New research on genomic instability.9781600213205 New research on genomic instability. Ed. by Eleanor J. Gloscow. Nova Biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. Books 2007 302 pages $129.00 Hardcover QH462 Many cancer biologists now believe that genomic instability not only initiates carcinogenesis, but also allows the tumor cell to become metastatic and evade drug toxicity. This collection presents current work in this area of cancer research, by contributors in the US, Germany, the Slovak Republic, Australia, Croatia, Japan, and Georgia. Topics covered include spontaneous and induced chromosomal instability in patients with carcinoma of cervix carcinoma of cervix See Cervical cancer. uteri, genomic instability of the APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. gene found in glioblastoma glioblastoma /glio·blas·to·ma/ (gli?o-blas-to´mah) any malignant astrocytoma. glioblastoma multifor´me , radiation hormesis and the control of genomic instability, how a cell defends itself against genomic instability caused by chromium, and genotoxic genotoxic /ge·no·tox·ic/ (je´no-tok?sik) damaging to DNA: pertaining to agents known to damage DNA, thereby causing mutations, which can result in cancer. ge·no·tox·ic adj. stress and apoptosis. Information on the editor is not provided. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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