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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019408103321

Titolo

Advances in biomedical and biomimetic materials : a collection of papers presented at the 2008 Materials Science and Technology Conference (MS&T08) October 5-9, 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / / edited by R.J. Narayan, P.N. Kumta, W.R. Wagner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : J. Wiley & Sons, c2009

ISBN

9786612279867

9781282279865

1282279866

9780470538357

047053835X

9780470538340

0470538341

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Ceramic transactions ; ; v. 206

Altri autori (Persone)

NarayanRoger

KumtaPrashant N

WagnerW. R

Disciplina

610.28

610.284

Soggetti

Biomedical materials

Biomimetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This issue contains the proceedings of the 'Advances in Biomedical and Biomimetic Materials' symposium, which was held on October 5-9, 2008, ... in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA."--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

Nota di contenuto

Advances in Biomedical and Biomimetic Materials; Contents; Preface; BIOCERAMICS; Biotribological Characterization of the Bilayer System: HA/ZrO2, on 316LSS; Bioinspired Ceramic Microstructures Prepared by Freezing of Suspensions; Mechanical Properties Modeling of Porous Calcium Phosphates Ceramics; Bone Cement Reinforced with Zirconium Oxide Particles; METALLIC IMPLANT MATERIALS; Characterization of New Nickel-Titanium Wire for Rotary Endodontic Instruments; Effect of Cold Work on the Behavior of NiTi Shape Memory Alloy



Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti-6AI-4V for Biomedical and Related Applications Involving Rapid-Layer Powder ManufacturingMechanical Properties of Implant Rods Made of Low-Modulus β-Type Titanium Alloy, Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr, for Spinal Fixture; Functionality of Porous Titanium Improved by Biopolymer Filling; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; Fracture Forces in Femurs Implanted with PMMA; Development, Synthesis and Characterization of Porous Biomaterial Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering; Engineered Nanofibers with Stem Cells for Biomimetic Tissue Engineering

Preclinic Test of Collagen MembranesSURFACE MODIFICATION OF BIOMATERIALS; Polysiloxane Coatings Containing Tethered Antimicrobial Moieties; High-Throughput Microbial Biofilm Assay for the Rapid Discovery of Antimicrobial Coatings and Materials for Biomedical Applications; Chemical-Hydrothermal Combined Synthesis of Bioactive TiO2 and CaTiO3 Films on Ti Surfaces; Surface Modification of Hydroxyapatite: A Review; MATERIALS FOR DRUG DELIVERY; Nanophase Hydroxyapatite in Biodegradable Polymer Composites as Novel Drug-Carrying Implants for Treating Bone Diseases at Targeted Sites; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of articles from the Advances in Biomedical and Biomimetic Materials symposium give insight into advances in biomedical and biomimetic materials. These selected articles cover such topics as scaffolds for tissue engineering, bioceramics, biomimetic materials, nanoparticles for medical diagnosis and treatment, and novel materials for drug delivery and biosensing.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019784203321

Titolo

Tuberculosis and the tubercle bacillus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : ASM Press, 2005

ISBN

1-68367-418-9

1-55581-765-3

Disciplina

616.9/95

Soggetti

Tuberculosis

Biology

Mycobacterium

Mycobacterium Infections

Mycobacteriaceae

Biological Science Disciplines

Actinomycetales Infections

Actinomycetales

Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular

Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

Natural Science Disciplines

Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods

Bacterial Infections

Actinobacteria

Gram-Positive Bacteria

Gram-Positive Rods

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses

Disease

Bacteria

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Microbiology

Health & Biological Sciences

Microbiology & Immunology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di contenuto

Global burden of tuberculosis : past, present, and future / Liz Corbett and Mario Raviglione -- Overview of clinical tuberculosis / Philip C. Hopewell and Robert M. Jasmer -- Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis / M. Donald Cave, Megan Murray, and Edward Nardell -- Clinical mycobacteriology (tuberculosis) laboratory : services and methods / Leonid Heifets and Edward Desmond -- Immune-based methods / Suman Laal and Yasir A.W. Skeiky -- Molecular diagnosis of mycobacterial infections / Betty A. Forbes and Gaby Pfyffer -- Global impact of multidrug resistance / Marcos A. Espinal and Max Salfinger -- Mechanisms of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Ying Zhang, William R. Jacobs, and Catherine Vilchèze -- Introduction to functional genomics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex / Priscille Brodin, Caroline Demangel, and Stewart T. Cole -- Comparative genomics and evolution of Mycobacterium bovis BCG / Roland Brosch and Marcel A. Behr -- TB or not TB: a structural genomics mission? / Celia W. Goulding, Debnath Pal, and David Eisenberg --

Gene replacement systems / Neil G. Stoker, P. Sander, and J.M. Reyrat -- Repetitive DNA in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex / Stephen V. Gordon and Philip Supply -- Mycobacteriophages and tuberculosis / Graham F. Hatfull -- Control of mycobacterial transcription / Issar Smith, William R. Bishai, and Valakunja Nagaraja -- The proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis / John T. Belisle ... [et al.] -- The cell envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with special reference to the capsule and outer permeability barrier / Philip Draper and Mamadou Daffé -- Structure, biosynthesis, and genetics of the mycolic acid-arabinoglactan-peptidoglycan complex / Sebabrata Mahapatra ... [et al.] -- A waxy tale, by Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Laurent Kremer and Gurdyal S. Besra -- General metabolism and biochemical pathways of tubercle bacilli / Paul R. Wheeler and John S. Blanchard -- Iron metabolism in the tubercle bacillus and other mycobacteria / Luis E.N. Quadri and Colin Ratledge --

Two-component systems, protein kinases, and signal transduction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Yossef Av-Gay and Vojo Deretic -- Nucleic acid metabolism / Valerie Mizrahi, Michael Buckstein, and Harvey Rubin -- Transport processes / Jean Content ... [et al.] -- Receptor-mediated recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by host cells / Matthew J. Fenton, Lee W. Riley, and Larry S. Schlesinger -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis : the indigestible microbe / David G. Russell -- Intracellular models of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection / John Chan ... [et al.] -- Dendritic cells in host immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Marc Mendelson, Willem Hanekom, and Gilla Kaplan -- CD8 T cells in tuberculosis / Stefan H.E. Kaufmann and JoAnn L. Flynn -- CD1 and tuberculosis / Christopher C. Dascher and Michael B. Brenner -- TH1 and TH2 cytokines in the human immune response to tuberculosis / Peter F. Barnes and Ramakrishna Vankayalapati -- Role of antibody-mediated immunity in host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Aharona Glatman-Freedman and Arturo Casadevall --

The PE and PPE multigene families of mycobacteria / Michael J. Brennan, Nico C. Gey van Pittius, and Clara Espitia -- Mycobacterium marinarum and fish and frog models of infection / Michele Trucksis, Christopher L. Pritchett, and Renate Reimschuessel -- Experimental infection models of tuberculosis in domestic and wild animals / Bryce M. Buddle, John M. Pollock, and R. Glyn Hewinson -- Animal models of tuberculosis / JoAnne L. Flynn, Andrea M. Cooper, and William Bishai -- Tuberculosis vaccine preclinical screening and development / Ian M.



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