Frontiers in Biomedicine

Traditional methods of medical education and training are changing rapidly. This volume integrates the printed text--as provided by leading experts in science and medicine--with multimedia applications using desktop conferencing and the Internet in the delivery of instruction. The Department of Bioc...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Goldstein, Allan L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • III. Antioxidants and Advances in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
  • The Role of Nutritional and Pharmacological Antioxidants in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
  • Advances in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction
  • IV. Molecular Biology of the Brain and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Nicotine Receptors in the Brain: Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Advances in Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome and Immune Neuropathies
  • V. Pathogenesis and Treatment of Crohn’s Disease, Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Inflammatory Diseases of the Bowels and Lungs, and Pulmonary Diseases
  • Pathogenic Mechanisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • The Pathogenesis and Treatment of Asthma as an Inflammatory Disease
  • Advances in the Treatment of Mucus Clearance Disorders
  • VI. Advances in Bone MarrowTransplantation and Vaccines for the Treatment of Cancer and Infectious Diseases
  • New Strategies in the Use of Bone Marrow (or Hematopoietic Stem Cell) Transplantation to Treat Cancers of the Blood
  • Gene-Based Vaccines
  • 200 Years After Jenner: The Search for a Cancer Vaccine
  • Cancer Vaccines Come of Age
  • VII. Advances in Surgery
  • Endoscopy:Advances in Surgical Treatment
  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Recent Advances in Management 325
  • VIII. The Important Role of the Orphan Drug Program in Medicine
  • 15 Years of the Orphan Drug Act: What Lies Ahead?
  • I. Molecular Biology and Clinical Advances in the Genetics and Treatment of Aging, Osteoporosis, and Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Aging: Genes and Molecular Mechanisms
  • Advances in Preventive Medicine: Nutrition and Immune Function in the Elderly
  • Advances in the Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease
  • New Concepts in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Osteoporosis
  • Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
  • “Senility ” — The Epidemic of the 20th Century
  • II Pathophysiology and Clinical Advances in Infectious Diseases, Septic Shock, and Aids
  • Influenza: Advances in Knowledge of Impact and Approaches to Control
  • Recent Advances in the Treatment of Hepatitis C
  • Recent Advances in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Septic Shock
  • Discoveries of Novel Biological Means of Controlling HIV and HIV Disease
  • Advances in the Understanding of Pediatric HIV-1 Infection
  • A Pathologist Looks at AIDS