Published October, 2013
By Heidrun Moll
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Leading researchers describe functional analyses at the cell and molecular level, elucidating processes related to antigen presentation and the role of cytokines, and discuss perspectives for a future use of Langerhans cells and other dendritic cells in the immunotherapy of various diseases.

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Published October, 2013
By Peter W.T. Pisters and Murray F. Brennan
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Cancer cachexia is a complex syndrome characterized by diminished nutrient intake and progressive tissue depletion manifest clinically as anorexia and weight loss.

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Published June, 2013
By Glyn G. Jamieson, Bernard Launois and Glyn Jamieson
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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The objective of The Posterior Intrahepatic Approach in Liver Surgery is to describe techniques, as the more routine application today of split liver, living donor transplantation has continued to teach us more about the anatomy of the liver and its applications.

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Published November, 2012
By Peter N. Robinson, Maurice Godfrey and Matthias Winzen
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Published November, 2012
By Ronald W. Ellis and Bernard R. Brodeur
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New Bacterial Vaccines focuses upon unfulfilled needs for bacterial vaccines. The distinctive feature of this book is that it focuses upon new vaccines now under development by reviewing key issues for each vaccine target and new technologies being applied to developing new vaccines.

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Published October, 2012
By Judith H. Harmey
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Published October, 2012
By Michael Trauner and Peter L. M. Jansen
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Published March, 2011
By Alan R. Saltiel and Jeffrey E. Pessin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book attempts to dissect the complexity of the molecular mechanisms of insulin action with a special emphasis on those features of the system that are subject to alteration in type 2 diabetes and other insulin resistant states.

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Published February, 2011
By Hiroshi Handa, Yukio Yamaguchi and Yuki Yamaguchi
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Hepatitis Delta Virus is an up-to-date guide to hepatitis D virus (HDV), a human virus with a number of distinctive features. Each chapter of this book describes one of the broad aspects of HDV from virology to molecular biology, and from diagnosis to therapy.

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Published February, 2011
By Gerald J. Prud'homme
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New therapies with anti-cytokine antibodies or receptors are promising, but require frequent administration of expensive protein drugs.Gene Therapy of Autoimmune Diseases comprehensively reviews research in gene therapy for autoimmune diseases with viral or non-viral vectors.

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