During the past decade, a wide range of scientific disciplines have adopted the use of adipose-derived stem/stromal cells (ASCs) as an important tool for research and discovery. In Adipose-Derived Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols, experts from the field, including members of th…
Osteoimmunology is a new and rapidly developing field of great importance. It deals with mechanisms and possible treatments of bone-related diseases, such as osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis, that are caused by or associated with a malfunctioning immune syste…
Contractile Proteins: -- R.S. Adelstein and J.R. Sellers, Myosin Structure and Function. -- K. Bereny and M. Bereny, Myosin Light Chains. -- K.M. Trybus, Myosin Regulation and Assembly. -- W. Lehman, P. Vibert, R. Craig, and M. Bereny, Actin and the Structure of Smooth Muscle Th…
This book, is the first devoted to fibrous composites in biology. It tackles a major unsolved problem in developmental biology - how does chemistry create architecture outside cells?
This book, is the first devoted to fibrous composites in biology. It tackles a major unsolved problem in developmental biology - how does chemistry create architecture outside cells?
Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling and Arrhythmias offers a thoroughly reviewed compendium written by leading experts in the field on the mechanism and consequences of cardiac mechano-electrical coupling. Its coverage ranges from stretch-activated ion channels to mechanically ind…
Tissue Morphogenesis: Methods and Protocols highlights major techniques, both experimental and computational for the study of tissue morphogenesis. Chapters focus on imagining analysis of tissue morphogenesis, culture models of tissue morphogenesis, manipulating cells and tissue…
Soft Biological Shells in Bioengineering℗ integrates existing experimental data to construct multiscale models of various organs of the human body--the stomach, gravid uterus, urinary bladder, the small and large intestine. These models are used as℗ in silico℗ platforms to study…
"The Ultrastructure Atlas of Human Tissues presents a variety of scanning and transmission electron microscope images of the major systems of the human body. Photography with the electron microscope records views of the intricate substructures and micro-designs of objects and ti…