ISBN: 9780195125009 - life itself: exploring the realm of the living cell (39 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. This text explores cell research with some of the investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Topics in late 1990s biomedical research are covered here, such as: how do cells and their minute components move?; how do the body's cells heal wounds?; and what is cancer.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. This text explores cell research with some of the investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Topics in late 1990s biomedical research are covered here, such as: how do cells and their minute components move?; how do the body's cells heal wounds?; and what is cancer.…

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paperback. Condición: Good. Revised ed. Corners are bent. Used - Good.

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Paperback. Condición: Fair. This text explores cell research with some of the investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Topics in late 1990s biomedical research are covered here, such as: how do cells and their minute components move?; how do the body's cells heal wounds?; and what is cancer.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. This text explores cell research with some of the investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Topics in late 1990s biomedical research are covered here, such as: how do cells and their minute components move?; how do the body's cells heal wounds?; and what is cancer.…

Condición: Good. EXTERIOR PAGE EDGES HAVE SOME STAINING, SMUDGING AND/OR WRITING.BOOK HAS SOME HIGHLIGHTING AND/OR UNDERLINING OF TEXT BUT BOOK REMAINS IN GOOD READABLE CONDITION. Paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.…

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Hidden in a nondescript red-brick building in Rockville, Maryland, is the most unusual warehouse in the world, a bank of living cells called the American Type Culture Collection. Here, at 321 degrees below zero--a temperature at which life abandons its vital dance and enters limbo, but without dying--are some 30,000 vials holding 60 billion living forms in suspended animation, including mouse kidney cells, turkey blood cells, armadillo spleen cells, and some 40 billion human cells. These cultured cells are essential to modern biological research--in fact, cells today are the most intimately studied life forms in all of science, for both practical and philosophical reasons. For one, all disease--from cancer and the common cold, to arthritis and AIDS--stems from cells gone awry. And cell research not only promises a cure for a wide variety of disease--it also holds the key to the mystery of life itself. In Life Itself, Boyce Rensberger, science writer for The Washington Post, takes readers to the frontlines of cell research with some of the brightest investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Virtually all the hottest topics in biomedical research are covered here, such as how do cells and their minute components move? How do the body's cells heal wounds? What is cancer? Why do cells die? And what is the nature of life? Readers discover that--contrary to what we may have concluded from pictures in our high school textbooks--cells teem with activity and that, inside, they "are more crowded with components than the inside of a computer." We learn that scientists now know of at least ten molecular motors that move things about inside the cell--in most cells, this motion is short because the cell is tiny, but in the single-celled nerve fibers that run from the base of the spinal cord to the toes (measuring three or four feet in an adult human), molecular motors can take several days to make the trip. Rensberger describes the many fascinating kinds of cells found in the body, from "neural crest cells" (early in embryonic development, these cells crawl all over the embryo to the sites where they will pursue their fate--as nerve cells, or cartilage, or skin), to "dust cells" (nomadic cells in the lung that swallow and store indigestible particles, then migrate to the gullet where they themselves are swallowed and digested), to "natural killer cells" (millions of which roam the body looking for cancerous cells). We meet many of the scientists who have pioneered cell research, such as Rita Levi-Montalcini--an Italian who, shut out of her lab during World War II, continued to experiment in her bedroom at home, making the discovery ("nerve growth factor") for which she won the Nobel Prize--and American Leonard Hayflick, who proved that all human cells (except cancer cells) invariably die after about fifty divisions. Rensberger also provides an illuminating discussion of AIDS--revealing exactly why this virus is so difficult to defeat--and of cancer, explaining that before cancer can start, a whole series of rare events must occur, events so unlikely that it seems a wonder that anyone gets cancer at all. The solutions to the most pressing challenges facing scientists today--from the efforts to conquer disease to the quest to understand life itself--will be found in the innermost workings of the cell. In Life Itself, Boyce Rensberger paints a colorful and fascinating portrait of modern research in this vital area, an account which will enthrall anyone interested in state-of-the-art science or the incredible workings of the human body. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good -. No Jacket. (1996), 290pp, illus., slight soiling & shelfwear to cover, contents clean. Nigel Orme (ilustrador).

Condición: Good. Reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

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Softcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The covers look great. The binding is tight. The half-title page has been stamped. The pages are clean and unmarked. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.

Paperback. Condición: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Oxford University Press, 1998. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Copyright © 1998. 290 pp. Solidly bound copy showing light signs of use. Corners and edges lightly worn. Very light markings in text.

Paperback. Condición: New. Revised ed. Hidden in a nondescript red-brick building in Rockville, Maryland, is the most unusual warehouse in the world, a bank of living cells called the American Type Culture Collection. Here, at 321 degrees below zero--a temperature at which life abandons its vital dance and enters limbo, but without dying--are some 30,000 vials holding 60 billion living forms in suspended animation, including mouse kidney cells, turkey blood cells, armadillo spleen cells, and some 40 billion human cells. These cultured cells are essential to modern biological research--in fact, cells today are the most intimately studied life forms in all of science, for both practical and philosophical reasons. For one, all disease--from cancer and the common cold, to arthritis and AIDS--stems from cells gone awry. And cell research not only promises a cure for a wide variety of disease--it also holds the key to the mystery of life itself. In Life Itself, Boyce Rensberger, science writer for The Washington Post, takes readers to the frontlines of cell research with some of the brightest investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Virtually all the hottest topics in biomedical research are covered here, such as how do cells and their minute components move? How do the body's cells heal wounds? What is cancer? Why do cells die? And what is the nature of life? Readers discover that--contrary to what we may have concluded from pictures in our high school textbooks--cells teem with activity and that, inside, they "are more crowded with components than the inside of a computer." We learn that scientists now know of at least ten molecular motors that move things about inside the cell--in most cells, this motion is short because the cell is tiny, but in the single-celled nerve fibers that run from the base of the spinal cord to the toes (measuring three or four feet in an adult human), molecular motors can take several days to make the trip. Rensberger describes the many fascinating kinds of cells found in the body, from "neural crest cells" (early in embryonic development, these cells crawl all over the embryo to the sites where they will pursue their fate--as nerve cells, or cartilage, or skin), to "dust cells" (nomadic cells in the lung that swallow and store indigestible particles, then migrate to the gullet where they themselves are swallowed and digested), to "natural killer cells" (millions of which roam the body looking for cancerous cells). We meet many of the scientists who have pioneered cell research, such as Rita Levi-Montalcini--an Italian who, shut out of her lab during World War II, continued to experiment in her bedroom at home, making the discovery ("nerve growth factor") for which she won the Nobel Prize--and American Leonard Hayflick, who proved that all human cells (except cancer cells) invariably die after about fifty divisions. Rensberger also provides an illuminating discussion of AIDS--revealing exactly why this virus is so difficult to defeat--an.…

Condición: New. This text explores cell research with some of the investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Topics in late 1990s biomedical research are covered here, such as: how do cells and their minute components move?; how do the body's cells heal wounds?; and what is cancer? Illustrator(s): Orme, Nigel. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 halftones, 36 line figures. BIC Classification: PD; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 271 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464. . 1998. Paperback. . . . .…

Condición: New. This text explores cell research with some of the investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Topics in late 1990s biomedical research are covered here, such as: how do cells and their minute components move?; how do the body's cells heal wounds?; and what is cancer? Illustrator(s): Orme, Nigel. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 halftones, 36 line figures. BIC Classification: PD; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 271 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464. . 1998. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condición: New. In English.