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Prometheus Books

59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228

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Eldercare eld·er·care
n.
Social and medical programs and facilities intended for the care and maintenance of the aged.
 caregivers now have a companion title to Susan Beerman, MS, MSW (MicroSoft Word) See Microsoft Word.  & Judith Rappaport-Musson, CSA's prior acclaimed ELDERCARE 911: THE CAREGIVER'S COMPLETE HANDBOOK FOR MAKING DECISIONS, in THE ELDERCARE 911 QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK (1591022932 $20.00). Here are the tested answers to common problems encountered by caregivers, from elders who are time abusers and demanders to handling dementia, juggling work demands with caregiving requirements, and more. Plenty of case histories supplement real-life questions and answers. Consumers seeking a guide to the latest lab tests will welcome Mary C. Ricotta ri·cot·ta  
n.
1. A soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.

2. A similar soft cheese made in the United States.
, Ph.D.'s A CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO LABORATORY TESTS (1591022479, $21.00), explaining what the tests men and cutting through common medical jargon in the process. An organization by body system makes it easy to use CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO LABORATORY TESTS to locate typical tests for particular system problems. From how disorders begin and risks of disease to testing procedures and how diagnosis is made from a test, this is one of the most straightforward guides to tests and results interpretation on the market. Marc Zimmer, Ph.D.'s GLOWING GENES: A REVOLUTION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (1591022533, $28.00) provides the first popular science book on green fluorescent protein "EGFP" redirects here. EGFP may also refer to the ICAO airport code for Pembrey Airport.

The green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a protein, comprised of 238 amino acids (26,9 kDa), from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria
, which has existed in one species of jellyfish jellyfish, common name for the free-swimming stage (see polyp and medusa), of certain invertebrate animals of the phylum Cnidaria (the coelenterates). The body of a jellyfish is shaped like a bell or umbrella, with a clear, jellylike material filling most of the  and was cloned recently to provide a host of new biotech applications. The protein does more than glow: it can kill and image cancer cells cells once believed to be peculiar to cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and distinguished only by peculiarity of location and grouping.

See also: Cancer
, monitor bacterial infections, and light up in the face of pollution. Glowing proteins have important uses in both agricultural and medical industries: GLOWING GENES covers all the potentials of this fascinating new science.
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Title Annotation:The Eldercare 911 Question and Answer Book; A Consumer's Guide to Laboratory Tests; Glowing Genes: A Revolution in Biotechnology
Author:Donovan, Diane C.
Publication:MBR Bookwatch
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Sep 1, 2005
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