Published March, 2009
By Antony S. Dimitrov
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Over 2000 years ago in China, antibodies elicited by early forms of vaccination likely played a major role in the protection of the population from infectious agents. This explosion of research and development in the field of therapeutic antibodies prompted the publication of the MiMB volume Therapeutic Antibodies: Methods and Protocols.

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Published February, 2009
By Martin Dufva
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Initially an application for mRNA, DNA microarray technology is now used for many applications, some from large commercial providers. This book explores those applications and includes details to design and produce one's own probes and arrays.

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Published December, 2008
By Martha R. J. Clokie, Andrew M. Kropinski and Andrew Kropinski
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Ranging from the evolution of pathogenicity to oceanic carbon cycling, the many and varied roles that bacteriophages play in microbial ecology and evolution have inspired increased interest within the scientific community.

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Published December, 2008
By Iain J. McEwan and Iain J. McEwan, PhD
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Acting principally to control patterns of gene expression, nuclear receptors play vital roles during embryonic development and in the regulation of metabolic and reproductive functions in adult life, which proves this superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors to be a crucial part of biological life.

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Published December, 2008
By Hengli Tang
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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When I was ?rst approached by Dr. Hengli Tang about writing the foreword to this book, the second edition of Hepatitis C Virus, I was a little puzzled: Book forewords are penned by persons far more famous than I am.

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Published December, 2008
By Vinayaka R. Prasad, Ganjam V. Kalpana, Ganjam Kalpana and Vinayaka Prasad
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Despite major advances in HIV treatment, many areas require more study, in order to create efficacious, potent antiretrovirals that can suppress viral load completely and durably without toxic side effects, to define unknown drug targets and fine-tune known targets, and to better understand the interplay between viral and host factors.

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Published December, 2008
By Stuart Martin, Cliff Murray and Stewart Martin
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Angiogenesis Protocols, Second Edition remains true to its original vision of providing a single source for angiogenesis researchers, irrespective of levels of resource and expertise, by collecting a range of methods for cell isolation and assessing angiogenesis in vivo or in vitro.

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Published December, 2008
By Jorg Tost and Joerg Tost
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Over the past few years, DNA methylation technologies and our knowledge of DNA methylation patterns have been advancing at a breathtaking pace.

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Published October, 2008
By Mukesh Verma
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Population studies and epidemiology facilitate the discovery of genetic and environmental determinants of cancer and the development of new approaches to cancer control and prevention, therefore they play a central role in the creation of health policies.

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Published October, 2008
By Patrick Parfrey, Brendan Barrett, Patrick S. Parfrey and Brendan J. Barrett
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology
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Clinical epidemiology provides the scientific basis for the practice of medicine due to its focus on the diagnosis, prognosis and management of human disease using appropriate research design, measurement and evaluation.

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