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Antioxidants and stem cells for coronary heart disease /
This book covers two known controversial topics - antioxidants and stem cells as therapies to treat coronary heart disease. Aiming to provide college-educated but not scientifically trained readership with a wealth of information about these two cutting-edge technologies, Antioxidants and Stem Cells...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific Pub. Co.,
©2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. The French paradox
- ch. 2. LDL oxidation
- Briefly
- ch. 3. Acetylation of LDL
- ch. 4. Free radicals
- ch. 5. The oxygen paradox
- ch. 6. Retrolental fibroplasia from 1956 to 1972: The quiet time
- ch. 7. The second epidemic of retrolental fibroplasia: 1972-20??
- ch. 8. Cytokines and chemokines
- ch. 9. LDL oxidation by free radicals
- In detail
- ch. 10. Two other ways to oxidize LDL: Lipoxygenase and nitric oxide
- ch. 11. What is the raison d'etre for oxidized LDL?
- ch. 12. Fatty streaks and foam cells
- ch. 13. Embryonic stem cells
- ch. 14. Adult stem cells
- ch. 15. Transgenic mice
- ch. 16. Treatment of coronary heart disease with antioxidants: An introduction
- ch. 17. The Mediterranean diet
- ch. 18. Acute myocardial infarctions in Japan and Norway from 1910 to 1950
- ch. 19. Wine, beer, and spirits as antioxidants
- ch. 20. A perspective on antioxidant vitamins for the treatment of coronary heart disease
- ch. 21. Vitamin A
- ch. 22. The thalidomide saga
- ch. 23. Vitamin C
- ch. 24. Vitamin E
- ch. 25. Do combinations of antioxidant vitamins work better than individual vitamins in patients with coronary heart disease?
- ch. 26. A requiem
- ch. 27. Molecular markers, reporter genes and suicide genes
- ch. 28. Stem cells for the heart: Hype or hope?
- ch. 29. The prizefight
- ch. 30. Brainbow
- ch. 31. Cre/Lox: A cut-and-paste method of gene swapping without a Mac or PC and a new scientific term with vast significance
- ch. 32. Bacteriophage, transgenic mice and transgenic marmosets
- ch. 33. Phage geometry and soccer balls
- ch. 34. Euler's formula
- ch. 35. E = mc2 and Einstein's brain
- ch. 36. The Manhattan project and its connection with Albert Einstein
- ch. 37. A gadget, a little boy and a fat man
- ch. 38. Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramon Y. Cajal: Bitter rivals to the end.