The issue of male germ line mutagenesis and the effects on developmental defects in the next generation has become increasingly high profile over recent years. Mutations are thought to be becoming more prevalent as a result of: exposure to chemicals in the environment, anti canc…
Jonathan Michel Metzl, a psychiatrist and women's studies scholar, shows that there's a lot of Dr. Freud encapsulated in late-twentieth-century psychotropic medications. Metzl provides a cultural history of psychiatric "wonder drugs" from the 1950's to the early twenty-first cen…
There are many steps on the road from discovery of an anticancer drug to securing its final approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In Handbook of Anticancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, leading investigators synthesize an invaluable overview of the ex…
This book expands on the molecular and cellular foundations of the classic Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology, Eighth Edition (Cooper, Bloom, and Roth) by now including the behavioral methods used to study psychoactive drugs in experimental animals and in humans. Authored by…
As experimentation and clinical trials with first generation anti-angiogenic agents have yielded results and our understanding of the biology and physiology of blood and lymphatic vessels has increased, a new angiogenesis volume swiftly became a necessity. Angiogenesis Protocols…
The number and complexity of possible adverse drug interactions in the treatment of infectious diseases has grown significantly in recent years, not only because of the many new drugs, but also because patients with complex diseases are often being treated with multidrug regimen…
Chemistry of Pesticides
by Melnikov, N. N., Gunther, Frances A., Gunther, Jane Davies
fromResidue reviews
I. Introduction.- II. Pesticide formulations.- III. Hydrocarbons.- IV. Halogen derivatives of aliphatic hydrocarbons.- V. Halogen derivatives of alicyclic hydrocarbons.- VI. Halogen derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons.- VII. Nitro compounds.- VIII. Amines and salts of quaternar…
1. Environmental Chemistry.- 2. Biochemical Control of Human Fertility.- 3. The Psychochemistry of Pollutants.- 4. Chemical Sources of Food: An Approach to Novel Food Sources.- 5. The Chemistry of Sewage Purification.- 6. Resources.- 7. Formation and Control of Air Pollutants.- …
Covers the issues related to platinum drugs including the mechanisms of action and resistance; the development of novel platinum compounds and other metal coordination compounds; and, the combination of platinum drugs with targeted therapies for the treatment of common malignanc…
Stainless steels for medical and surgical applications
by Symposium on Stainless Steels for Medical and Surgical Applications, Pittsburgh, Pa.), Winters, Gary L., Nutt, Michael J., ASTM International, Symposium on Stainless Steels for Medical and Surgical Applications
fromASTM special technical publication