Wiley-Blackwell, 2003 — 115 p. This book is written primarily for medical students seeking a summary of genetics and its medical applications, but it should be of value also to advanced students in the biosciences, paramedical scientists, established medical doctors and health professionals who need to extend or update their knowledge. It should be of especial value to those...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012. — 397 p. The Biological Basis of Human Genetics: Molecular Basis of Human Genetics Mutations and Genetic Variability Pathomechanisms of Genetic Diseases Modes of Inheritance Twin Pregnancies Cancer Genetics Aging and Genetics Pharmacogenetics The Clinical Basis of Human Genetics: Human Genetics as a Medical Specialty Genetic Counseling The...
8th edition. — Elsevier, 2016. — 512 p. Introduction to the Human Genome The Human Genome: Gene Structure and Function Human Genetic Diversity: Mutation and Polymorphism Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics and Genome Analysis The Chromosomal and Genomic Basis of Disease: Disorders of the Autosomes and Sex Chromosomes Patterns of Single-Gene Inheritance Complex Inheritance of...
2nd Edition. — Academic Press, 2018. — 780 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-802761-5. As the molecular basis of human disease becomes better characterized, and the implications for understanding the molecular basis of disease becomes realized through improved diagnostics and treatment, Molecular Pathology, Second Edition stands out as the most comprehensive textbook where molecular...
Elsevier, 2017. — 413 p. — ISBN: 978-0-7020-6685-6. Everything a student needs to know about medical genetics is here in the 15th edition of this award-winning textbook. Thoroughly updated and revised throughout to map a fast-moving area, the 15th edition continues Emery's enviable reputation for successfully balancing up-to-dateness in a rapidly developing field with a strong...
5th Edition. — Elsevier Health Sciences, 2015. — 356 p. Popular for its highly visual, clinical approach, Medical Genetics delivers an accessible yet thorough understanding of this active and fast-changing field. Key updates in this new edition cover the latest developments which are integrated with clinical practice to emphasize the central principles and how they apply to...
7th ed. — Saunders, 2007. — 600 p. — ISBN10: 1416030808. Through six editions, Thompson & Thompson’s Genetics in Medicine has been a well-established favorite textbook on this fascinating and rapidly evolving field, integrating the classic principles of human genetics with modern molecular genetics to help you understand a wide range of genetic disorders. The 7th edition...
7th Edition. — Academic Press, 2019. — 399 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-812536-6. For decades, Emery and Rimoin’s Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics and Genomics has served as the ultimate resource for clinicians integrating genetics into medical practice. With detailed coverage in contributions from over 250 of the world’s most trusted authorities in medical genetics and a...
7th Edition. — Academic Press, 2019. — 557 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-812537-3. For decades, Emery and Rimoin’s Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics and Genomics has served as the ultimate resource for clinicians integrating genetics into medical practice. With detailed coverage in contributions from over 250 of the world’s most trusted authorities in medical genetics and a...
Springer, 2015. — 325 p. The adult patient diagnosed with or at risk for a neurogenetic disease has many questions and concerns for the genetic counselor, the neurologist, and other practitioners. Because of the emotional and potentially life-altering impact of these diseases on the patient and family, counseling can be especially challenging. A rare hands-on guide to the...
4th Ed. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. — 1198 p. — ISBN10: 1119061229. — ISBN13: 978-1119061229. Cytogenetics is the study of chromosome morphology, structure, pathology, function, and behavior. The field has evolved to embrace molecular cytogenetic changes, now termed cytogenomics. Cytogeneticists utilize an assortment of procedures to investigate the full complement of chromosomes...
CRC Press, 2018. — 475 p. This book provides modern views of developments in medical sciences based on advances in molecular pathology. Topics discussed include the molecule; the genome of eukaryotes and its function; gene regulation; the proteins; molecular aspects of inflammation, immunology, and carcinogenesis; molecular biology of the nervous system; molecular defects in...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009. — 145 p. Chromosomal DNA Chromosome Replication Meiosis and Genetic Recombination The Human Mitochondrial Genome Control of Gene Expression Mutations of the DNA Sequence Proto-Oncogenes, Oncogenes, and Tumor-Suppressor Genes The Cell Cycle Molecular Biology of Cancer Cell Biology of the Immune System Molecular Biology of the Immune System...
Elsevier, 2017. — 449 p. Biomarkers of Inborn Errors in Metabolism: Clinical Aspects and Laboratory Determination is structured around the new reality that laboratory testing and biomarkers are an integral part in the diagnosis and treatment of inherited metabolic diseases. The book covers currently used biomarkers as well as markers that are in development. Because biomarkers...
Elsevier, 2019. — 600 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-812293-8. This Handbook is the definitive work on the rapidly developing subject of metabolic phenotyping. It explores in detail the wide array of analytical chemistry and statistical modeling techniques used in the field, coupled with surveys of the various application areas in human development, nutrition, disease, therapy, and...
6th edition. — Academic Press, 2013. — 4670 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-383834-6. For decades, Emery and Rimoin’s Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics has provided the ultimate source for practicing clinicians to learn how the study of genetics can be integrated into practice.With almost 5,000 p. of detailed coverage, this fully online sixth edition of the classic reference adds...
Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. — 388 p. — (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering). — ISBN: 3319555375. This book covers recent advances in the study of structure, function, and regulation of metabolite, protein and ion translocating channels, and transporters in mitochondria. A wide array of cuttingedge methods are covered, ranging from...
Springer, 2015. — 529 p. This book covers recent developments and possible pitfalls in the diagnosis of genetic movement disorders and related conditions. It is divided into three sections: technical and scientific aspects; clinical aspects with guidance towards work-up; and ethical and legal aspects of genetic testing in a clinical and research setting. The first section...
Second Edition. — Springer, 2018. — 392 p. This updated and expanded new edition of a successful book describes genetic diagnostic entities of neuromuscular disorders. Neuromuscular syndromes are presented clinically either as a case study or as an overview from the literature, accompanied by text presenting molecular defects, and differential diagnosis. This collection of...
Springer, 2014. — 354 p. This book describes the genetic diagnostic entities of neuromuscular disorders. Each neuromuscular syndrome is presented clinically as a case study, accompanied by text reviewing different molecular defects, DNA research and differential diagnosis. This collection of neuromuscular disorders features the different clinical phenotypes related to each...
6th edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. — 345 p. This sixth edition has been substantially updated to include, for instance, the latest information on the Human Genome Project as well as several new molecular genetic and chromosome analysis techniques. In full colour throughout, it includes a number of brand new features, including: a large number of self-assessment questions;...
Academic Press, 2016. — 448 p. — (Translational Epigenetics Series). — ISBN: 0128023899, 978-0-12-802389-1, 9780128026090, 012802609X. Chromatin Signaling and Diseases covers the molecular mechanisms that regulate gene expression, which govern everything from embryonic development, growth, and human pathologies associated with aging, such as cancer. This book helps researchers...
Springer, 2009. — 195 p. — (Molecular Pathology Library) — ISBN: 978-0-387-89625-0 The Molecular Pathology Library series was created to bridge the gap between traditional basic science textbooks in molecular biology and traditional medical textbooks for organ-specific diseases. Basic Concepts of Molecular Pathology is designed as a stand-alone book to provide the pathologist,...
Academic Press, 2014. — 197 p. This volume of the esteemed Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series focuses on cutting-edge research related to the genetics of cardiovascular disease. Written by top experts in the field, this volume covers a range of topics, including: Genetic models of atherosclerosis MicroRNAs in cardiovascular disease The role of the...
Academic Press, 2020. — 358 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-816222-4. This book thoroughly examines the latest genomics methods for studying eye disease, including complex eye disorders associated with multiple genes. GWAS, WES, WGS, RNA-sequencing, and transcriptome analysis as employed in ocular genomics are discussed in-depth, as are genomics findings tied to early-onset glaucoma,...
Springer, 2015. — 388 p. Pharmacogenomics supports personalized medicine by translating genome-based knowledge into clinical practice, offering enhanced benefit for patients and health-care systems at large. Current routine practice for diagnosing and treating patients is conducted by correlating parameters such as age, gender and weight with risks and expected treatment...
Springer, 2015. — 256 p. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the rapidly evolving field of molecular neuropathology of nervous system tumors, as well as the underlying biology and emerging molecular targeted therapies. Special emphasis is given to already established and emerging molecular diagnostic tests in neuropathology, as well as molecular targeted therapies. The...
Springer, 2015. — 233 p. The primary purpose of this book and its companion volume The Neuropharmacology of Nicotine Dependence is to explore the ways in which recent studies on nicotine and its role in tobacco addiction have opened our eyes to the psychopharmacological properties of this unique and fascinating drug. While the present volume considers the molecular and genetic...
3rd edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. — 985 p. — ISBN: 978-0-470-19141-5 This thorough revision of the critically acclaimed bestseller offers original insights into the medical management of sixty common genetic syndromes seen in children and adults, and incorporates new research findings and the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment of these disorders.Expanded to cover...
Academic Press, 2010. — 467 p. This streamlined "essential" version of the Molecular Pathology (2009) textbook extracts key information, illustrations and photographs from the main textbook in the same number and organization of chapters. It is aimed at teaching students in courses where the full textbook is not needed, but the concepts included are desirable (such as graduate...
2nd Edition. — Human Press Inc., Totowa, NJ, USA, 2010. — 377 p. — (Methods in Molecular Medicine 92) — ISBN10: 0896039323. This completely revised and updated second edition to integrates the many new technologies and insights now available for the diagnosis of genetic diseases. The authors use such methodologies as PCR optimization dosage analysis, mutation scanning, and...
Springer, 2019. — 407 p. — (Cardiac and Vascular Biology 7) — ISBN: 978-3-030-27370-5 This book provides a comprehensive summary of the latest developments in the field of the genomics of cardiac disease. Written and edited by leading clinicians and scientists involved in the analysis and therapy of genetic cardiac disorders, it discusses the genetic causes of a variety of...
Oxford University Press, 2017. — 935 p. This book on clinical genetics and genomics includes many common-sense approaches, useful standards and definitions, suggestions for appropriate testing, and excellent references. It is meant to be ‘first-line’ support. It is designed to provide a basic guide to the clinical consultation, be it in outpatients or on the ward, and is...
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2011. — 249 p. Essentials of Medical Genetics for Health Professionals is a concise, accessible introduction to medical genetics for all health professions students. Even with limited exposure to genetics, students can use the accelerated approach in this text to attain a base foundation of genetics knowledge. This book begins with a review of...
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2018. — 372 p. Essentials of Medical Genetics for Nursing and Other Health Professionals: An Interprofessional Approach is a concise introduction to genetics clinically applicable to nursing students as well as students in other healthcare professions. The text employs an accelerated approach to understanding the fundamentals of genetics, even those...
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2018. — 345 p. — ISBN: 978-1-284154245 Essentials of Medical Genetics for Nursing and Other Health Professionals: An Interprofessional Approach is a concise introduction to genetics clinically applicable to nursing students as well as students in other healthcare professions. The text employs an accelerated approach to understanding the fundamentals...
Springer, 2014. — 156 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4939-0581-2. Often, information in review books can raise as many questions as it answers. This interferes with the study process, because the learner must either look up additional information or skip ahead without truly comprehending what he or she has read. As an alternative, Pediatric Genetics and Inborn Errors of Metabolism: A...
Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. — 186 p. — (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 403) —ISBN: 3319239120. This volume focuses on apoptotic and non-apoptotic programmed cell death, including necroptosis, pyroptosis, and ferroptosis, and presents recent findings in the field. It discusses the crucial role that apoptotic and non-apoptotic cell death play in...
Springer, 2017. — 170 p. — ISBN: 978-981-10-4297-3. Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Autophagy in Cancer. Cancer Genomics and Precision Medicine: A Way Toward Early Diagnosis and Effective Cancer Treatment. Genetics of Liver Diseases. Implication of Pre-replication Complex Proteins in Human Disease. Non-muscle Myosin II Motor Proteins in Human Health and Diseases....
Cambridge University Press, 2014. — 234 p. What happens with our genome and epigenome in the first fundamental days of our development? How can this be analysed? What do we need to know when faced with patients' questions about their own infertility, or how to prevent the birth of affected children? For the first time, this book brings together both scientists' and clinicians'...
Springer, 2015. — 173 p. In the past two decades we have seen a surge forward in understanding the genetics and biochemistry underlying many pediatric orthopaedic disorders. A few projects have even progressed into the realm of clinical trials that are primarily aimed at controlling progressive disease. Meanwhile, genomic technology development has outpaced expectations and is...
Wiley, 2014. — 213 p. Pain Genetics: Basic to Translational Science is a timely synthesis of the key areas of research informing our understanding of the genetic basis of pain. The book opens with foundational information on basic genetic mechanisms underlying pain perception and progresses recently discovered complex concepts facing the field. The coverage is wide-ranging and...
9th Edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2019. — 1111 p. — ISBN: 978-1-119-26658-7. The authoritative reference to bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism, revised and updated. Now in its ninth edition, The Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism offers an updated and comprehensive guide to bone and mineral health. Since it was first published...
Academic Press, 2020. — 250 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-814311-7. This book provides readers with a basic biological knowledge and epigenetic explanation of the biological puzzle of the Cambrian explosion, the unprecedented rapid diversification of animals that began 542 million years ago. During an evolutionarily instant of ~10 million years, which represents only 0.3% of the time of...
Springer, 2014. — 158 p. Most biological reactions and functions occur within a narrow range of pH. Any changes in the pH have great impacts on the biological functional at every level, including protein folding, enzymatic activities and proliferation and cell death. Therefore, maintain the pH homeostasis at the local or systemic level is one of the highest priorities for all...
8th edition. — CRC Press, 2019. — 543 p. — ISBN: 9780367371906 Highly valued across the world by genetic counsellors, medical geneticists and other healthcare professionals, Harper's Practical Genetic Counselling has established itself over previous editions as the essential guide to counselling those at risk from inherited disorders.Fully revised by its new author Angus...
Academic Press, 2009. — 659 p. Molecular Pathology: The Molecular Basis of Human Disease provides a current and comprehensive view of the molecular basis and mechanisms of human disease. Combining accepted principles with broader theoretical concepts and with contributions from a group of experts, the book looks into disease processes in the context of traditional pathology and...
Springer, 2014. — 306 p. Along with psychopathology, cognition has been one of the primary phenotypic focal points of the field of behavior genetics since its inception. Francis Galton’s 1874 examination of eminent families in Britain was among the earliest attempts to investigate whether cognitive achievements run in families. This volume presents current methodologies for...
Springer, 2015. — 183 p. This book, besides reviewing basic and clinical aspects of Behçet's disease, covers the latest findings, including genetic studies and treatment with biologics for the disease. Although the cause of Behçet's disease is still unknown, it is well known that genetic factors, such as HLA-B51, are involved in its development. Recently, novel susceptibility...
Academic Press, 2008. — 168 p. — (Advances in Genetics. Volume 63). Ion channel dysfunction in humans leads to impairment of the excitable processes necessary for the normal function of several tissues, such as muscle and brain. It follows that an increasing number of human diseases have been associated with malfunctioning ion channels, many of which have a genetic component....
Oxford University Press, 2019. — 401 p. — ISBN: 9780199990993 As demand continues to exceed availability when it comes to clinical geneticists, Genetic Consultations in the Newborn offers an essential new resource for practitioners everywhere: a streamlined diagnostic manual that connects subtle symptoms of newborn dysmorphology to their differential diagnosis.Comprising more...
Springer, 2011. — 381 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4419-7129-6 Molecular Defects in Cardiovascular Disease provides an in-depth discussion of the molecular mechanisms underlying the genesis of cardiovascular defects and the implications this has on current and emerging targeted therapeutics. Divided into three sections, this book covers the scientific foundations of our present...
Springer, 2019. — 935 p. — (Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine) — ISBN: 978-3-030-13550-8 Unmet healthcare needs of young populations and individuals in suboptimal health conditions are the key issue of currently observed epidemics of non-communicable disorders. Moreover, an unprecedented decrease in the average age of onset of these disorders is...
Springer, 2017. — 518 p. — (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology). — ISBN10: 9811032319, 13 978-9811032318. This volume provides the reader with an overview of the diverse functions of the RUNX family of genes. As highlighted in the introduction and several of the 29 chapters, This volume provides the reader with an overview of the diverse functions of the RUNX family...
Second Edition. — Cambridge University Press, 2009. — 304 p. This book has been written by the leaders in the field of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for everyone who has an interest in the field, including embryologists, reproductive specialists, cytogeneticists, molecular biolologists, obstetricians, gynecologists, genetic counselors, and nurses. Since the first PGD...
Springer, 2014. — 242 p. Primary Aldosteronism (PA) is a disease caused by the overproduction of aldosterone hormone from the adrenal glands. PA causes hypertension and the majority with this disease are undiagnosed for PA. There are new insights into this matter by using biochemistry as well as advanced radiology. In 2011, a breakthrough in the genetic derangements came,...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 480 p. The first edition of Genomics and Clinical Medicine provided an overview of genomics-based advances in disease susceptibility, diagnosis, and prediction of treatment outcomes in various areas of medicine. Since its publication, the science of genomics has made tremendous progress, and exciting new developments in biotechnology and...
2nd Edition. — Springer, 2018. — 204 p. — ISBN: 3319901486. Our understanding of the genetic and developmental mechanisms underlying scoliosis is rapidly evolving, this timely second edition of The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis is to provide researchers, clinicians, and students with the most current views in this field. This volume brings together leaders in...
Academic Press, 2019. — 684 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-813570-9. This book presents the latest material from a detailed molecular, cellular and translational perspective. Considering its timeliness and potential international impact, this all-inclusive and authoritative work is ideal for researchers, students, and clinicians worldwide. Currently, there are no comprehensive books...
Springer, 2015. — 237 p. This important book proposes revising the current informed consent protocol for predictive genetic testing to reflect the trend toward patient-centered medicine. Emphasizing the predictive aspect of testing, the author analyzes the state of informed consent procedure in terms of three components: comprehension of risk assessment, disclosure to select...
Springer Netherlands, 2012. — 340 p. Since the establishment of the DNA structure researchers have been highly interested in the molecular basis of the inheritance of genes and of genetic disorders. Scientific investigations of the last two decades have shown that, in addition to oncogenic viruses and signalling pathways alterations, genomic instability is important in the...
14th edition. — Elsevier, 2012. — 462 p. — ISBN: 978-0702040436 Master the genetics you need to know with the updated 14th Edition of Emery’s Elements of Medical Genetics by Drs. Peter Turnpenny and Sian Ellard. Review the field’s latest and most important topics with user-friendly coverage designed to help you better understand and apply the basic principles of genetics to...
Academic Press, 2019. — 285 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-812832-9. Genes, Brain Function, and Behavior offers a concise description of the nervous system that processes sensory input and initiates motor movements. It reviews how behaviors are defined and measured, and how experts decide when a behavior is perturbed and in need of treatment. Behavioral disorders that are clearly related...
Springer, 2019. — 185 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-04344-5 Supported by figures, tables and photos, this book illustrates the basics of genetic diagnostics, prenatal and reproductive medicine, syndromology and familial cancers. It also includes numerous illustrated examples of the most frequent genetic diseases, making it a valuable resource in genetic counselling.This book is an...
McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, 2006. — 791 p. A comprehensive reference on diagnosis and evaluation of reproductive risks and genetically related high-risk pregnancies. Authored by international group of experts, this book is organized according to diagnostic method, source of reproductive risk, and system under evaluation. Features the latest imaging technology, a review of...
5th edition. — Oxford University Press, 2018. — 728 p. — (Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics) — ISBN: 9780199329007 Even as classic cytogenetics has given way to molecular karyotyping, and as new deletion and duplication syndromes are identified almost every day, the fundamental role of the genetics clinic remains mostly unchanged. Genetic counselors and medical geneticists...
Academic Press, 2018. — 681 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-804078-2. This book presents the most exciting molecular and recombinant DNA techniques used in the analysis of brain function and behavior, a critical piece of the puzzle for clinicians, scientists, course instructors and advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Chapters examine neuroinformatics, genetic and neurobehavioral...
Pearson Education, 2011. — 353 p. This readable overview covers the rise of medical genetics through the past century, and the eugenic impulses it has inspired. Nicholas Gillham reviews the linkages between genes and disease; ethnic groups' differential susceptibility to genetic traits and disorders; personalized medicine; and crucial social and ethical issues arising from the...
2nd Edition. — Springer, 2018. — 204 p. — ISBN: 3319901486. Our understanding of the genetic and developmental mechanisms underlying scoliosis is rapidly evolving, this timely second edition of The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis is to provide researchers, clinicians, and students with the most current views in this field. This volume brings together leaders in...
Springer, 2013. — 535 p. Angiogenesis is a highly complex phenomenon where new blood vessels are formed for the supply of oxygen and nutrients in different organs of the body. It plays a critical role in both physiological processes such as growth and development as well as pathological processes including cancer and different types of tumors. Angiogenesis is also essential for...
2nd Edition. — Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. — 542 p. — (Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease) — ISBN: 3319611143. This book covers the latest developments in the therapeutic implications of angiogenesis, ranging from angiogenesis in the brain, angiogenesis in cancer, angiogenesis' role in atherosclerosis and heart disease as well as metabolic disorders...
Academic Press, 2019. — 807 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-809967-4. Review Questions of Clinical Molecular Genetics presents a comprehensive study guide for the board and certificate exams presented by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) and the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). It provides residents and fellows in genetics and genomics...
3rd edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. — 233 p. — ISBN: 978-0-470-65654-9 Medical Genetics at a Glance covers the core scientific principles necessary for an understanding of medical genetics and its clinical applications, while also considering the social implications of genetic disorders.This third edition has been fully updated to include the latest developments in the field,...
2nd edition. — Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2009. — 449 p. — ISBN: 978-81-8448-535-6 Medical genetics is one of the most rapidly advancing branch of medicine and is recognized as a clinical specialty which provides an insight into the functioning of the human body, in health and disease. Understanding the principles of human genetics is an important component in the...
Plural Publishing, 2008. — 182 p. Nowhere in the literature is there a book that reviews the rapidly developing field medical genetics from theories to its implications for clinical practice. Nathaniel Robin's book fills that void. His new book covers the whole field of medical genetics from a general overview of the profession to details of effective treatment of patients with...
Oxford University Press, 2006. — 317 p. Recent advances in neuroscience and genetics have greatly expanded our understanding of the brain and of the etiological factors involved in developmental delay and mental retardation. At the same time, the human genome project has yielded a wealth of information on DNA sequencing, regulation of gene expression, epigenetics, and...
2nd edition. — F.A. Davis Company, 2018. — 457 p. — ISBN: 978-0-8036-6083-0 Build the foundation you need to understand the science of genetics and its growing role in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders.Confidently tackle the basics of genetic inheritance, the influence of somatic and germline mutations, the multifactorial relationship of gene-environment...
Springer New York, 2013. — 171 p. Stem Cell therapy for lysosomal diseases (LSDs) is developing rapidly. This volume discusses the history, current practice and future perspectives of stem cells in inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) and provides an international perspective on progress, limitations, and future directions (e.g. gene therapy, iPS, ES) in the field. Beginning with...
Springer Publishing Company, 2017. — 200 p. Delivers complex information in an easy-to-read, step-by-step format The genomic era encompasses the entire spectrum of DNA -- all of the genes, and the interaction and inter-relationship of genes (genome) to the environment. Rapidly changing research has led to numerous advances in genetic testing, diagnosis, and treatments, and it...
Springer Spektrum, 2019. — 83 p. — ISBN: 978-3-662-58743-0 This textbook helps you to prepare for your next exams and practical courses by combining theory with virtual lab simulations. The “Labster Virtual Lab Experiments” series gives you a unique opportunity to apply your newly acquired knowledge in a learning game that simulates exciting laboratory experiments. Try out...
Springer, 2019. — 373 p. — (Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine) — ISBN: 978-3-030-13549-2 Unmet healthcare needs of young populations and individuals in suboptimal health conditions are the key issue of currently observed epidemics of non-communicable disorders. Moreover, an unprecedented decrease in the average age of onset of these disorders is...
Routledge, 2008. — 247 p. In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks – genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lifestyle or genealogy – have been set up in order to study the interface between disease, and genetic and environmental factors. Unsurprisingly, these...
2nd edition. — Springer, 2013. — 317 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4471-4089-4 Although treatment remains the major goal in the control of genetic disease, this is not yet a reality for most inherited conditions. In the absence of radical treatment, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) offers the answer to the control of these inherited conditions by predicting reproductive outcome. PGD...
London: Routledge, 2013. — 256 p. While some theorists argue that medicine is caught in a relentless process of ‘geneticization’ and others offer a thesis of biomedicalization, there is still little research that explores how these effects are accomplished in practice. Joanna Latimer, whose groundbreaking ethnography on acute medicine gave us the social science classic The...
CRC Press, 2023. — 383 p. — (Medical Genomics and Proteomics). — ISBN: 978-1-032-12162-8. Genomic technologies provide the means of diagnosis and management of many human diseases. Without insights from cytogenetics, the correct interpretation of modern high-throughput results is difficult, if not impossible. This book summarizes applications of cytogenetics and molecular...
World Scientific, 2011. — 324 p. Negative strand RNA viruses have a unique mechanism of replication. Their genome is a single strand RNA that has to be transcribed as soon as the virus enters the host in order to carry out viral replication. As a result, a viral-specific RNA polymerase is packaged in the virion and is ready for transcription after virus entry. This novel...
Oxford University Press, 2018. — 289 p. — (Genetic Counselling in Practice) — ISBN: 9780190681098 Foundations of Perinatal Genetic Counseling is a practical introduction to the concepts and skills in genetic counseling with clients before and during pregnancy. Authored by genetic counselors at the forefront of contemporary perinatal practice, this all-in-one reference provides...
7th Edition. — Academic Press, 2020. — 574 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-812532-8. This book, Seventh Edition includes the latest information on seminal topics such as prenatal diagnosis, genome and exome sequencing, public health genetics, genetic counseling, and management and treatment strategies. This comprehensive, yet practical, resource emphasizes theory and research fundamentals...
Wiley, 2022. — 334 p. In the newly revised Third Edition of Genetic Analysis of Complex Diseases, a team of distinguished geneticists delivers a comprehensive introduction to the most relevant strategies, designs, and methods of analysis for the study of complex genetic disease in humans. The book focuses on concepts and designs, thereby offering readers a broad understanding...
2nd edition. — CRC Press, 2023. — 1603 p. — ISBN: 978-0-367-49082-9. The second edition of this textbook written for undergraduate students, graduate students and medical researchers, Genetics and Genomics in Medicine explains the science behind the uses of genetics and genomics in medicine today, and how it is being applied. Maintaining the features that made the first edition...
Springer, 1999. — 464 p. — (Springer Lab Manuals) — ISBN: 978-3-642-47813-0 In addition to the traditional cytogenetics still used as the basic methodology for everyday clinical diagnosis, new molecular cytogenetic techniques provide a useful basis for routine diagnosis. Flourescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has become a standard technique, and comparative genomic...
Springer, 2015. — 432 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4939-2169-0 In the past two decades we have seen a surge forward in understanding the genetics and biochemistry underlying many pediatric orthopaedic disorders. A few projects have even progressed into the realm of clinical trials that are primarily aimed at controlling progressive disease. Meanwhile, genomic technology development has...
CRC Press, 2023. — 345 p. — ISBN: 9781032381640. Diagnostics and Gene Therapy for Human Genetic Disorders provides an integrative and comprehensive source of information blending classical human genetics with the human genome. It provides a multidisciplinary overview of Mendelian inheritance and multifactorial inheritance, genetic variations, polymorphisms, and chromosomal,...
Princeton University Press, 2006. — 283 p. — ISBN: 978-0691121925 Are new reproductive and genetic technologies racing ahead of a society that is unable to establish limits to their use? Have the "new genetics" outpaced our ability to control their future applications? This book examines the case of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), the procedure used to prevent serious...
Springer Spektrum, 2019. — 115 p. — ISBN: 978-3-662-58744-7 This textbook helps you to prepare for your next exams and practical courses by combining theory with virtual lab simulations. The Labster Virtual Lab Experiments series gives you a unique opportunity to apply your newly acquired knowledge in a learning game that simulates exciting laboratory experiments. Try out...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2007. — 446 p. Communication, awareness and access to information: Given the complexity of the field and the fact that data pertaining to each particular aspects of p53 biology or deregulation are scattered in many different publications, it is extremely difficult to access the full scale of relevant information of any specific p53-related...
2nd edition. — Springer, 2013. — 928 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4471-4090-0 Although treatment remains the major goal in the control of genetic disease, this is not yet a reality for most inherited conditions. In the absence of radical treatment, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) offers the answer to the control of these inherited conditions by predicting reproductive outcome. PGD...
Springer New York, 2013. — 125 p. Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell malignancy characterized by complex heterogenous cytogenetic abnormalities that accounts for 1.4% of all cancers, and approximately 10% of hematologic malignancies. The clinical manifestations of multiple myeloma include lytic bone lesions, cytopenia, hypercalcemia, renal dysfunction, hyperviscosity of the...
Jaypee Brothers, 2010. — 212 p. Genetics is an all-pervading biological science with application in every branch of medicine. Dentistry is one of the major streams of medical science. It has grown tremendously contributing valuably and immensely to the development of modern medicine. Though the application of molecular understanding of dental diseases is in its nascent stage,...
Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2016. — 318 p. Alternative splicing (AS) is a fundamental mechanism of gene expression regulation that extremely expands the coding potential of genomes and the cellular transcriptomic and proteomic diversity. This dynamic and finely-tuned machinery is particularly widespread in the nervous system and is critical for both neuronal...
4th edition. — Scion Publishing Ltd., 2021. — 469 p. — ISBN: 9781911510703. New Clinical Genetics continues to offer the most innovative case-based approach to investigation, diagnosis, and management in clinical genetics. New Clinical Genetics is used worldwide as a textbook for medical students, but also as an essential guide to the field for genetic counselors, physician...
Morgan & Claypool, 2016. — 138 p. This is the first book on X and Y chromosomal disorders to address these common but rarely diagnosed conditions. This book seeks to present the latest in research and clinical care addressing neuroimaging, the interaction between hormones, brain development, and neurodevelopmental progression. This book will primarily focus on 47, XXY...
Humana Press, 2002. — 309 p. Leading infectious disease researchers and pharmaceutical scientists comprehensively review the latest genomic technologies and their application to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The authors' cross-disciplinary approach, with expertise acquired from studying disease-causing viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa, reveals how sequence...
Cambridge University Press, 2013. — 144 p. Genomics is majorly impacting therapeutics development in medicine. This book contains up-to-date information on the use of genomics in the design and analysis of therapeutic clinical trials with a focus on novel approaches that provide a reliable basis for identifying which patients are most likely to benefit from each treatment. It...
New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2022. — 189 p. Basics and Terminology. Answers. Basics and terminology. Commentary. Physical Examination. Answers. Commentary. Clinical Diagnosis and Manifestations of Specific Conditions. Answers. Commentary. Causes of Genetic Conditions and Laboratory and Testing Approaches. Answers. Commentary. Management of Genetic Conditions and Therapeutics....
3rd edition. — Oxford University Press, 2013. — 749 p. — ISBN: 9780199731961 This is the third edition of the foremost medical reference on hereditary hearing loss. Chapters on epidemiology, embryology, non-syndromic hearing loss, and syndromic forms of hearing loss have all been updated with particular attention to the vast amount of new information on molecular mechanisms,...
Wiley, 2008. — 253 p. Lipid management is a key part of medical practice, affecting the prevention and treatment of several diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke. A practical text on the clinical management of dyslipidemias, Practical Lipid Management balances conceptual development and pathophysiology with a straightforward approach to the...
3rd Edition. — Elsevier, 2005. — 317 p. Molecular medicine is the application of gene or DNA based knowledge to the modern practice of medicine. This book provides contemporary insights into how the genetic revolution is influencing medical thinking and practice on a broad front including clinical medicine, innovative therapies and forensic medicine. Extensively revised just...
CRC Press, 2022. — 268 p. — ISBN: 978-0-367-54287-0. The CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing system is creating a revolution in the science world. In the laboratory, CRISPR-Cas9 can efficiently be used to target specific genes, correct mutations, and regulate gene expression of a wide array of cells and organisms, including human cells. CRISPR-/Cas9 Genome Editing for Treating Genetic...
Springer, 2019. — 110 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-14484-5 This book explains the genetic basis of a wide range of dental disorders, including dental caries, periodontitis, congenital anomalies, malocclusions, orofacial pain, dental implant failure, and cancer. Such conditions are typically multifactorial or complex, with involvement of more than one gene as well as environmental...
2nd edition. — Cambridge University Press, 2023. — 255 p. — ISBN: 9781009197724. A basic understanding of human genetics is vital for all those working in the field of assisted human reproduction. Genetic makeup can hamper reproduction and insight into this is making genetic diagnosis and counseling increasingly important. This fully updated textbook continues the clear...
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