Opportunities in the nutrition and food sciences [[electronic resource] ] : research challenges and the next generation of investigators / / Committee on Opportunities in the Nutrition and Food Sciences, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine ; Paul R. Thomas and Robert Earl, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.2/072
• Soggetto topico: Nutrition - Research; Food - Research
• Altri autori: ThomasPaul R. <1953-> EarlRobert O
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""A PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE FOR THE NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES""; ""Research""; ""Nutrients and Biologically Active Food Constituents in Development, Cell Differentiation, Growth, Maturation, and Aging""; ""Genes, Food, and Chronic Diseases""; ""Determinants of Food Intake""; ""Improving Food and Nutrition Policies""; ""Enhancing the Food Supply""; ""Education and Training"" ; ""Undergraduate Education""""Graduate Education""; ""Graduate Education Support""; ""Support""; ""Federal Government""; ""Industry""; ""Private, Nonprofit Organizations""; ""CREATING THE FUTURE""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE STUDY""; ""THEMES""; ""Theme 1: Nutrients and Biologically Active Food Constituents in Development, Cell Differentiation, Growth, Maturation, and...""; ""Theme 2: Genes, Food, and Chronic Diseases""; ""Theme 3: Determinants of Food Intake""; ""Theme 4: Improving Food and Nutrition Policies""; ""Theme 5: Enhancing the Food Supply"" ; ""Crosscutting Examples of Our Themes""""Understanding the Functions of Vitamin D""; ""Combating Atherosclerotic Heart Disease""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""2 Accomplishments in the Nutrition and Food Sciences""; ""EXAMPLES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES""; ""Gene-Nutrient Interactions""; ""Iron""; ""Energy Balance and the Risks of Diabetes and Obesity""; ""Folate and Neural Tube Defects""; ""Oxidative Damage to DNA, Proteins, and Fats""; ""Improving the Food Supply""; ""Sensory Biology and the Development of New Foods""; ""Biotechnology""; ""Preventing Childhood Morbidity and Mortality"" ; ""Oral Rehydration Therapy""""Vitamin A""; ""New Concepts of Nutrient Requirements""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""3 Understanding Genetic, Molecular, Cellular, and Physiological Processes""; ""ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND RELATED POSSIBILITIES""; ""Brown and Goldstein and Lipid Metabolism""; ""Retinoic Acid""; ""Vitamin Dâ€?Receptors and Metabolism""; ""Metabolism from Vitamin to Steroid Hormone""; ""Physiological Actions via Genomic and Nongenomic Pathways""; ""Neurotransmittersâ€?Regulation and Action""; ""Influences on Eating Behaviors""; ""Excitatory and Inhibitory Receptor Systems in the Brain"" ; ""Iron Metabolism and Regulation""""Transferrin and the Transferrin Receptor""; ""Regulation of Iron Storage as Ferritin""; ""TECHNOLOGIES CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN NUTRITION SCIENCE""; ""Genetics""; ""Manipulation of the Mammalian Genome""; ""Why transgenes are useful Transgenes have two key uses""; ""Approaches to Analysis of Multifactorial Traits""; ""Identification, Isolation, and Tracking of Specific Cell Types""; ""Monoclonal Antibodies""; ""Visualization""; ""Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting""; ""Cell and Tissue Culture Systems""; ""Immortalization of Cells"" ; ""Complex Culture Systems""
• Titolo autorizzato: Opportunities in the nutrition and food sciences
• ISBN: 1-280-21132-6; 9786610211326; 0-309-58541-4; 0-585-02174-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778797403321
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