Authors:E. Edward Bittar, Neville Bittar,
Publisher: JAI Press(NY)
Keywords: biology, endocrinology, reproductive
Number of Pages: 354
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $104.00
ISBN-10: 155938817X
ISBN-13: 9781559388177

Hardbound. We have now reached the mid-point of our editorial task of putting together the compendium, Principles of Medical Biology, which is supposed to be composed of twenty-five modules. The present single-volume module on reproductive endocrinology and biology is in more than one respect a continuation of Module 10 (in two volumes) dealing with molecular and cellular endocrinology. In addition, it intersects, as it should, with various parts of obstetrics and gynaecology, both of which are abetted by technology. One has only to recall that the practical benefits of ultrasound in perinatal

Author: Edward Bittar
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: principles, medical, biology, volume, part, chemistry, physiology, cell
Number of Pages: 508
Published: 1996-07-05
List price: $119.00
ISBN-10: 1559388080
ISBN-13: 9781559388085

This volume is intended to complete the Cell Chemistry and physiology module. It is about how the traditional boundaries of cell chemistry and physiology are being erased by molecular biology. We do not think it necessary to elaborate on this theme, particularly since the body of core knowledge found in this volume brings us a stage closer to answering the question, "what makes cell biology into a new discipline?"The first part of the volume deals with the chemistry of actin and myosin and is followed by chapters on cell motility, ATP synthesis in muscle, and contraction in smooth and skeletal

Author: Edward Bittar
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: biology, medical, principles, microbiology
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 1998-03-02
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 1559388145
ISBN-13: 9781559388146

There is a need in small group teaching for a readable module that provides a balanced treatment of the four main areas of medical microbiology-bacteriology, mycology, virology and parasistology. It need not be encyclopedic in scope nor didactic, but it should emphasise principles and concepts. Any existing gaps in this type of presentation are, of course, left for the student to fill.Some subject material has been excluded. An example is a chapter on laboratory procedures including PCR for rapid bacterial and viral diagnosis. The discussion of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases does not

Author: Edward Bittar
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: medical, biology, principles, volume, cell, signaling, membranes
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 1997-05-26
List price: $119.00
ISBN-10: 1559388129
ISBN-13: 9781559388122

It should not come as too much of a surprise that biological membranes are considerably more complex than lipid bilayers. This has been made quite clear by the fluid-mosaic model which considers the cell membrane as a two-dimensional solution of a mosaic of integral membrane proteins and glycoproteins firmly embedded in a fluid lipid bilayer matrix. Such a model has several virtues, chief among which is that it allows membrane components to diffuse in the plane of the membrane and orient asymmetrically across the membrane. The model is also remarkable since it provokes the right sort of questi

Author: Edward Bittar
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: biology, disease, liver, medical, principles, volume, hepato
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 2005-03-04
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 076231124X
ISBN-13: 9780762311248

The Liver in Biology and Disease was conceived as a sequel in the series Principles of Medical Biology, whose general aim continues to be the integration of human biology and molecular cell biology into modern molecular medicine. It is a volume molded by the Information Revolution which few will deny has forced the teaching faculties in our medical schools to curtail and prune the teaching load and focus on fundamentals and principles. With this intention in mind, a volume of this nature takes into account the close dependence of progress in the medical sciences on bioinformatics (gene and p

Author: Edward E. Bittar
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: disease, health, biology, pulmonary
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2002-09-10
List price: $299.00
ISBN-10: 0387952152
ISBN-13: 9780387952154

This new book provides an accessible review of the field of lung biology and disease aimed at the graduate or medical student and biomedical researcher. The book starts by considering the anatomy and ultrastructure of the lung and the tracheal and bronchial system, the control of respiration as well as the fundamentals of pulmonary physiology, gas exchange and circulation. This is followed by discussion of the regulation of acid- base balance, high altitude physiology and pathophysiology as well as exercise and the pulmonary system. Chapters follow on the immunology of the lung, lung injury, a

Author: Edward Bittar
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: vol, biology, medical, principles, immunobiology
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 1996-12-31
List price: $104.95
ISBN-10: 1559388110
ISBN-13: 9781559388115

As this volume demonstrates, immunobiology is a young science which is undergoing explosive growth. Judged by results, it is already an elaborate discipline which cuts across every other area in biomedical research and even has its own vocabolary (e.g., the "veto" effect). Rather than inculcate the habit of superficial learning by having the student go through a maze of details, we have sought to gather together sixteen essays that range from T-cells to psyhoneuroimmunology. This is keeping with the growing understanding that the student is expected to read and think far more for herself/himse