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This straightforward account of basic immunology concentrates on the core of the subject necessary for the medical curriculum. The coverage of animal based evidence is kept to a minimum. In this edition increased coverage has been devoted to the functioning of the immune system in the normal healthy individual.

Immunology

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This up-to-date immunology textbook provides a clear and simple introduction to clinical and laboratory immunology for health professionals in training or in practice. It covers:

• essential basic immunology
• clinical immunology
• laboratory investigations of immunological disorders
• treatments used in immunological disorders.

Focusing on clinical problems seen in practice and including self-assessment questions and case histories to aid learning and understanding, this is an invaluable resource for all medical students, nurses, nutritionists, pharmacists and physiotherapists.

Concise Clinical Immunology for Healthcare Professionals

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The history of immunizations begins in 1796, when the English physician Edward Jenner discovered that the individuals who had been exposed to cowpox virus developed an immune response that protected them against human smallpox, and, subsequent contact with this virus did not cause them to contract the disease.The concept of “vaccine” arose as a result of this discovery; the term vaccine derives from the Latin vaccae and refers to any microorganism or material which, when administered to an individual, causes an immune response that provides protection against natural disease.The use of vaccines in immunization programs has enabled preventing serious contagious and infectious diseases and avoiding epidemics.Product Description
The history of immunizations begins in 1796, when the English physician Edward Jenner discovered that the individuals who had been exposed to cowpox virus developed an immune response that protected them against human smallpox, and, subsequent contact with this virus did not cause them to contract the disease.The concept of “vaccine” arose as a result of this discovery; the term vaccine derives from the Latin vaccae and refers to any microorganism or material which, when administered to an individual, causes an immune response that provides protection against natural disease.The use of vaccines in immunization programs has enabled preventing serious contagious and infectious diseases and avoiding epidemics.

Vaccine-preventable Diseases Miniatlas

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An absolute must for any health care practitioners interested in alternative therapies for the treatment of immune disorders and allergies, this book details an innovative and proven breakthrough treatment method, Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET), for the long term elimination of allergies that lead to many immune disorders. Coverage includes: complimentary adjunctive therapies that enhance the benefits of NAET in the elimination of immune disorders symptoms, emergency tips, directory of NAET practitioners and updated NAET diets.

Winning the War Against Immune Disorders and Allergies: A Drug Free Cure for Allergies

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This title demonstrates how advanced formulation designs and delivery technologies can be used to improve drug efficacy and treatment outcomes in particular therapeutic categories or disease states. It discusses nanoparticle systems for cancer treatments, and also presents cutting edge immono-regulation agents for transplantation and the local targeting of drugs, especially poorly water soluble drugs to provide enhanced therapeutic outcomes. In addition, this title highlights areas of therapy showing the most promise for improvement in clinical outcomes via advanced formulation design.

Advanced Drug Formulation Design to Optimize Therapeutic Outcomes

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In this edition of the Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century Series, the editor reviews the research, diagnosis, and treatment of some common infections facing researchers, clinicians and family physicians such as sinusitis, otitis media and pertussis in adults. Recent studies and surveys have shown that these conditions are often over diagnosed and treated unnecessarily with antibiotics. The approach and guidelines for diagnosis and management are reviewed in this volume. Other more complicated but less common conditions challenging internists, clinical infectious disease consultants and other specialists are also reviewed (i.e. meningitis, ventilator associated pneumonia, sepsis, hepatitis C, B, etc.).

Emerging Issues and Controversies in Infectious Disease

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Thoroughly revised and updated, the 3rd Edition concisely covers the clinical aspects of allergic and clinical immunologic diseases. More than 645 illustrations-450 in full color-clarify complex concepts and aid in the recognition, diagnosis and management. Coverage has been expanded to reflect the latest advances and developments in the field-including all-new coverage of clinical immunology. Plus, a CD-ROM, bound in the book, offers convenient access to all of the book’s outstanding illustrations which can be downloaded into PowerPoint for presentations.

• Offers a wealth of excellent four-color illustrations to aid in clinical diagnosis.
• Features highlighted tables of information throughout including Differential Diagnosis and Symptoms, Management & Treatment.
• Presents essential clinical information for understanding the basis, as well as the recognition, diagnosis and management of specific diseases.

• Provides brand-new coverage of clinical immunology with chapters on autoimmune disease * rheumatoid arthritis * lupus * vasculitis * autoimmune endocrinopathies * and immunotherapy.
• Features a new chapter on Latex Allergy.
• Uses Therapeutic Principles and Key Concepts boxes to give readers quick access to information.
• Includes allergen standardization/information/therapy for Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, and South America for guidance on treating patients worldwide.

With 28 additional contributing experts.

Atlas of Allergies and Clinical Immunology: Textbook with CD-ROM

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As a textbook, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology has always been immensely popular. Now in its fourth edition, it has been completely revised and updated to provide a comprehensive overview of the area, and to reflect all the latest developments. Written by recognised experts, each of the nineteen chapters describes a specific subject area relevant to the subject of biotechnology. The impressive breadth of coverage takes into account both molecular biology and industrial applications and aims to identify the impact that molecular biology has had on the development of biotechnology. Presenting information in an easily assimilated form, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology makes an ideal undergraduate text. It will be of particular interest to students of biology and chemistry, as well as to scientists from outside the field requiring a rapid introduction to the subject.

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

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Tuberculosis (TB), a deadly airborne disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, takes the lives of almost 2 million people each year and is considered to be the most common infectious disease in the world. However, thanks to the efforts of researchers such as the volumes’ lead editor, Dr. Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, there have been several recent advances in fighting the disease.

Dr. Stefan Kaufmann, the Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Charité at the Humboldt University, Berlin, has published more than 600 scientific articles and currently serves as President of the European Federation of Immunological Societies and Chair of the Immunology Division of the American Society of Microbiology. Dr. Kaufmann is considered the world’s leading expert in the field of tuberculosis.

The Handbook of Tuberculosis, which explores the causes and available treatments of the widespread infection as well as current research into vaccination, is divided into three separate volumes covering different areas of study. Each volume provides an essential resource to molecular and cell biologists, bacteriologists, immunologists, pathologists and pathophysiologists, clinicians and those working in the pharmaceutical industry and interested in world health.

Volume 1: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry highlights the molecular mechanisms of tuberculosis.

Volume 2: Immunology and Cell Biology is co-edited by Dr. Warwick Britton, Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney and head of the Mycobacterial Research Program at the Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia. It presents the pre-eminent resource for all aspects of cell biology and immunology of tuberculosis, including vaccine development.

Volume 3: Clinics, Diagnostics, Therapy and Epidemiology introduces a comprehensive overview of clinical aspects of tuberculosis, including drug resistance, epidemiological aspects and clinical trials. 

Handbook of Tuberculosis: Immunology and Cell Biology

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Protecting Infants through Human Milk: Advancing the Scientific Evidence provides a forum in which basic scientists, clinicians, epidemiologists, and policy makers exchange the latest findings regarding the effects of human milk and breastfeeding on infant and maternal health, thereby fostering new and promising collaborations. This volume also integrates data from animal and in vitro laboratory studies with clinical and population studies to examine human milk production and composition, the mechanisms of infant protection and/or risk from human milk feeding, and proposed interventions related to infant feeding practices. Additionally, it stimulates critical evaluation of, and advances in, the scientific evidence base and research methods, and identifies the research priorities in various areas.

Protecting Infants through Human Milk: Advancing the Scientific Evidence