologies, result in growing challenges as well ... Read more

$255.99 CAD

Formulation is a key step in the drug design process, where the active drug is combined with other substances that maximise the therapeutic potential, safety and stability of the final medicinal product. Modern formulation science deals with biologics as well as small molecules. Regulatory and quality demands, in addition to advances in processing technologies, result in growing challenges as well
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Personalizing Precision Medicine

A Global Voyage from Vision to Reality

by Kristin Ciriello Pothier ...

The author uses decades of experience and interviews with experts in precision medicine to explain past, present, and future of precision medicine. She reviews the full continuum of personalizing precision medicine, including diagnostics, therapeutics, big data, supportive care, regulation, and reimbursement and innovation in precision medicine worldwide.Combines a unique cross section of history, ... Read more

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The author uses decades of experience and interviews with experts in precision medicine to explain past, present, and future of precision medicine. She reviews the full continuum of personalizing precision medicine, including diagnostics, therapeutics, big data, supportive care, regulation, and reimbursement and innovation in precision medicine worldwide.Combines a unique cross section of history,
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Chemical Biology

and Drug Discovery

by Marco F. Schmidt ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
The focus of this textbook is on application, rather than pure knowledge transfer of the results of all chemical biological work (which would also be beyond the scope of a book). It gives the reader, through the specific selection of chemical biological techniques and concepts, the necessary tools to be able to develop new ways of thinking and thus new therapeutic options in the complex field of ... Read more

$89.69 CAD

The focus of this textbook is on application, rather than pure knowledge transfer of the results of all chemical biological work (which would also be beyond the scope of a book). It gives the reader, through the specific selection of chemical biological techniques and concepts, the necessary tools to be able to develop new ways of thinking and thus new therapeutic options in the complex field of
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How Aspirin Entered Our Medicine Cabinet

by Steven M. Rooney, J.N. Campbell ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This brief traces the story of one of our most common medicines – aspirin. On a journey involving science, diverse characters, shady business deals, innovative advertising and good old-fashioned luck, Rooney and Campbell describe how aspirin was developed and marketed on a global scale. Starting at the beginning of the twentieth century, the authors explain the use of aspirin during the First ... Read more

$70.49 CAD

This brief traces the story of one of our most common medicines – aspirin. On a journey involving science, diverse characters, shady business deals, innovative advertising and good old-fashioned luck, Rooney and Campbell describe how aspirin was developed and marketed on a global scale. Starting at the beginning of the twentieth century, the authors explain the use of aspirin during the First
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Prion Proteins

Edited by Jörg Tatzelt ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Genetics of Prion Disease, by S. Lloyd, S. Mead and J. Collinge. Atypical Prion Diseases in Humans and Animals, by M. A. Tranulis, S. L. Benestad, T. Baron and H. Kretzschmar. Chronic Wasting Disease, by S. Gilch, N. Chitoor, Y. Taguchi, M. Stuart, J. E. Jewell and H. M. Schätzl. Transgenic Mouse Models and Prion Strains, by G. C. Telling. Neuroprotective and Neurotoxic Signaling by the Prion ... Read more

$370.19 CAD

Genetics of Prion Disease, by S. Lloyd, S. Mead and J. Collinge. Atypical Prion Diseases in Humans and Animals, by M. A. Tranulis, S. L. Benestad, T. Baron and H. Kretzschmar. Chronic Wasting Disease, by S. Gilch, N. Chitoor, Y. Taguchi, M. Stuart, J. E. Jewell and H. M. Schätzl. Transgenic Mouse Models and Prion Strains, by G. C. Telling. Neuroprotective and Neurotoxic Signaling by the Prion
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The Smoothened Receptor in Cancer and Regenerative Medicine

Edited by Martial Ruat ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Medicinal chemistry is both science and art. The science of medicinal chemistry offers mankind one of its best hopes for improving the quality of life. The art of medicinal chemistry continues to challenge its practitioners with the need for both intuition and experience to discover new drugs. Hence sharing the experience of drug research is uniquely beneficial to the field of medicinal chemistry. ... Read more

$256.19 CAD

Medicinal chemistry is both science and art. The science of medicinal chemistry offers mankind one of its best hopes for improving the quality of life. The art of medicinal chemistry continues to challenge its practitioners with the need for both intuition and experience to discover new drugs. Hence sharing the experience of drug research is uniquely beneficial to the field of medicinal chemistry.
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Liquorice

From Botany to Phytochemistry

by Münir Öztürk, Volkan Altay, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Eren Akçiçek ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) is one of the most widely used in foods, herbal medicine and one of the extensively researched medicinal plants of the world. In traditional medicine licorice roots have been used against treating many ailments including lung diseases, arthritis, kidney diseases, eczema, heart diseases, gastric ulcer, low blood pressure, allergies, liver toxicity, and certain microbial ... Read more

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Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) is one of the most widely used in foods, herbal medicine and one of the extensively researched medicinal plants of the world. In traditional medicine licorice roots have been used against treating many ailments including lung diseases, arthritis, kidney diseases, eczema, heart diseases, gastric ulcer, low blood pressure, allergies, liver toxicity, and certain microbial
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Designing Receptors for the Next Generation of Biosensors

Edited by Sergey A. Piletsky, Michael J. Whitcombe ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Despite achievements in the application of enzymes, antibodies and biological receptors to diagnostics and sensing, the last two decades have also witnessed the emergence of a number of alternative technologies based on synthetic chemistry. This volume shows how synthetic receptors can be designed with characteristics that make them attractive alternatives to biological molecules in the sensory ... Read more

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Despite achievements in the application of enzymes, antibodies and biological receptors to diagnostics and sensing, the last two decades have also witnessed the emergence of a number of alternative technologies based on synthetic chemistry. This volume shows how synthetic receptors can be designed with characteristics that make them attractive alternatives to biological molecules in the sensory
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Computational Modelling of the Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide

by Katrine Kirkeby Skeby ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This thesis offers readers a comprehensive introduction to amyloid proteins and the computational methods used with them. Katrine Skeby critically assesses and compares both the literature and the experiments performed by other researchers, which further elevates the quality and relevance of her own work. Amyloid proteins are highly complex, and this research provides unparalleled insights, ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This thesis offers readers a comprehensive introduction to amyloid proteins and the computational methods used with them. Katrine Skeby critically assesses and compares both the literature and the experiments performed by other researchers, which further elevates the quality and relevance of her own work. Amyloid proteins are highly complex, and this research provides unparalleled insights,
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Biomedical Science and Technology

Recent Developments in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences

Edited by A. Atilla Hincal, H.Süheyla Kas ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Advancing with Biomedical Engineering Today, in most developed countries, modem hospitals have become centers of sophis ticated health care delivery using advanced technological methods. These have come from the emergence of a new interdisciplinary field and profession, commonly referred to as "Bio medical Engineering." Although what is included in the field of biomedical engineering is quite ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

Advancing with Biomedical Engineering Today, in most developed countries, modem hospitals have become centers of sophis ticated health care delivery using advanced technological methods. These have come from the emergence of a new interdisciplinary field and profession, commonly referred to as "Bio medical Engineering." Although what is included in the field of biomedical engineering is quite
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Phytochemistry of Bryophytes

Edited by A. Douglas Kinghorn, Heinz Falk, Simon Gibbons, Yoshinori Asakawa, Ji-Kai Liu, Verena M Dirsch ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book discusses the phytochemistry of bryophytes, with a particular focus on their biologically active natural products and their potential applications in medicine, cosmetics, and as foods. Bryophytes, which include the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, produce a plethora of terpenoids, phenolic compounds, and polyketides that exhibit diverse pharmacological activities, including anti ... Read more

$318.99 CAD

This book discusses the phytochemistry of bryophytes, with a particular focus on their biologically active natural products and their potential applications in medicine, cosmetics, and as foods. Bryophytes, which include the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, produce a plethora of terpenoids, phenolic compounds, and polyketides that exhibit diverse pharmacological activities, including anti
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Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides

Structure, Chemical Synthesis, Biogenesis and Interaction with Host Cells

Edited by Yuriy A. Knirel, Miguel A. Valvano ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
The bacterial lipopolysaccharide also known as endotoxin is exhaustively covered in the present work. Central emphasis is placed upon the fine chemical structure of the lipopolysaccharide and its significance for understanding their activity and function. In particular, the role it plays in the interaction of bacteria with other biological systems is examined. New aspects of their physicochemical ... Read more

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The bacterial lipopolysaccharide also known as endotoxin is exhaustively covered in the present work. Central emphasis is placed upon the fine chemical structure of the lipopolysaccharide and its significance for understanding their activity and function. In particular, the role it plays in the interaction of bacteria with other biological systems is examined. New aspects of their physicochemical
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Phosphodiesterases as Drug Targets

Edited by Marco Conti, Miles D. Houslay, Sharron H. Francis ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are promising targets for pharmacological intervention. Multiple PDE genes, isoform diversity, selective expression and compartmentation of the isoforms, and an array of conformations of PDE proteins are properties that challenge development of drugs that selectively target this class of enzymes. Novel characteristics of PDEs are viewed as unique ... Read more

$370.19 CAD

Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are promising targets for pharmacological intervention. Multiple PDE genes, isoform diversity, selective expression and compartmentation of the isoforms, and an array of conformations of PDE proteins are properties that challenge development of drugs that selectively target this class of enzymes. Novel characteristics of PDEs are viewed as unique
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The Advanced Chemistry Series: Isomerisation

by Alana Monet-Telfer ...

Series series The Advanced Chemistry Series
The Advanced Chemistry Series: IsomerisationDo you love Chemistry? Do you love to learn about Isomerisation, the types of Isomerisation, and what purpose it serves in our society? This e book contains information about the different types of Isomerisation, as well as the information on Thalidomide, The Thalidomide Tragedy, and Ibuprofen.All of the information in my e book has been validated by my ... Read more

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The Advanced Chemistry Series: IsomerisationDo you love Chemistry? Do you love to learn about Isomerisation, the types of Isomerisation, and what purpose it serves in our society? This e book contains information about the different types of Isomerisation, as well as the information on Thalidomide, The Thalidomide Tragedy, and Ibuprofen.All of the information in my e book has been validated by my
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Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Alzheimer Disorders: Volume 7

by Atta-ur-Rahman ...

Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Alzheimer Disorders is a book series concerned with Alzheimer;s disease (AD), a disease that causes dementia, or loss of brain function. This disease affects parts of the brain that affect memory, thought, and language. Chapters in each volume focus on drug research with special emphasis on clinical trials, research on drugs in advanced stages of development ... Read more

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Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Alzheimer Disorders is a book series concerned with Alzheimer;s disease (AD), a disease that causes dementia, or loss of brain function. This disease affects parts of the brain that affect memory, thought, and language. Chapters in each volume focus on drug research with special emphasis on clinical trials, research on drugs in advanced stages of development
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Advanced Lactate Diagnostics

by Maduraiveeran Govindhan ...

"Advanced Lactate Diagnostics" highlights the important role of nanomaterial-derived sensing electrodes for clinical and biomedical diagnostics.The book begins with the fundamentals of electrochemical lactate sensors and details the electrochemical cell design and fabrication of electrode materials using nanomaterials.The sensing of emergent biomarkers including lactate is of key significance in ... Read more

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"Advanced Lactate Diagnostics" highlights the important role of nanomaterial-derived sensing electrodes for clinical and biomedical diagnostics.The book begins with the fundamentals of electrochemical lactate sensors and details the electrochemical cell design and fabrication of electrode materials using nanomaterials.The sensing of emergent biomarkers including lactate is of key significance in
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Fluorescent Chemosensors

Edited by Luling Wu, Adam C Sedgwick, Xiao-Peng He, Tony D James ...

Series Book 34 - Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry
Fluorescent chemosensors have been widely applied in many diverse fields such as biology, physiology, pharmacology, and environmental sciences. The interdisciplinary nature of chemosensor research has continued to grow over the last 25 years to meet the increasing needs of monitoring our environment and health.More recently, a large range of fluorescent chemosensors have been established for the ... Read more

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Fluorescent chemosensors have been widely applied in many diverse fields such as biology, physiology, pharmacology, and environmental sciences. The interdisciplinary nature of chemosensor research has continued to grow over the last 25 years to meet the increasing needs of monitoring our environment and health.More recently, a large range of fluorescent chemosensors have been established for the
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