Drug Addiction: From Basic Research to Therapy

Title: Drug Addiction: From Basic Research to Therapy
Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 680
Publication Date: 2008-06-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0387766774
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387766775
Binding: Hardcover

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Drug Addiction: From Basic Research to Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of physiological, biochemical, and genetic pathways underlying drug addiction, and resultant efforts to develop novel treatment strategies dealing with drug addiction and other CNS disorders where the neurophysiological processes overlap, such as treatment of pain. Based on the AAPS-NIDA Frontiers in Science Symposium “Drug Addiction: From Basic Research to Therapies,” this volume, representing focuses on the translation of fundamental addiction research to a variety of treatments, bringing together scientists with widely ranging expertise in synthetic and computational chemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and neuroscience with researchers in drug discovery and development, drug targeting, and quantitative therapeutics.

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An Introduction to Genetic Engineering

Title: An Introduction to Genetic Engineering
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2008-06-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521850061
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521850063
Binding: Hardcover

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In this third edition of his popular undergraduate-level textbook, Des Nicholl recognises that a sound grasp of basic principles is vital in any introduction to genetic engineering. Therefore, as well as being thoroughly updated, the book also retains its focus on the fundamental principles used in gene manipulation. The text is divided into three sections: Part I provides an introduction to the relevant basic molecular biology; Part II, the methods used to manipulate genes; and Part III, applications of

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Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science's Taboos Confronted

Title: Sex, Drugs and DNA: Science’s Taboos Confronted
Publisher: Macmillan
Number Of Pages: 360
Publication Date: 2006-04-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1403993424
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781403993427
Binding: Hardcover

Product Description:
In a frank, edgy and entertaining style that pulls no punches this book reveals the truth about modern biology and debunks the commonest myths surrounding some of the most controversial topics in science and health. It says what most scientists and politicians are afraid to say about what research can and, perhaps more importantly, cannot deliver on topics ranging from sexuality, race and genetic modification to stem cells, cloning, modern medicine, fertility treatment, creationism and bioterrorism.

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The Structures of Life

Title: The Structures of Life
Publisher: National Institutes of Health
Number Of Pages:
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN-10 / ASIN: B0015PS1XC
ISBN-13 / EAN:
Binding: Paperback

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A fascinating and easy-to-read book about the structures of life.

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