Borrowed time: the science of how and why we age
"The ageing of the world's population is one of the most important issues facing humanity in the 21st century. Sometime before 2020, the number of people over 65 worldwide will, for the first time, be greater than the number of 0-4 year olds, and this will keep on rising. The st…
Muscle Gene Therapy
This book represents the author's effort to provide a synthesis of the exciting developments in molecular evolution in the past two decades. It describes the dynamics of evolutionary change at the molecular level, the driving forces behind the evolutionary process, novel evoluti…
Kuby immunology
by Punt, Jenni, Stranford, Sharon A., Jones, Patricia P., Owen, Judith A.
The 8th edition of 'Kuby Immunology' presents an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the principles and findings of immunology. It contains full-colour illustrations, study questions, study aids and much more.
« Molecular biology is undergoing exponential growth in both the volume and complexity of biological data. This book offers the first comprehensive overview of data mining, preprocessing, postprocessing, and storage for biological data. It surveys the latest approaches and techn…
Genes, information, and semiosis
by Queiroz, Joao, Emmeche, Claus, El-Hani, Charbel Niño
Une édition remaniée de cet ouvrage paru en 1976, où l'auteur explique sa théorie du gène égoïste. Pour lui, cette théorie est issue directement de celle de Darwin, à propos de la sélection naturelle, mais il y substitue le gène à la place de l'individu.
While European restaurants race to footnote menus, reassuring concerned gourmands that no genetically modified ingredients were used in the preparation of their food, starving populations around the world eagerly await the next harvest of scientifically improved crops. Mendel in…
