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Systems Biomedicine
Elsevier Science 2009; US$ 103.00Systems biology is a critical emerging field that seeks to define the interactions of all biological components by examining underlying biochemical and genetic processes. It is a discipline that quantifies and annotates the complexity of biological systems in order to construct algorithmic models to predict outcomes from component input. Applications... more...
The Epigenome
Wiley 2006; US$ 99.95This is the first book that describes the role of the Epigenome (cytosine methylation) in the interplay between nature and nurture. It focuses and stimulates interest in what will be one of the most exciting areas of post-sequencing genome science: the relationship between genetics and the environment. Written by the most reputable authors in the... more...
Biomedical Applications of Proteomics
Wiley 2006; US$ 299.95In this first book to provide an overview of applications of proteomics in the discovery of new diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic targets, a team of international specialists from research institutions, hospitals and companies contribute with their specific expertise. They cover a wide range of example applications for the most important diseases,... more...
Genomic Imprinting
Springer 2009; US$ 129.99Genomic imprinting refers to a recently discovered phenomenon in which the expression pattern of an allele depends on whether that allele was inherited from the mother or the father. This difference in expression strategy correlates with differences in the epigenetic state of the two alleles. These epigenetic differences include DNA methylation at... more...
The Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Family
Springer 2009; US$ 139.99Contains a series of reviews on the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) family of peptides. This book includes chapters on: The adrenomedullin peptides and signalling; Ligand binding and activation of the CGRP receptor; Understanding amylin receptors; The CGRP-receptor component protein; and, The calcitonin peptide family. more...
Neurocutaneous Disorders
Springer 2009; US$ 299.99A practical, comprehensive guide to the recognition, investigation and management of more than 60 recognized phakomatoses (neurocutaneous disorders). more...
Risky Relations
Bloomsbury Publishing 2005; US$ 109.95Explores the lived impact of genetic technology on understanding within families with genetic conditions. This book illustrated with the real experiences of individuals and families, fills a gap by placing ethical, medical and social debates surrounding this issue in context. more...
Here Is a Human Being
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 13.99Here is a Human Being delivers the first in-depth look at the Personal Genome Project?the effort to construct complete genomic maps of a specific human beings?written by one of the study?s ten human participants. Misha Angrist recounts the project?s fascinating nuances, including the larger-than-life personalities of the research subjects, the... more...
Debating Human Genetics
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 55.95Debating Human Genetics is based on ethnographic research focusing primarily on the UK publics who are debating and engaging with human genetics, and related bio and techno-science. Drawing on recent interviews and data, collated in a range of public settings, it provides a unique overview of multiple publics as they ?frame? the stake of the debates... more...
The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics
Springer 2008; US$ 169.99This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of a highly praised classic, The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics, includes the many advances that have occurred in the field. Among the highlights are a full section devoted to advances in fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technology, increased coverage of cancer cytogenetics - both hematopoietic... more...









