Cancer biomarkers; analytical techniques for discovery.9780471745167 Cancer biomarkers; analytical techniques for discovery. Hamdan, Mahmoud H. Wiley-Interscience 2007 377 pages $95.00 Hardcover RC270 Hamdan provides a comprehensive overview of analytical techniques currently being used in the search for cancer biomarkers. With an emphasis on larger trends in biomarkers discovery, rather than on specific markers or cancers, the information may be applied to a broad spectrum of research projects. Topics include (for example) surface enhanced laser desorption Desorption A process in which atomic and molecular species residing on the surface of a solid leave the surface and enter the surrounding gas or vacuum. ionization ionization: see ion. ionization Process by which electrically neutral atoms or molecules are converted to electrically charged atoms or molecules (ions) by the removal or addition of negatively charged electrons. (SELDI SELDI Surface Enhanced Laser Desorption/Ionization ) analysis; gene signatures in cancer prediction; and protein phosphorylation phosphorylation, chemical process in which a phosphate group is added to an organic molecule. In living cells phosphorylation is associated with respiration, which takes place in the cell's mitochondria, and photosynthesis, which takes place in the chloroplasts. in cancer. Hamdan is affiliated with GlaxoSmithKline in Verona, Italy. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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