The liver is a large organ that sits in the right upper abdomen, just under the right lung. It is one of the body's most "intelligent" organs in th...

This new and important international source of information brings together leading-edge research dedicated to monoclonal antibodies. Monoclonal ant...

The muscular dystrophies (MD) are a group of genetic diseases characterised by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles which ...

This book examines the 2009 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey Report which provides data for national bio-vigilance safety monitorin...

Ovarian cancer is cancer that begins in the cells that constitute the ovaries, including surface epithelial cells, germ cells, and the sex cord-str...

Carcinoma of the pancreas has markedly increased in incidence over the past several decades, and now ranks as the fourth leading cause of cancer de...

Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men (other than skin cancer). Of all the men who are diagnosed with cancer each year, more tha...

Signal transduction is any process by which a cell converts one kind of signal or stimulus into another. Processes referred to as signal transducti...

Spina bifida (SB) is a neural tube defect (a disorder involving incomplete development of the brain, spinal cord, and/or their protective coverings...

Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland. These may be of many types including papillary, follicular, Hurthle cell (aka oxyphilic or oncocytic...

In this book, the authors discuss the chemical structure, biosynthesis and role in disease of triglycerides. Topics include lipid levels in neurops...

Poorly differentiated triple negative breast cancers (TNBCs) were first characterized in the literature in 2005 by the absence of receptors for est...

Anaemia is the common health problem all over the world. The term "tropical anaemia" means the anaemic disorders, which are predominant in the trop...

Tropical medicine is a branch of medicine focusing on disorders usually found in subtropical and tropical areas of the world. Tropical paediatrics ...

Tropical medicine is a branch of medicine focusing on disorders usually found in subtropical and tropical areas of the world, while tropical paedia...

Tropical medicine is a branch of medicine focusing on disorders usually found in subtropical and tropical areas of the world. Tropical pediatrics i...

The current resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) is being sustained and fuelled by the increasing incidence of resistance of M tuberculosis strains to t...

Tuberculosis (TB), causing nine million active disease cases and 1.5 million deaths every year, is a formidable public health challenge, particular...

Tumour markers are molecules occurring in blood or tissue that are associated with cancer, and whose measurement or identification is useful in pat...

Tumour markers are molecules occurring in blood or tissue that are associated with cancer, and whose measurement or identification is useful in pat...

A tumour suppressor gene is a gene that reduces the probability that a cell in a multicellular organism will turn into a tumor cell. A mutation or ...