Life Sciences: General Issues

The primary cortical areas that we include under the umbrella of limbic system include the olfactory cortex, amygdala and hippocampal formation, an...

Tinnitus is a benign condition, which can nonetheless have upsetting consequences for the patients. Understanding the physiopathologic mechanisms u...

This book provides readers with the latest developments in neuroscience research. Topics covered include patient and nerve selection, review techni...

Michio Kaku, the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible, gives us a stunning and provocative vision of the future of the min...

As a scientist, David Linden had devoted his career to understanding the brain processes and behaviors that are common to us all. That is, until a ...

Synthetic biology will revolutionize how we define family, how we identify disease and treat aging, where we make our homes, and how we nourish our...

This book focuses on dopamine-mediated regulation of gene expression within the striatum and associated regions of the central nervous system. It i...

Gathering some 90 entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, this book covers animal breeding and genetics for food, c...

Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The...

The habitats of most species have been fragmented by human actions, isolating small populations that consequently develop genetic problems. Million...

Colin Farrelly contemplates the various ethical and social quandaries raised by the genetic revolution. Recent biomedical advances such as genetic ...

Colin Farrelly contemplates the various ethical and social quandaries raised by the genetic revolution. Recent biomedical advances such as genetic ...

Metagenomics has taken off as one of the major cutting-edge fields of research. The field has broad implications for human health and disease, anim...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONShe Has Her Mothers Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass ...

Personal genome testing, gene editing for life-threatening diseases, synthetic life: once the stuff of science fiction, twentieth- and twenty-first...

Bringing together the ideas of experts from around the world, this incisive text offers cutting-edge perspectives on the risk analysis and governan...

MANAGEMENT OF GENETIC SYNDROMES THE MOST RECENT UPDATE TO ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL REFERENCES ON MEDICAL GENETICS Cassidy and Allansons Manageme...

Rabbits have many uses - as well as being cherished pets, they are bred for their meat and fur, and as laboratory animals. Understanding their gene...

To thrive, every living cell must continuously gauge and respond to changes in its environment. These changes are ultimately implemented by modulat...

The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domesticationAcross the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history...

* FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST *Throughout history, people have sought to improve society by reducing suf...