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Sharks get cancer, mole rats don't : how animals could hold the key to unlocking cancer immunity in humans /
"This fresh and fascinating exploration of new directions in cancer research focuses on the important role of the immune system in combatting this dread disease. Integrating clues from the animal kingdom, the veterinary clinic, extraordinary human cases, and even embryology, the author--a cance...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst, New York :
Prometheus Books,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What just happened?
- Action at a distance
- Disappearing devils
- The devil himself: some diabolical biology
- Devil of a disease
- The perfect parasite
- A malignant malady in man's best friend
- The curious case of Coley's toxins (or, Sometimes the treatment worked)
- the dog knows
- Males need not apply
- Could brown fat be the secret to weight loss?
- Gamma rays and dinosaur cancer
- Cancer of the clam!
- Sharks do get cancer (or, How shark cartilage can kill you)
- Who truly doesn't get cancer? Meet the mole rats
- Par for the course
- Mighty Mouse to the rescue!
- Frodo of Flores
- A cancer-free clan?
- Cancer: a disease of immune failure?
- Malignant cargo
- The power of the immune system
- Man dies of ovarian cancer
- Man's life saved by mosquito bite
- Moles, moles, and more moles
- Tumors through the wormhole
- The imposter
- Competition: the cause of the cellular disease
- A standard model of molecular oncology
- Runaway train!
- Order out of chaos
- Immune theory of cancer
- What can cows teach us about conquering cancer?
- Tough mothers and juvenile delinquents
- As crazy as the Quantum Café
- Connected dots: looking back and glimpsing the future.