Immunology and Medical Zoology

Immunology and Medical Zoology
Author: Lucca Crosby & Andrew Elliott
Publisher: Scientific e-Resources
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre:
ISBN: 1839472855

Immunology and medical zoology presents current advancements and also thorough surveys in immunology. Articles address the extensive variety of points that contain immunology, including atomic and cell enactment components, phylogeny and sub-atomic development, and clinical modalities. Immunology is the investigation of the body's security from outside macromolecules or attacking life forms and the reactions to them. These trespassers incorporate infections, microorganisms, protozoa or significantly bigger parasites. What's more, immune reactions are produced against our own proteins (and different atoms) in autoimmunity and against our own particular distorted cells in tumor insusceptibility. The principal line of protection against outside creatures are hindrance tissues, for example, the skin that stop the passage of living being into our bodies. A moment line of resistance is the particular or versatile immune framework which may take days to react to an essential attack (that is contamination by a life form that has not up to this point been seen). This new book unites new research from around the world managing this critical subject. Immunology, with its premise in microbiology, is a critical segment of the essential sciences educational modules and has solid relationship with fields, for example, sensitivity, immunochemistry, immunopharmacology and transplantation.

Immunology

Immunology
Author: Anil Sharma
Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2019-02-27
Genre: Immunology
ISBN: 9789814774512

Immunology has emerged as a key component of the curricula of graduate and postgraduate courses in biotechnology, microbiology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, and other interdisciplinary fields of biology, including zoology, veterinary science, and medicine. As a basic introductory textbook on one of the fastest-moving and most challenging areas of immunological science, this book contains the most recent information about immunologic mechanisms and their importance, along with various molecular techniques employed in immunology. The short and concise text helps make the structures, processes, and interactions of the immune system easily comprehensible. The book includes chapters on immunoinformatics as well as the immune system of the brain, rarely found in any of the immunology books published so far. Many diverse and interesting aspects of the advances in immunology have also been covered, including tumor immunology and immunodeficiency disorders. The easy-to-understand concepts presented in the textbook make it an ideal companion for learners preparing for competitive and other examinations. Undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students, people from the industry and academia, and research scholars will immensely benefit from it.

Computational Immunology

Computational Immunology
Author: Shyamasree Ghosh
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2020-01-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1351023497

Computational Immunology: Applications focuses on different mathematical models, statistical tools, techniques, and computational modelling that helps in understanding complex phenomena of the immune system and its biological functions. The book also focuses on the latest developments in computational biology in designing of drugs, targets, biomarkers for early detection and prognosis of a disease. It highlights the applications of computational methods in deciphering the complex processes of the immune system and its role in health and disease. This book discusses the most essential topics, including Next generation sequencing (NGS) and computational immunology Computational modelling and biology of diseases Drug designing Computation and identification of biomarkers Application in organ transplantation Application in disease detection and therapy Computational methods and applications in understanding of the invertebrate immune system S Ghosh is MSc, PhD, PGDHE, PGDBI, is PhD from IICB, CSIR, Kolkata, awarded the prestigious National Scholarship from the Government of India. She has worked and published extensively in glycobiology, sialic acids, immunology, stem cells and nanotechnology. She has authored several publications that include books and encyclopedia chapters in reputed journals and books.

Fundamentals of Immunology

Fundamentals of Immunology
Author: O.G. Bier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1468401165

This textbook of basic and clinical immunology has been written primarily for medical and biology students who are receiving their first introduction to this fascinating field. Although we have presumed some knowledge of basic biology (particularly physiology and biochemistry), our primary intent has not been to cover in depth the latest research findings. Rather, we have sought to lay a firm foundation for subsequent reading in the laboratory and clinical sciences: internal medicine, pediatrics, microbiology, serology, physiology, cell biology, and genetics. Hence the first part of the text presents the various components of basic immunology, while the second shows how these elements interact under both normal physiologic and pathologic condi tions. To facilitate comprehension of the relationship between basic and clinical immunology, we have introduced cross-references throughout the book. A glossary of important terms has also been included. Selected references are provided with each chapter to guide the student to additional information on topics of special interest. Throughout the book we have attempted to convey to new students of immunology some of the excitement which the subject has long held for us. If we have succeeded, the task of writing will have been worthwhile.

Janeway's Immunobiology

Janeway's Immunobiology
Author: Kenneth Murphy
Publisher: Garland Science
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-06-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780815344575

The Janeway's Immunobiology CD-ROM, Immunobiology Interactive, is included with each book, and can be purchased separately. It contains animations and videos with voiceover narration, as well as the figures from the text for presentation purposes.

Essential Clinical Immunology

Essential Clinical Immunology
Author: John B. Zabriskie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2009-01-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1139475703

The ways in which we can better understand cancer, HIV, and other autoimmune diseases through clinical immunology are of great interest to practitioners from the student level to the advanced PhD. Designed as an introduction for practitioners and residents. This book focuses on the clinical disease-state level of immunology, beginning with the basic concepts and then detailing the immunological aspects of various disease states involving major organs of the body. It explores how we can better understand disease and its treatment through clinical immunology; each chapter concludes with patterns for future research.

Immunology and Animal Biotechnology

Immunology and Animal Biotechnology
Author: MarquAA(c)s Starks
Publisher: Scientific e-Resources
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2019-08-28
Genre:
ISBN: 1839474513

Biotechnology as any technique that used living organisms to make or modify a product, to improve plants or animals or to develop microorganisms for specific uses. Biotechnology as any technique that used living organisms to make or modify a product, to improve plants or animals or to develop microorganisms for specific uses. Animal biotechnology in use today is based on the science of genetic engineering. Under the umbrella of genetic engineering exist other technologies, such as transgenics and cloning, that also are used in animal biotechnology. Immunology is the study of the immune system and is a very important branch of the medical and biological sciences. The immune system protects us from infection through various lines of defence. If the immune system is not functioning as it should, it can result in disease, such as autoimmunity, allergy and cancer. Immunity is a biological term that describes a state of having sufficient biological defences to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion. Immunity involves both specific and non-specific components. The non-specific components act either as barriers or as eliminators of wide range of pathogens irrespective of antigenic specificity. Other components of the immune system adapt themselves to each new disease encountered and are able to generate pathogen-specific immunity. This book sums up information about Animal Biotechnology and is a valuable tool for students as well as teachers. The aim of this book is to provide the readers materials on the subject in a lucid and readable form so as to enable the research scholars, scientists, zoologist and even the common men to understand the subject properly.