Authors:Nancy A. Dawson, W. Kevin Kelly,
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: translational, medicine, therapies, emerging, prostate, cancer
Number of Pages: 330
Published: 2006-10-04
List price: $200.00
ISBN-10: 0849371856
ISBN-13: 9780849371851

Scientists have reached a critical point in the development of new therapies for prostate cancer. The information gleaned from the Human Genome Project, alongside the emergence of new technologies for the use of genetic data has expanded the physician’s understanding of disease progression and widened his armamentarium for prostate cancer prevention and control. This expertly-written reference thoroughly analyzes the scientific principles and methodologies behind the most recent translational therapies and provides the necessary context, data, and studies for practitioners to select appr

Authors:Kishan J. Pandya, Julie R. Brahmer, Manuel Hidalgo
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: translational, medicine, therapies, emerging, lung, cancer
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2007-05-11
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0849390214
ISBN-13: 9780849390210

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Filling a gap in the literature, this resource translates recent laboratory findings into practical applications for the prevention and control of lung cancer. Featuring chapters by seasoned researchers in the field, this reference reviews current advances in imaging, drug development, molecular therapeutics, genetics, immunotherapy, and chemotherapy, to stand at the forefront of technologies for patient diagnosis and treatment.

Author: Moyra Smith M.D.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: genomics, genetics, research, translational
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2008-04-02
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0195313763
ISBN-13: 9780195313765

In this new book, noted geneticist and veteran OUP author, Moyra Smith, will present a comprehensive critical review of the translation of genetic and genomic research into health care. Dr. Smith’s motivation for writing is driven by the gap that exists between the rather amazing discoveries in medical genetics and genomics at basic science levels and the translation of these advances into evidence-based clinical practice. She will examine experimental and observational research and translation to disease management in single gene disorders, specific genetic syndromes, and complex geneti

Author: Melike Y?lmaz Ba?tu?
Publisher: VDM Verlag
Keywords: english, pamuk, orhan, journey, translational
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2009-06-14
List price: $111.00
ISBN-10: 3639161890
ISBN-13: 9783639161892

Orhan Pamuk, who has been established in Turkey as a distinct literary figure since the late 1970s, now stands as the only Turkish author who has been awarded the Nobel Prize and the second most translated Turkish writer into English (after Ya?ar Kemal). His novels have been readily translated into English in priority over many other works of Turkish literature. First reviewing Turkish literature in English translation and then Orhan Pamuk?s literary career and the literary features of his novels, this book focuses upon the question why his novels have been selected for translation into Englis

Author: Chap T. Le
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: translational, research, analysis, data, categorical, applied
Number of Pages: 399
Published: 2009-12-14
List price: $94.95
ISBN-10: 0470371307
ISBN-13: 9780470371305

An updated treatment of categorical data analysis in the biomedical sciences that now explores applications to translational research Thoroughly updated with the latest advances in the field, Applied Categorical Data Analysis and Translational Research, Second Edition maintains the accessible style of its predecessor while also exploring the importance of translational research as it relates to basic scientific findings within clinical practice. With its easy-to-follow style, updated coverage of major methodologies, and broadened scope of coverage, this new edition provides an accessibl

Author: Gary Walsh
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: biopharmaceuticals, protein, modification, translational, post
Number of Pages: 390
Published: 2009-06-15
List price: $225.00
ISBN-10: 3527320741
ISBN-13: 9783527320745

From the leading author in the field, known around the world for his work and his authoritative publications, the contents of this book have been selected so as to reflect their relative importance for biopharmaceuticals. As a result, around half of the book is devoted to protein glycosylation, while the remainder is made up of other modifications, such as carboxylation, hydroxylation, sulfation, amidation and proteolytic processing. A final section addresses the latest trend of engineering the modification pattern to improve a given biopharmceutical, presenting several recent case studies of

Authors:Hai Hu, Richard J. Mural, Michael N. Liebma,
Publisher: Artech House Publisher
Keywords: research, translational, informatics, biomedical
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2008-07-31
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 1596930381
ISBN-13: 9781596930384

This groundbreaking resource on biomedical informatics gives you step-by-step insight into innovative techniques for integrating and federating data from clinical and high-throughput molecular study platforms as well as from the public domain. It details how to apply computational and statistical technologies to clinical, genomic, and proteomic studies to enhance data collection, tracking, storage, visualization, analysis, and knowledge discovery processes, and to translate knowledge from "bench to bedside" and "bedside to bench" with never-before efficiency. Filling the need for informatics a