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  • Handbook of Stem Cells

    Edited by Robert Lanza, Anthony Atala ...
    New discoveries in the field of stem cells increasingly dominate the news and scientific literature revealing an avalanche of new knowledge and research tools that are producing therapies for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and a wide variety of other diseases that afflict humanity. The Handbook of Stem Cells integrates this exciting area of life science, combining in two volumes the requisites ... Read more

    $494.99 USD

  • The Biology of Death

    How Dying Shapes Cells, Organisms, and Populations

    How does death help us understand the living? Death is more than the last event of life; it is interwoven into our growth, development, protection against disease, and more. It influences the direction of entire species via the cycle of a lifespan, and it involves asking many fascinating questions. How do we differentiate between life and death, though? How do we know when a person, animal, or ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Essential Medical Physiology

    Edited by Leonard R. Johnson ...
    This third edition of Essential Medical Physiology has been thoroughly revised and covers the principal subjects covered in a modern medical school physiology course. It includes chapters on general physiology, as well as cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, central nervous system, and integrative physiology. Contributors to this indispensible textbook include the ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Cell as a Machine

    Series series Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering
    This unique introductory text explains cell functions using the engineering principles of robust devices. Adopting a process-based approach to understanding cell and tissue biology, it describes the molecular and mechanical features that enable the cell to be robust in operating its various components, and explores the ways in which molecular modules respond to environmental signals to execute ... Read more

    $74.99 USD

  • Wetware

    A Computer in Every Living Cell

    by Dennis Bray ...
    “A beautifully written journey into the mechanics of the world of the cell, and even beyond, exploring the analogy with computers in a surprising way” (Denis Noble, author of Dance to the Tune of Life).How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lives of a Cell

    Notes of a Biology Watcher

    by Lewis Thomas ...
    Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all things. Extending beyond the usual limitations of biological science and into a vast and wondrous world of hidden relationships, this provocative book explores in personal, poetic essays to topics such as computers, germs, language, music, death, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Mind

    A Unified Theory of Life and Intelligence

    In this “engaging” book, a noted neurosurgeon explores the possibility of intelligence in bacteria and other microorganisms (Library Journal).It has a goal and a strategy to achieve it. It disguises itself as it stealthily surveys its enemy’s vulnerabilities. It mobilizes its resources to conquer. It bides its time until it is certain it can overwhelm its victim. Then it attacks. If it detects ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cell Biology Study Guide: Prokaryotes, Archaea, Eukaryotes, Viruses, Cell Components, Respiration, Protein Biosynthesis, Cell Division, Cell Signaling & More. (Mobi Study Guides)

    Cell Biology Study GuideAudience: Intended for everyone interested in Biology, particularly undergraduate and graduate life science students, medical students, nursing, and dental students.FEATURES:- Fully illustrated- Written in clear, concise format. - Difficult concepts are explained in simple terms. - Detailed description on cell components and biochemical processes. - Navigate from Table of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • We Are Electric

    Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds

    by Sally Adee ...
    Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity—the electric currents that run through our bodies and every living thing—its misunderstood history, and why new discoveries will lead to new ways around antibiotic resistance, cleared arteries, and new ways to combat cancer.You may be familiar with the idea of our body's biome: the bacterial fauna that populate our gut and can ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death

    by Nick Lane ...
    **From the renowned biochemist and author of The Vital Question, an illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life.“Nick Lane’s exploration of the building blocks that underlie life’s big fundamental questions—the origin of life itself, aging, and disease—have shaped my thinking since I first came across his work. He is one of my favorite science writers.”—Bill Gates**What ... Read more

    $18.99 USD $13.99 USD

  • Demystifying Cancer Biology: What cancer actually is and the science behind its 'success'

    Clarity in Science, #1

    by Mhairi Morris ...
    Series Book 1 - Clarity in Science
    Demystifying Cancer Biology is a mini-textbook with a difference – written in clear, easy-to-understand language, this eBook will break down the barriers to understanding the complex world of the cellular and molecular biology of cancer.Cancer biology is a highly specialized subject area that is rife with jargon and acronyms, and it requires a strong foundation in understanding the processes ... Read more

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  • The Breakthrough

    Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer

    Follow along as this New York Times bestselling author details the astonishing scientific discovery of the code to unleashing the human immune system to fight in this "captivating and heartbreaking" book (The Wall Street Journal).For decades, scientists have puzzled over one of medicine's most confounding mysteries: Why doesn't our immune system recognize and fight cancer the way it does other ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Cell

    A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life

    “Handsome and elegantly designed, this tour through the cell’s history and diversity in form and function is a delight to peruse . . . stunning.” —American ScientistWith The Cell, Jack Challoner treats readers to a visually striking tour of these remarkable molecular machines. Most of the living things we’re familiar with—the plants in our gardens, the animals we eat—are composed of billions or ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Epigenetics Revolution

    How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance

    by Nessa Carey ...
    Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection

    by Sam Apple ...
    The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat—and what it means for how we should.The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg—a cousin of the famous finance Warburgs—was widely regarded in his day as one of the most important biochemists of the twentieth century, a man whose research was integral to humanity’s understanding of cancer. He was also among the most ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Interdependence

    Biology and Beyond

    by Kriti Sharma ...
    Series series Meaning Systems
    From biology to economics to information theory, the theme of interdependence is in the air, framing our experiences of all sorts of everyday phenomena. Indeed, the network may be the ascendant metaphor of our time. Yet precisely because the language of interdependence has become so commonplace as to be almost banal, we miss some of its most surprising and far-reaching implications.In ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • How to Grow a Human

    Adventures in How We Are Made and Who We Are

    by Philip Ball ...
    The award-winning science writer shares “a winding romp through advances in cell biology [that] pushes readers to ponder the boundaries of life” (Science).In the summer of 2017, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball’s arm and turned it into a rudimentary “mini-brain.” The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix

    On the fiftieth anniversary of Watson and Crick receiving the Nobel Prize, a freshly annotated and illustrated edition of The Double Helix provides new insights into a scientific revolution.Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA, an annotated and illustrated edition of this classic book gives new insights into the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Secret Language of Cells

    What Biological Conversations Tell Us About the Brain-Body Connection, the Future of Medicine, and Life Itself

    by Jon Lieff ...
    Your cells are talking about you.Right now, both your inner and outer worlds are abuzz with chatter among living cells of every possible kind—from those in your body and brain to those in the environment around you. From electrical alerts to chemical codes, the greatest secret of modern biology, hiding in plain sight, is that all of life's activity boils down to one thing: conversation.While cells ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Creative Destruction of Medicine

    How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care

    How genomics, big data, and digital technology are revolutionizing every aspect of medicine, from physical exams to drug prescriptions to organ transplantsMobile technology has transformed our lives, and personal genomics is revolutionizing biology. But despite the availability of technologies that can provide wireless, personalized health care at lower cost, the medical community has resisted ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Stem Cell Now

    A Brief Introduction to the Coming of Medical Revolution

    THE STEM CELL IS SET TO DOMINATE POPULAR AWARENESS OF SCIENCE LIKE THE ATOM BOMB DID A GENERATION AGO. No area of science holds such immediate promise for treating disease and improving human lives as stem cell research. But no area of science also causes such fundamental ethical concern and such ferocious political conflict. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Power, Sex, Suicide

    Mitochondria and the meaning of life

    by Nick Lane ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Phenotypic Plasticity & Evolution

    Causes, Consequences, Controversies

    Edited by David W. Pfennig ...
    Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
    Phenotypic plasticity – the ability of an individual organism to alter its features in direct response to a change in its environment – is ubiquitous. Understanding how and why this phenomenon exists is crucial because it unites all levels of biological inquiry. This book brings together researchers who approach plasticity from diverse perspectives to explore new ideas and recent findings about ... Read more

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  • The Role of VEGF in Tumour Angiogenesis and Common Anti-Angiogenic Therapeutics

    A medical handbook providing an outlook into a relatively new field of research in medicine: anti-VEGF treatments

    There are some truly innovative therapeutic techniques in the works that can transform the future of medicine, and one of them is anti-VEGF. This anti-angiogenic therapy can cure a variety of cancers and retinal diseases that were previously incurable using biomolecules that can suppress VEGF signaling pathways, thereby preventing metastasis in cancers and irreversible blindness in retinal ... Read more

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