Published January, 2012
By Carlos Lopez-Larrea
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He titled his Nobel Lecture "Immunological Recognition of Self" emphasizing the central argument of immunological tolerance in "How does the vertebrate organism recognize self from nonself in this the immunological sense-and how did the capacity evolve." The concept of self is linked to the concept of biological self identity.

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Published January, 2012
By Carlos Lopez-Larrea
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Biological systems are an emerging discipline that may provide integrative tools by assembling the hierarchy of interactions among genes, proteins and molecular networks involved in sensory systems. The aim of this volume is to provide a picture, as complete as possible, of the current state of knowledge of sensory systems in nature.

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Published January, 2012
By Duane F. Bruley, David K. Harrison, Markus Rudin, Martin Wolf, Hans Ulrich Bulcher, Sabine van Huffel, Ursula Wolf and Hans Ulrich Bucher
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Based on the 38th annual conference of the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT), held in Ascona, Switzerland in July 2010, this volume covers all aspects of oxygen transport from air to the cells, organs and organisms; instrumentation and methods to sense oxygen and clinical evidence.

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Published January, 2012
By Anil B. Mukherjee
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Proceedings of a symposium held in Bethesda, Maryland, September 19--20, 1989

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Published January, 2012
By Makoto Kuro-o
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Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) have been recognized primarily as autocrine/paracrine factors that regulate embryonic development and organogenesis. These endocrine FGFs share a common structural feature that enables the endocrine mode of action at the expense of the affinity to FGF receptors.

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Published January, 2012
By Gwendolyn P. Quinn and Susan T. Vadaparampil
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This fast-moving field is witnessing a rise in the number of cancer survivors. This book addresses their quality-of-life needs as well as covering a broad array of reproductive health issues, with each chapter written by a recognized expert in the field.

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Published December, 2011
By Michael G. Rossmann and Venigalla B. Rao
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This book will contain a series of solicited chapters that concern with the molecular machines required by viruses to perform various essential functions of virus life cycle.

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Published December, 2011
By John Ash, Joe G. Hollyfield, Matthew M. Lavail, Robert E. Anderson, Christian Grimm and John D. Ash
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Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This book will contain the proceedings of the XIV International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration (RD2010), held July 13-17, 2010, in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. and developing potential therapeutic measures such as gene therapy and neuroprotective agents for potential pharmaceutical therapy.

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Published December, 2011
By Duane F. Bruley and Wilhelm Erdmann
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Published December, 2011
By Arthur N. Popper, Anthony Hawkins and Arthur Popper
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The Second International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life will take place in Ireland August 15-20, 2010. The Second conference will place strong emphasis on recent research results, the sharing of ideas, discussion of experimental approaches, and analysis of regulatory issues.

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