AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome) has become a major world-wide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By kill...

This book brings together the latest research in the battle against autism. According to numerous news reports, the increase in special needs child...

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in men and the eighth most common in women. This book includes within its scope the prevent...

This outstanding book includes research derived from non-invasive brain imaging modalities used to explore the spatial and temporal organisation of...

One of the main causes of failure in the treatment of cancer is the development of drug resistance by the cancer cells. The design of cancer chemot...

This book presents research on advances in genetics, molecular medicine, biotechnologies, and behavioural sciences that have an impact on primary, ...

Cancer is a group of different diseases (more than 100) characterised by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Cancer can arise in many...

Chemokines are the cytokines that may activate or chemoattract leukocytes. Each chemokine contains 65 ~ 120 amino acids, with molecular weight of 8...

Cystic fibrosis (CF), also known as munoviscidosis, is a chronic genetic disease involving the dysfunction of the exocrine glands. This dysfunction...

Encephalitis means "inflammation of the brain," but it usually refers to brain inflammation caused by a virus. This severe and potentially life-thr...

Since its first description (1841) the identity of West syndrome was deeply investigated and is now recognized as an epileptic syndrome in infancy ...

Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a member of the Hepadnavirus family and one of several unrelated viral...

Proceedings of the European Association for the Study of the Liver, Paris, September 1993. This conference was attended by leading world specialist...

Immunology is the study of the body's protection from foreign macromolecules or invading organisms and the responses to them. These invaders includ...

The process of inflammation, which causes the swelling and redness around a wound, is a vital part of the body's system for fighting off infections...

Kidney transplantation has revolutionised the treatment of end-stage renal failure. Not only does it offer the best hope for complete rehabilitatio...

Malaria is an infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. It infects between 300 and 500 million people every year a...

Migraine is a painful neurological condition, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches ar...

In the present monograph, leading figures in the field of genetic hair research summarise major recent advances. View as a whole, these reviews of ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a life-long chronic disease diagnosed primarily in young adults. During an MS attack, inflammation occurs in areas of th...

This book highlights the role of some metals which induce oxidative stress and imbalances in the neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer disea...

The explosion of research activity in the field of neuropeptides has led to the identification of numerous naturally occurring endogenous peptides ...

An oncogene is a gene that can cause a cell to develop into a tumour cell, possibly resulting in cancer. A protooncogene is a gene that is involved...