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Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences
Hardcover. Ectogenesis refers to the artificial gestation of a fetus outside the womb. Despite certain advantages for women's reproductive liberty, feminist groups remain divided regarding this technology. This book argues that reproduction imposes unjust burdens on women, and thus the ideals of equal opportunity demand continued research into ectogenesis. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; MBDC; MFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549860
- ISBN
- 9781137549860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Parsons, E.; Clarke, A. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK; JHBS; JHM; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349258840
- ISBN
- 9781349258840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Paperback. An assessment of some ethical implications of increasing life spans. Taking as a starting point the idea that to increase longevity is a form of medical enhancement, it examines the value of living longer; the means for extending life spans; the consequences of greater longevity for the fair distribution of resources and healthcare in particular. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; MFKC; PSA; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349366750
- ISBN
- 9781349366750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBC; MFN; MJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349409372
- ISBN
- 9781349409372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; JMR; MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349428847
- ISBN
- 9781349428847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.65
€ 126.65
Paperback. How do rapid social and technological changes shape reproductive realms today? This book considers the complex choices, anxieties and challenges that come alongside postmodern reproduction for women and men in the West. Topics include surrogacy, fatherhood, sperm banking, egg donation, contraception, breastfeeding, and postpartum body image. Editor(s): Nash, M. Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; MBS; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349443291
- ISBN
- 9781349443291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Paperback. The book examines the social and cultural context of new genetic knowledge associated with breast cancer. It looks at how this knowledge and technologies are used and received in two contrasting social arenas - cancer genetic clinics and a breast cancer research charity. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; MBS; MFN; MJCL; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349547548
- ISBN
- 9781349547548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2004
- SKU
- V9781349999767
- ISBN
- 9781349999767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Hardback. This accessible handbook aims to help decision-making in cardiovascular patients with a potentially inherited disease. Clinicians from around the globe discuss the relevance of genetics for their field of interest covering atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias. Editor(s): Doevendans, P. A. F. M.; Wilde, Arthur A. M. Series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFN; MJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402000973
- ISBN
- 9781402000973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardback. Features the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advances in Prostaglandin and Leukotriene Research: Basic Science and New Clinical Applications, held in Florence, Italy, on June 4-8, 2000. At this meeting particular emphasis was given to the potential application of the novel COX-2 inhibitors. Editor(s): Samuelsson, B.; Paoletti, Rodolfo; Folco, Gian Carlo; Granstrom, E. Karolinska; Nicosia, S. Series: Medical Science Symposia. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFG; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001468
- ISBN
- 9781402001468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.40
€ 198.40
Hardback. Brings together the studies concerning the human embryo as well as embryos from domestic species. This book deals with the assessment of mammalian embryo quality. It summarizes different aspects of the assessment of mammalian embryo quality. Editor(s): Soom, Ann van; Hurd, Heidi M.; Boerjan, Marleen. Num Pages: 406 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFKC; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 903.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402005817
- ISBN
- 9781402005817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.11
€ 197.11
Hardback. The population of the Indian subcontinent consists of an amalgamation of people. A significant proportion of health problem is linked to hereditary factors. This text includes an account of the social and cultural diversity, medical demography, genetic epidemiology, and common genetic disorders affecting people from the Indian subcontinent. Editor(s): Kumar, Dhavendra. Series: Endocrine Updates. Num Pages: 608 pages, 82 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012150
- ISBN
- 9781402012150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.11
€ 254.11
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive view of human chromosome heteromorphisms, their applications, and their often speculated roles in aberrant chromosome behaviour relating to abnormal phenotype, pregnancy loss and cancer. This book is a pictorial atlas for common and unusual heteromorphisms and euchromatic variants. Editor(s): Wyandt, Herman E.; Tonk, Vijay S. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFN; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402013034
- ISBN
- 9781402013034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 376.62
€ 376.62
Brings together issues relating to the primary prevention of skin cancer from a population and public health perspective. This book examines possible mechanisms of causation and the role of risk factors in the host and presents experimental and human evidence for the carcinogenicity of solar radiation. Editor(s): Hill, David; English, Dallas R. (Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia); Elwood, J. Mark. Series: Cancer Prevention-Cancer Causes. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402014352
- ISBN
- 9781402014352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.65
€ 200.65
Hardback. Editor(s): Chorev, Michael; Sawyer, Tomi K. Series: American Peptide Symposia. Num Pages: 1100 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 1100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402028168
- ISBN
- 9781402028168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 379.17
€ 379.17
Paperback. Focuses on actual situations that occur in the practice of medical genetics, presented as case vignettes that can also be used in teaching and policy discussion. This book discusses the issues such as privacy, prenatal diagnosis, patient autonomy, directiveness in counseling, sex selection, forensic DNA banking, and 'genetic discrimination'. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 484 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JH; MB; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402028809
- ISBN
- 9781402028809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 202.30
€ 202.30
The War on Cancer. An Anatomy of Failure, a Blueprint for the Future.
Guy B. (Va Medical Center) Faguet
Hardback. This book shows that, contrary to frequent announcements of breakthroughs, our current cancer control model cannot eradicate most cancers and details the reasons why. It then identifies how this can be changed. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNS; MFGC; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402036187
- ISBN
- 9781402036187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.67
€ 198.67
Hardback. Cancer Morbidity and mortality result from invasive and metastatic spread. Advances in the field have highlighted the central role of cell motility during the dynamic and transient process of tumor invasion and metastasis. This book presents an overview of these studies. Editor(s): Wells, Alan. Series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFGC; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402040085
- ISBN
- 9781402040085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.49
€ 251.49
Human-Like Biomechanics: A Unified Mathematical Approach to Human Biom...
Ivancevic, Vladimir G.; Ivancevic, Tijana T.
hardcover. Offers an introduction into modern geometrical methods to be used as a unified research approach in two apparently separate fields: mathematical biomechanics and humanoid robotics. This book develops geometrical basis of human-like biomechanics. It also develops topology of human-like biomechanics, and reviews related nonlinear control techniques. Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 484 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 911.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402041167
- ISBN
- 9781402041167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.34
€ 252.34
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on The Mechanisms of the Biological Effect on Extra High Power Pulses (EHPP), Yerevan, Armenia 3 - 5 March 2005 Editor(s): Ayrapetyan, Sinerik N.; Markov, Marko S. Series: NATO Security Through Science Series B (Closed). Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402042775
- ISBN
- 9781402042775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 255.76
€ 255.76
Hardback. Starts with a comprehensive overview of the field of Angiogenesis. The topics deal with dynamics of vasculogenesis using imaging techniques, bone marrow-derived endothelial cell precursors as potential therapeutic tools, regulation of post-angiogenic vessel regression, vascular mimicry, design and construction of artificial vessels, and more. Editor(s): Forough, Reza. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFG; MJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402043260
- ISBN
- 9781402043260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Hardback. A symposium that brings together basic science and clinical applications. It contains the research findings at the highest scientific level. It summarizes the important novel issues on hepatic encephalopathy and nitrogen metabolism and is of interest not only for scientists in the field, but also for interested clinicians. Editor(s): Haussinger, D. (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat); Kirchels, G. (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat); Schless, F. (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat). Num Pages: 590 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MFGM; MJJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402044557
- ISBN
- 9781402044557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 375.85
€ 375.85
Paperback. Provide readers with an introduction to microfabricated cell-based systems as well as with a variety of specific examples of such Lab-on-Chip systems for cellomics applications. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402065620
- ISBN
- 9781402065620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.89
€ 194.89
Hardback. Fills a void between the fields of nutrition, behavior and cellular and molecular neurosciences by providing an integrated collection of articles that critically dissect the link between what we eat and how the brain develops and functions in health and disease. Editor(s): Mattson, Mark P. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFK; PSAN; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402071294
- ISBN
- 9781402071294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.13
€ 195.13