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Ahead of the curve : hidden breakthroughs in the biosciences /
This unique book is a compendium of carefully curated published papers in the biosciences, which have (or will) precipitate a profound change in prevailing paradigms and research programs. A mix of new and classic papers, it shows the limitations of current thought or identifies novel vistas for inv...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
IOP Publishing,
[2016]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 3.
IOP expanding physics. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Introduction
- part I. Hindsight
- 1. Medicine
- Case study 1. wash your hands
- Case study 2. chromosomes and cancer
- part II. Foresight
- 2. Physics in cell and developmental biology
- Case study 3. Development employs forces
- Case study 4. Depolarization induces neuron division
- Case study 5. Cells talk to each other via electromagnetism
- Case study 6. Ion currents regulate cell polarity
- 3. Inheritance
- Case study 7. Induced eye-defects can be passed on to future generations
- Case study 8. Heritability via the cytoskeleton
- Case study 9. Don't blame mom
- Case study 10. Memory survives decapitation
- 4. Physiology and cancer
- Case study 11. Random expression profiles predict breast cancer
- Case study 12. The bright side of infection
- Case study 13. Innervation suppresses tumorigenesis
- 5. Mathematics and modeling
- Case study 14. Top-down causation : not all the work is done by molecules
- Case study 15. Standard deviation not S.E.M.
- Case study 16. Field models of pattern formation
- Case study 17. Noise and prediction in biology.