Ahead of the Curve: Hidden breakthroughs in the biosciences 9780750313261, 9780750313278, 9780750313285
This unique book is a compendium of carefully curated published papers in the biosciences, which have (or will) precipit
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English Year 2016
Table of contents :
Preface
Acknowledgements
Author biographies
Introduction
Part I Hindsight
1 Medicine
Case Study 1: Wash Your Hands
Case Study 2: Chromosomes and Cancer
Part II Foresight
2 Physics in cell and developmental biology
Case study 3: Development Employs Forces
Case study 4: Depolarization Induces Neuron Division
Case Study 5: Cells Talk to Each Other via Electromagnetism
Case Study 6: Ion Currents Regulate Cell Polarity
References
3 Inheritance
Case Study 7: Induced Eye-Defects Can Be Passed On to Future Generations
Case Study 8: Heritability Via the Cytoskeleton
Case Study 9: Don’t Blame Mom
Case Study 10: Memory Survives Decapitation
4 Physiology and cancer
Case Study 11: Random Expression Profiles Predict Breast Cancer
Case Study 12: The Bright Side of Infection
Case Study 13: Innervation Suppresses Tumorigenesis
5 Mathematics and modeling
Case Study 14: Top-Down Causation: Not All The Work Is Done By Molecules
Case Study 15: Standard Deviation not S.E.M.
Case Study 16: Field Models of Pattern Formation
Case Study 17: Noise and Prediction in Biology
Preface
Acknowledgements
Author biographies
Introduction
Part I Hindsight
1 Medicine
Case Study 1: Wash Your Hands
Case Study 2: Chromosomes and Cancer
Part II Foresight
2 Physics in cell and developmental biology
Case study 3: Development Employs Forces
Case study 4: Depolarization Induces Neuron Division
Case Study 5: Cells Talk to Each Other via Electromagnetism
Case Study 6: Ion Currents Regulate Cell Polarity
References
3 Inheritance
Case Study 7: Induced Eye-Defects Can Be Passed On to Future Generations
Case Study 8: Heritability Via the Cytoskeleton
Case Study 9: Don’t Blame Mom
Case Study 10: Memory Survives Decapitation
4 Physiology and cancer
Case Study 11: Random Expression Profiles Predict Breast Cancer
Case Study 12: The Bright Side of Infection
Case Study 13: Innervation Suppresses Tumorigenesis
5 Mathematics and modeling
Case Study 14: Top-Down Causation: Not All The Work Is Done By Molecules
Case Study 15: Standard Deviation not S.E.M.
Case Study 16: Field Models of Pattern Formation
Case Study 17: Noise and Prediction in Biology
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