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Brain disorders, including neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions, represent a challenge for public health systems and society at large. The limited knowledge of their biology hampers the development of diagnostic tools and effective therapeutics. A clear understanding of the mechanisms that underlie the onset and progression of brain disorders is required in order to identify new avenues for therapeutic intervention. Overlapping genetic risk factors across different brain disorders suggest common linkages and pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie brain disorders. Methodological and technological advances are leading to new insights that go beyond traditional hypotheses. Taking a...
Examines the life of Rita Levi-Montalcini, a woman scientist who won the Nobel Prize or her research in neurology.
Antibodies have long been used in the biomedical sciences as in vitro tools for the identification, purification and functional manipulation of target antigens. They are also being exploited in vivo for diagnostic and therapeutic applications and play an important role in cancer and AIDS research. This book summarizes preclinical studies from laboratories worldwide that have used intrabodies - intracellular antibodies - for gene therapy and research applications.
Interest in recombinant antibody technologies has rapidly increased because of its wide range of possible applications in therapy, diagnosis, and especially, cancer treatment. The possibility of generating human antibodies that are not accessible by conventional polyclonal or monoclonal approaches has facilitated the development of antibody engineering technologies. This manual presents a comprehensive collection of detailed step-by-step protocols, provided by experts. The text covers all basic methods needed in antibody engineering as well as recently developed and emerging technologies.
A survey of the latest research, covering such topics as plasticity in the adult brain and the underlying mechanisms of plasticity. The notion that neurons in the living brain can change in response to experience—a phenomenon known as "plasticity"—has become a major conceptual issue in neuroscience research as well as a practical focus for the fields of neural rehabilitation and neurodegenerative disease. Early work dealt with the plasticity of the developing brain and demonstrated the critical role played by sensory experience in normal development. Two broader themes have emerged in recent studies: the plasticity of the adult brain (one of the most rapidly developing areas of current r...
Intended for specialists in B cell immunology, investigating such topics as movement of a monoclonal antibody from the laboratory into the clinic, the field of Fc receptors and the impact of monoclonal antibodies on diagnosis and treatment of human
Animals have been used to model diseases or test new treatments since around 300 BC, and undoubtedly our ability to model disease in animals – including transgenic animals – has provided major breakthroughs in all fields of biomedical research. Due to their complexity and plurality of pathology and symptomatology, the study of neurodegenerative diseases relies heavily on animal models. These models have been developed in many species in the attempt to undercover the complex nature of the disease mechanisms involved. The ultimate goal is to test promising therapies and to manage, prevent or cure neurodegenerative disease. But because most animal models in this area do not reproduce the fu...
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