Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cosas del saber; Página legal; Índice; Prefacio; Lo que dicen las palabras; De cortar, amputar, extirpar y otras mutilaciones; Adenosina, la bella durmiente; Cirugía; Coma usted de todo; Comunicación biológica; Confundir las cosas; Digestión de los priones; El calentamiento; El hombre de Atapuerca; Las neuronas aristócratas; Tomadura de pelo; Disfunción eréctil; Fuentes de juventud; Energía de los alimentos; Nosotros; La verdad estadística; El equilibrio; Y ahora... los andrógenos; Filosofía y filosofía; La vida programada; Genéricos; La inteligencia del genoma humano…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Army Veterinary Corps -- ASCENDANCE -- Agricultural Depression Amidst a National Boom: The 1910s -- 1929: Prelude to Bad Times -- Public Health and Distrust of Government: The Tuberculin War -- A Depression Paradox: Culture and Science -- New Deal: Discoveries in Infectious Disease -- DUTY REQUIRED -- War: The Home Front -- Veterinary Corps and Bioterror -- Postwar Investigations of Enemy Biological Warfare -- Prelude to the Science Revolution -- The Atomic Age -- TRANSFORMATION -- New Programs, New Laboratories: Malaria, Polio, and New Viruses -- Comparative Medicine: Models for Leukemia -- Grassroots Mandates: The National Research Centers for Livestock Diseases -- Old Plagues in the Wild: The National Wildlife Centers -- New Plagues: Scrapie, Mad Cow Disease, and the Prion -- EPILOGUE -- The Farm Crises of 1980-1995: Distrust of Science -- The Gender Shift -- Biopolitics -- Bioterror, Anthrax, and the National Animal Health Networks -- Anti-Science Scams and Keys to Progress…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Une marche aléatoire vers une différenciation ordonnée -- Des modulations métaboliques -- Le flux métabolique comme force structurante -- Conclusion -- Références bibliographiques -- Chapitre 3 - Multistabilité et épigenèse dans les systèmes biologiques -- L'exemple de l'opéron lactose -- Bistabilité dans la dynamique des maladies à prions -- La dynamique, un concept ubiquiste et universel -- Références bibliographiques -- Chapitre 4 - Morphogenèse des structures arborisées et conditions physiques d'une croissance biologique auto-organisée -- Une petite introduction à l'histoire des formes -- L'aspect matériel des formes -- Les formes de croissance -- La croissance du système vasculaire -- La croissance des organes -- La croissance par écoulement cellulaire -- Conclusion -- Références bibliographiques -- Glossaire - Des concepts autour de quelques mots -- Liste des auteurs…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Pagina legal -- ndice -- Prefacio -- Las elecciones del analisis -- La nocion de momento discursivo -- El corpus exploratorio -- La heterogeneidad de las unidades discursivas -- Los observables del analisis -- La circulacion de las palabras y de las formulaciones -- Estrategias de designacion -- Los reformulantes del prion -- La difusion de la sigla OGM -- La distribucion generica de las reformulaciones -- Estrategias de mediatizacion -- La transmision del sema de la locura -- Las nociones emergentes -- Las palabras- argumentos -- De la mostracion a la alusion -- Del rol de las comillas y de su abandono -- La alusion por las palabras y por las construcciones -- Las palabras- acontecimiento -- Los objetos de discurso a lo largo del texto -- La diversidad y la ronda de decires -- Una situacion trilogal -- Breve repaso del metodo -- La puesta en escena de los tres polos -- La voz de la ciencia tal como se la muestra -- Un intertexto con muchas voces -- Una construccion plurilogal -- Las comunidades convocadas -- La inscripcion de las controversias -- Discursos enmascarados o discursos ocultos? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CarbohydratesLipids; Proteins; Nucleic acids; Digestion and absorption of biomolecules; Summary; Review questions; Further reading; Chapter Five - Cells; Learning objectives; Introduction; Two cell types; Viruses and prions; Cell structure; Human cell organelles; Growth of cells and cell division; Summary; Review questions; Further reading; Chapter Six - Genetics; Learning objectives; Introduction; Genes; Gene inheritance patterns; Genetic disorders; Characteristics of single-gene disorders; Genetic techniques; Summary; Review questions; Further reading; Chapter Seven - Microorganisms…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.4 Diagnostic and surgical procedures6.5 Alternative, complementary and traditional medicine; 7 TTI and donor risk assessment; 7.1 Transfusion-transmissible infections; 7.2 Donor risk assessment; 7.3 Viral infections; 7.4 Protozoal infections; 7.5 Bacterial infections; 7.6 Rickettsial infections; 7.7 Prion diseases; 7.8 Country of residence and travel history; 7.9 High-risk behaviours; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; I; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; References; Acknowledgements; Annexes; 1 International and national guidelines; 2 Example of a blood donor questionnaire…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…DNA Fingerprinting -- Nucleic Acid Hybridization -- Putting Classification Methods Together -- Study Outline -- Study Questions -- 11 The Prokaryotes: Domains Bacteria and Archaea -- The Prokaryotic Groups -- DOMAIN BACTERIA -- Gram-Negative Bacteria -- Proteobacteria -- The Nonproteobacteria Gram-Negative Bacteria -- The Gram-Positive Bacteria -- Firmicutes (Low G + C Gram-Positive Bacteria) -- Tenericutes -- Actinobacteria (High G + C Gram-Positive Bacteria) -- DOMAIN ARCHAEA -- Diversity within the Archaea -- MICROBIAL DIVERSITY -- Discoveries Illustrating the Range of Diversity -- Study Outline -- Study Questions -- 12 The Eukaryotes: Fungi, Algae, Protozoa, and Helminths -- Fungi -- Characteristics of Fungi -- Medically Important Fungi -- Fungal Diseases -- Economic Effects of Fungi -- Lichens -- Algae -- Characteristics of Algae -- Selected Phyla of Algae -- Roles of Algae in Nature -- Protozoa -- Characteristics of Protozoa -- Medically Important Protozoa -- Slime Molds -- Helminths -- Characteristics of Helminths -- Platyhelminths -- Nematodes -- Arthropods as Vectors -- Study Outline -- Study Questions -- 13 Viruses, Viroids, and Prions -- General Characteristics of Viruses -- Host Range -- Viral Size -- Viral Structure -- Nucleic Acid -- Capsid and Envelope -- General Morphology -- Taxonomy of Viruses -- Isolation, Cultivation, and Identification of Viruses -- Growing Bacteriophages in the Laboratory -- Growing Animal Viruses in the Laboratory -- Viral Identification -- Viral Multiplication -- Multiplication of Bacteriophages -- Multiplication of Animal Viruses -- Viruses and Cancer -- The Transformation of Normal Cells into Tumor Cells -- DNA Oncogenic Viruses -- RNA Oncogenic Viruses -- Viruses to Treat Cancer -- Latent Viral Infections -- Persistent Viral Infections -- Plant Viruses and Viroids -- Prions -- Study Outline…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Other Parasitic Particles: Viroids and Prions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…METABOLITOS, BIOPROSPECCIÓN Y LA MERCANTILIZACIÓN DE LA VIDACAPÍTULO 4 LAS BIOMOLÉCULAS Y LOS MONOCULTIVOS; LOS CARBOHIDRATOS; LOS POLISACÁRIDOS; LOS LÍPIDOS; CAPÍTULO 5 PROTEÍNAS Y ÁCIDOS NUCLEICOS: LOS MOTORES DE LA VIDA; LA PROTEÍNA; LOS ÁCIDOS NUCLEICOS; EL ADN ES LA ÚNICA MOLÉCULA CAPAZ DE REPLICARSE; LA EDICIÓN DEL ARN Y SU PAPEL EN LA EVOLUCIÓN; LOS TRANSPOSONES Y RETROGENES; LA EPIGENÉTICA; LAS MUTACIONES; LOS PRIONES; CAPÍTULO 6 ADN: DE MOLÉCULA DE LA VIDA A MATERIA PRIMA PARA LA INDUSTRIA; ¿QUÉ SON LOS TRANSGÉNICOS?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…LOS VIRUS NO SON LOS AGENTES PATÓGENOS MÁS PEQUEÑOS: ¿QUÉ SON LOS VIRIONES, LOS VIROIDES Y LOS PRIONES?; 7. ¿CÓMO PUEDEN INACTIVARSE LOS VIRUS? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…TEORÍA CELULAR; 2.2. VIRUS, VIROIDES Y PRIONES; 2.3. CARACTERÍSTICAS DE LAS CÉLULAS PROCARIOTAS; 2.4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Simple Organic Molecules May Have Formed Abiotically in the Young Earth -- RNA May Have Been the First Informational Molecule -- Liposomes May Have Defined the First Primitive Protocells -- 4.2 Basic Properties of Cells -- The Three Domains of Life Are Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryotes -- There Are Several Limitations on Cell Size -- Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryotes Differ from Each Other in Many Ways -- 4.3 The Eukaryotic Cell in Overview: Structure and Function -- The Plasma Membrane Defines Cell Boundaries and Retains Contents -- The Nucleus Is the Information Center of the Eukaryotic Cell -- Mitochondria and Chloroplasts Provide Energy for the Cell -- The Endosymbiont Theory Proposes That Mitochondria and Chloroplasts Were Derived from Bacteria -- The Endomembrane System Synthesizes Proteins for a Variety of Cellular Destinations -- Other Organelles Also Have Specific Functions -- Ribosomes Synthesize Proteins in the Cytoplasm -- The Cytoskeleton Provides Structure to the Cytoplasm -- The Extracellular Matrix and Cell Walls Are Outside the Plasma Membrane -- 4.4 Viruses, Viroids, and Prions: Agents That Invade Cells -- A Virus Consists of a DNA or RNA Core Surrounded by a Protein Coat -- Viroids Are Small, Circular RNA Molecules That Can Cause Plant Diseases -- Prions Are Infectious Protein Molecules -- Summary of Key Points -- Problem Set -- Human Connections: When Cellular "Breakdown" Breaks Down -- Key Technique: Using Centrifugation to Isolate Organelles -- Chapter 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Recombination Repair -- SOS Repair/Error-Prone Repair -- Oncogenes -- Summary -- Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 9: Recombinant DNA Technology -- Introduction -- DNA Isolation and Sequencing -- Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology -- Restriction Endonucleases -- Types of Restriction Endonucleases -- Nomenclature of Restriction Endonuclease -- Type II Restriction Endonucleases -- Producing rDNA by Sticky-End Ligation -- Producing rDNA by Blunt-End Ligation -- Homopolymer Tailing -- Other Enzymes Used in rDNA Technology -- S1 Nuclease -- DNA Pol-I, Klenow Fragment -- Alkaline Phosphatase -- Reverse Transcriptase -- Deoxyribonuclease I (DNAse I) -- Cloning Vectors -- Types of Cloning Vectors -- Cosmid Vectors -- Shuttle Vectors -- Yeast Episomal Plasmids -- YAC Vectors -- Vectors for Plants -- Genes of Ti Plasmid and their Function -- Nucleic Acid Hybridization and Probes -- Nick Translation -- End Labelling or End Filling -- Non-radioactive Labelling -- Fluorescein Labelling -- Enzyme Labels -- Advantages of non-radioactive Labels -- In Situ Hybridization -- Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization (FISH) -- Molecular Cloning -- Preparation of Vector DNA -- Preparation of Target DNA -- Construction of rDNA -- Transport into the Host Cell (Transfection) -- Selection of Transformed Cells -- Construction of C-DNA and Genomic Libraries -- Genomic Library -- Applications of Recombinant DNA Technology -- In Pharmaceutical Industry -- Construction of Industrially Important Bacteria -- Summary -- Review Questions -- References -- Chapter 10: Epigenetics -- Introduction -- Heterochromatin and Histone Interactions -- Telomeric Silencing -- Polycomb and Trithorax -- CpG Islands -- Genomic Imprinting -- Epigenetic Effects and Inheritance -- The Epigenetic Inheritance of X Chromosomes -- Prions -- Summary -- Review Questions -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Infecciones del sistema nervioso -- Capítulo 24 Infecciones bacterianas -- Capítulo 25 Infecciones focales -- Capítulo 26 Infecciones víricas y síndromes posvíricos -- Capítulo 27 Virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana y sida -- Capítulo 28 Infecciones fúngicas -- Capítulo 29 Neurosarcoidosis -- Capítulo 30 Neurosífilis -- Capítulo 31 Leptospirosis -- Capítulo 32 Enfermedad de Lyme -- Capítulo 33 Infecciones parasitarias -- Capítulo 34 Toxinas bacterianas -- Capítulo 35 Enfermedades por priones -- Capítulo 36 Enfermedad de Whipple -- Sección IV. …”

“…This e-Book discusses the etiopathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease, presenting a series of papers that provide up-to-date, state-of-the-art information on molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the neurodegeneration process in the disease, the role of activation of functional anatomical organization of the basal ganglia and in particular habitual vs goal directed systems as a factor of neuronal vulnerability, the possibility that Parkinson's Disease coulb be a prion disease and how genetic factors linked to familial and sporadic forms of PD. …”

“…We challenge to publish studies not only for the more frequent and more studied ND (Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases), but also for other less known ND such as prion diseases, motor neurone diseases, Huntington’s disease, spinocerebellar ataxia or spinal muscular atrophy among others. …”

“…Your body’s oddities: knees to knuckles, itches to sneezes Surprising facts about how your body grows and works Our ingenious inventions The past, present, and future of our relentless human inventiveness Pesky pathogens: viruses, bacteria, and prions How they keep outsmarting us, and why it’s so hard to stay healthy Common chemical concoctions The science behind the everyday products that have transformed our lives Uniquely human: how we got here, how we’re unique New lessons from genetics, archaeology, and evolutionary biology…”