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Discovery [[electronic resource] ] : windows on the life sciences / / by Ricki Lewis
| Discovery [[electronic resource] ] : windows on the life sciences / / by Ricki Lewis |
| Autore | Lewis Ricki |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina |
500
572.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Molecular biology
Biology, Experimental Biochemistry |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-13975-4
9786612139758 1-4443-1313-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
DISCOVERY: WINDOWS ON THE LIFE SCIENCES; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: ON DISCOVERY; SERENDIPITY; FOLLOWING A HUNCH: THE ROAD TO CISPLATIN; SEEING CONNECTIONS: FROM LETHARGIC GUINEA PIGS TO LITHIUM; SYSTEMATIC SEARCHES; NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY; SYNTHETIC VERSUS COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; Sequencing GENOMES; THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; CHAPTER 2: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: WHEN CHEMISTRY BECAME BIOLOGY; SIDESTEPPING THE QUESTION OF HOW LIFE BEGAN; DEBUNKING SPONTANEOUS GENERATION; DISPROVING VITALISM; LIFE FROM SPACE: PERHAPS SOME EVIDENCE; SETTING THE SCENE; WHEN MIGHT LIFE HAVE ORIGINATED?
WHERE COULD LIFE HAVE ARISEN PREBIOTIC SIMULATIONS; THE MILLER EXPERIMENT; OTHER PREBIOTlC SIMULATIONS; AFTER THE BUILDING BLOCKS FORM: POLYMERIZATION; PRELUDE TO AN RNA World; WHY RNA?; EVOLUTION IN A TEST TUBE; A PRE-RNA WORLD?; BETWEEN THE RNA World AND THE FIRST ORGANISM; A FINAL WORD ON CONTROVERSY; CHAPTER 3: GOING OUT ON A LIMB FOR THE TREE OF LIFE; IN THE LEGACY OF GALILEO; INSPIRATION FROM THE GENETIC CODE; ENTER EVOLUTION; THE EXPERIMENTS; THE ARKIES' DEBUT, IN PRINT; MAKING THE CASE; DETAILS EMERGE; ARKlES AFFECT BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION DOMAINS ARRIVE-FOR SOME IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL; A FINAL NOTE ON PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 4: IN PURSUIT OF PRIONS; EARLY CLUES: SCRAPIE, RIDA, AND CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE; OF KURU AND CANNIBALS; INTO THE LAB TO ISOLATE THE AGENT; IATROGENIC CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE ARISES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE FROM CADAVERS CAUSES A PRION DISEASE; PRUSINER AND PRIONS; THE BRITISH BEEF SCARE; 1985 TO 1987: 420 NEW BSE CASES; 1988: 3072 NEW BSE CASES; 1989: 7627 NEW BSE CASES; 1990: 14,371 NEW BSE CASES; 1991 TO 1992: THE NUMBERS OF NEW BSE CASES PEAK AT 25,644 AND 36,924 1993: THE NUMBER OF NEW BSE CASES BEGINS TO FALL (33,574)1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; FATAL INSOMNIA; VISUALIZING PRIONS; THE YEAST CONNECTION; WHAT'S NEXT?; CHAPTER 5: THE TALE OF TELOMERES; DISCOVERING STICKY ENDS; THE HAYFLICK LIMIT; THE END REPLICATION PROBLEM; THE HAYFLICK LIMIT MEETS THE END REPLICATION PROBLEM; CLUES FROM CILIATES; PROBING HUMAN TELOMERES; THE PUZZLE PIECES ASSEMBLE; TRACKING TELOMERASE IN DIFFERENT CELL TYPES; MANIPULATING TELOMERASE; SHUTTING TELOMERASE OFF; TURNING TELOMERASE ON; THE FUTURE: TELOMERE MEDICINE? CHAPTER 6: STEM CELLS: THE SCIENCE OF SELF-RENEWAL FROM BONE MARROW TO BRAIN MARROW; A CELL'S POTENTIAL GONE HAYWIRE: TERATOMAS; STRAIN 129 LEADS TO IDENTIFYING STEM CELLS; TRACING THE ORIGIN OF A TERATOMA; A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT CATALYZES CELL CULTURE; KNOCKOUTS BEGIN WITH EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENTER EMBRYONIC GERM CELLS; BEYOND THE MOUSE; FINALLY-HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENTER ETHICS AND POLITICS; ADULT STEM CELLS: BONE MARROW TO BRAIN, LIVER, MUSCLE, AND BEYOND; BRAIN MARROW REVISITED; MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS; CHAPTER 7: THE ROOTS OF CLONING; THE AMPHIBIAN YEARS; THE MOUSE, TAKE 1 OF BOVINES AND OVINES-COWS AND SHEEP |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454047003321 |
Lewis Ricki
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| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Discovery [[electronic resource] ] : windows on the life sciences / / by Ricki Lewis
| Discovery [[electronic resource] ] : windows on the life sciences / / by Ricki Lewis |
| Autore | Lewis Ricki |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina |
500
572.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Molecular biology
Biology, Experimental Biochemistry |
| ISBN |
1-282-13975-4
9786612139758 1-4443-1313-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
DISCOVERY: WINDOWS ON THE LIFE SCIENCES; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: ON DISCOVERY; SERENDIPITY; FOLLOWING A HUNCH: THE ROAD TO CISPLATIN; SEEING CONNECTIONS: FROM LETHARGIC GUINEA PIGS TO LITHIUM; SYSTEMATIC SEARCHES; NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY; SYNTHETIC VERSUS COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; Sequencing GENOMES; THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; CHAPTER 2: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: WHEN CHEMISTRY BECAME BIOLOGY; SIDESTEPPING THE QUESTION OF HOW LIFE BEGAN; DEBUNKING SPONTANEOUS GENERATION; DISPROVING VITALISM; LIFE FROM SPACE: PERHAPS SOME EVIDENCE; SETTING THE SCENE; WHEN MIGHT LIFE HAVE ORIGINATED?
WHERE COULD LIFE HAVE ARISEN PREBIOTIC SIMULATIONS; THE MILLER EXPERIMENT; OTHER PREBIOTlC SIMULATIONS; AFTER THE BUILDING BLOCKS FORM: POLYMERIZATION; PRELUDE TO AN RNA World; WHY RNA?; EVOLUTION IN A TEST TUBE; A PRE-RNA WORLD?; BETWEEN THE RNA World AND THE FIRST ORGANISM; A FINAL WORD ON CONTROVERSY; CHAPTER 3: GOING OUT ON A LIMB FOR THE TREE OF LIFE; IN THE LEGACY OF GALILEO; INSPIRATION FROM THE GENETIC CODE; ENTER EVOLUTION; THE EXPERIMENTS; THE ARKIES' DEBUT, IN PRINT; MAKING THE CASE; DETAILS EMERGE; ARKlES AFFECT BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION DOMAINS ARRIVE-FOR SOME IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL; A FINAL NOTE ON PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 4: IN PURSUIT OF PRIONS; EARLY CLUES: SCRAPIE, RIDA, AND CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE; OF KURU AND CANNIBALS; INTO THE LAB TO ISOLATE THE AGENT; IATROGENIC CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE ARISES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE FROM CADAVERS CAUSES A PRION DISEASE; PRUSINER AND PRIONS; THE BRITISH BEEF SCARE; 1985 TO 1987: 420 NEW BSE CASES; 1988: 3072 NEW BSE CASES; 1989: 7627 NEW BSE CASES; 1990: 14,371 NEW BSE CASES; 1991 TO 1992: THE NUMBERS OF NEW BSE CASES PEAK AT 25,644 AND 36,924 1993: THE NUMBER OF NEW BSE CASES BEGINS TO FALL (33,574)1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; FATAL INSOMNIA; VISUALIZING PRIONS; THE YEAST CONNECTION; WHAT'S NEXT?; CHAPTER 5: THE TALE OF TELOMERES; DISCOVERING STICKY ENDS; THE HAYFLICK LIMIT; THE END REPLICATION PROBLEM; THE HAYFLICK LIMIT MEETS THE END REPLICATION PROBLEM; CLUES FROM CILIATES; PROBING HUMAN TELOMERES; THE PUZZLE PIECES ASSEMBLE; TRACKING TELOMERASE IN DIFFERENT CELL TYPES; MANIPULATING TELOMERASE; SHUTTING TELOMERASE OFF; TURNING TELOMERASE ON; THE FUTURE: TELOMERE MEDICINE? CHAPTER 6: STEM CELLS: THE SCIENCE OF SELF-RENEWAL FROM BONE MARROW TO BRAIN MARROW; A CELL'S POTENTIAL GONE HAYWIRE: TERATOMAS; STRAIN 129 LEADS TO IDENTIFYING STEM CELLS; TRACING THE ORIGIN OF A TERATOMA; A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT CATALYZES CELL CULTURE; KNOCKOUTS BEGIN WITH EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENTER EMBRYONIC GERM CELLS; BEYOND THE MOUSE; FINALLY-HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENTER ETHICS AND POLITICS; ADULT STEM CELLS: BONE MARROW TO BRAIN, LIVER, MUSCLE, AND BEYOND; BRAIN MARROW REVISITED; MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS; CHAPTER 7: THE ROOTS OF CLONING; THE AMPHIBIAN YEARS; THE MOUSE, TAKE 1 OF BOVINES AND OVINES-COWS AND SHEEP |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777716103321 |
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Lewis Ricki
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| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Discovery : windows on the life sciences / / by Ricki Lewis
| Discovery : windows on the life sciences / / by Ricki Lewis |
| Autore | Lewis Ricki |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina |
500
572.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Molecular biology
Biology, Experimental Biochemistry |
| ISBN |
1-282-13975-4
9786612139758 1-4443-1313-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
DISCOVERY: WINDOWS ON THE LIFE SCIENCES; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: ON DISCOVERY; SERENDIPITY; FOLLOWING A HUNCH: THE ROAD TO CISPLATIN; SEEING CONNECTIONS: FROM LETHARGIC GUINEA PIGS TO LITHIUM; SYSTEMATIC SEARCHES; NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY; SYNTHETIC VERSUS COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; Sequencing GENOMES; THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; CHAPTER 2: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: WHEN CHEMISTRY BECAME BIOLOGY; SIDESTEPPING THE QUESTION OF HOW LIFE BEGAN; DEBUNKING SPONTANEOUS GENERATION; DISPROVING VITALISM; LIFE FROM SPACE: PERHAPS SOME EVIDENCE; SETTING THE SCENE; WHEN MIGHT LIFE HAVE ORIGINATED?
WHERE COULD LIFE HAVE ARISEN PREBIOTIC SIMULATIONS; THE MILLER EXPERIMENT; OTHER PREBIOTlC SIMULATIONS; AFTER THE BUILDING BLOCKS FORM: POLYMERIZATION; PRELUDE TO AN RNA World; WHY RNA?; EVOLUTION IN A TEST TUBE; A PRE-RNA WORLD?; BETWEEN THE RNA World AND THE FIRST ORGANISM; A FINAL WORD ON CONTROVERSY; CHAPTER 3: GOING OUT ON A LIMB FOR THE TREE OF LIFE; IN THE LEGACY OF GALILEO; INSPIRATION FROM THE GENETIC CODE; ENTER EVOLUTION; THE EXPERIMENTS; THE ARKIES' DEBUT, IN PRINT; MAKING THE CASE; DETAILS EMERGE; ARKlES AFFECT BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION DOMAINS ARRIVE-FOR SOME IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL; A FINAL NOTE ON PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 4: IN PURSUIT OF PRIONS; EARLY CLUES: SCRAPIE, RIDA, AND CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE; OF KURU AND CANNIBALS; INTO THE LAB TO ISOLATE THE AGENT; IATROGENIC CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE ARISES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE FROM CADAVERS CAUSES A PRION DISEASE; PRUSINER AND PRIONS; THE BRITISH BEEF SCARE; 1985 TO 1987: 420 NEW BSE CASES; 1988: 3072 NEW BSE CASES; 1989: 7627 NEW BSE CASES; 1990: 14,371 NEW BSE CASES; 1991 TO 1992: THE NUMBERS OF NEW BSE CASES PEAK AT 25,644 AND 36,924 1993: THE NUMBER OF NEW BSE CASES BEGINS TO FALL (33,574)1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; FATAL INSOMNIA; VISUALIZING PRIONS; THE YEAST CONNECTION; WHAT'S NEXT?; CHAPTER 5: THE TALE OF TELOMERES; DISCOVERING STICKY ENDS; THE HAYFLICK LIMIT; THE END REPLICATION PROBLEM; THE HAYFLICK LIMIT MEETS THE END REPLICATION PROBLEM; CLUES FROM CILIATES; PROBING HUMAN TELOMERES; THE PUZZLE PIECES ASSEMBLE; TRACKING TELOMERASE IN DIFFERENT CELL TYPES; MANIPULATING TELOMERASE; SHUTTING TELOMERASE OFF; TURNING TELOMERASE ON; THE FUTURE: TELOMERE MEDICINE? CHAPTER 6: STEM CELLS: THE SCIENCE OF SELF-RENEWAL FROM BONE MARROW TO BRAIN MARROW; A CELL'S POTENTIAL GONE HAYWIRE: TERATOMAS; STRAIN 129 LEADS TO IDENTIFYING STEM CELLS; TRACING THE ORIGIN OF A TERATOMA; A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT CATALYZES CELL CULTURE; KNOCKOUTS BEGIN WITH EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENTER EMBRYONIC GERM CELLS; BEYOND THE MOUSE; FINALLY-HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENTER ETHICS AND POLITICS; ADULT STEM CELLS: BONE MARROW TO BRAIN, LIVER, MUSCLE, AND BEYOND; BRAIN MARROW REVISITED; MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS; CHAPTER 7: THE ROOTS OF CLONING; THE AMPHIBIAN YEARS; THE MOUSE, TAKE 1 OF BOVINES AND OVINES-COWS AND SHEEP |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817334003321 |
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Lewis Ricki
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| Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human genetics : the basics / / Ricki Lewis
| Human genetics : the basics / / Ricki Lewis |
| Autore | Lewis Ricki |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 616/.042 |
| Collana | The basics |
| Soggetto topico | Human genetics |
| ISBN |
1-315-40698-5
1-315-40697-7 1-315-40696-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. From Mendel's Peas to Double Helices -- 2. How Genes Work -- 3. Genes and Health -- 4. Genetic Testing -- 5. Gene Therapy and Genome Editing -- 6. From Ancestry to Destiny. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155118403321 |
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Lewis Ricki
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| London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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