Viruses Evolution And Cancer Basic Considerations

Author : Edouard Kurstak
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780323142298

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Viruses, Evolution and Cancer Basic Considerations by Edouard Kurstak Pdf

Viruses, Evolution and Cancer: Basic Considerations focuses on comparative biology and evolutionary aspects of DNA and RNA oncogenic viruses. Organized into seven parts, this book begins with a discussion on the host-cell-virus relationships. Some chapters follow that discuss the comparative aspects of DNA and RNA oncogenic viruses. This work also elucidates the effects of oncogenic viruses on cell surface metabolism. Other chapters explore the comparative viral oncology, comparative immunology of oncogenic viruses, and evolution of viruses. This book will be an invaluable material both to those concerned in the scientific and medical problems of cancer and will benefit all who are interested in virology and oncology.

Author : Karl Maramorosch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 813 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Oncogenic viruses
ISBN : OCLC:622388102

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Viruses, Evolution, and Cancer by Karl Maramorosch Pdf

Author : Esteban Domingo
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128163320

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Virus as Populations by Esteban Domingo Pdf

Virus as Composition, Complexity, Quasispecies, Dynamics, and Biological Implications, Second Edition, explains the fundamental concepts surrounding viruses as complex populations during replication in infected hosts. Fundamental phenomena in virus behavior, such as adaptation to changing environments, capacity to produce disease, and the probability to be transmitted or respond to treatment all depend on virus population numbers. Concepts such as quasispecies dynamics, mutations rates, viral fitness, the effect of bottleneck events, population numbers in virus transmission and disease emergence, and new antiviral strategies are included. The book's main concepts are framed by recent observations on general virus diversity derived from metagenomic studies and current views on the origin and role of viruses in the evolution of the biosphere. Features current views on key steps in the origin of life and origins of viruses Includes examples relating ancestral features of viruses with their current adaptive capacity Explains complex phenomena in an organized and coherent fashion that is easy to comprehend and enjoyable to read Considers quasispecies as a framework to understand virus adaptability and disease processes

Author : Esteban Domingo,Colin R. Parrish,John J. Holland
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080564968

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Origin and Evolution of Viruses by Esteban Domingo,Colin R. Parrish,John J. Holland Pdf

New viral diseases are emerging continuously. Viruses adapt to new environments at astounding rates. Genetic variability of viruses jeopardizes vaccine efficacy. For many viruses mutants resistant to antiviral agents or host immune responses arise readily, for example, with HIV and influenza. These variations are all of utmost importance for human and animal health as they have prevented us from controlling these epidemic pathogens. This book focuses on the mechanisms that viruses use to evolve, survive and cause disease in their hosts. Covering human, animal, plant and bacterial viruses, it provides both the basic foundations for the evolutionary dynamics of viruses and specific examples of emerging diseases. NEW - methods to establish relationships among viruses and the mechanisms that affect virus evolution UNIQUE - combines theoretical concepts in evolution with detailed analyses of the evolution of important virus groups SPECIFIC - Bacterial, plant, animal and human viruses are compared regarding their interation with their hosts

Author : John M. Coffin,Stephen H. Hughes,Harold Varmus
Publisher : CSHL Press
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0879695714

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Retroviruses by John M. Coffin,Stephen H. Hughes,Harold Varmus Pdf

For over 25 years the study of retroviruses has underpinned much of what is known about information transfer in cells and the genetic and biochemical mechanisms that underlie cell growth and cancer induction. Emergent diseases such as AIDS and adult T-cell lymphoma have widened even further the community of investigators directly concerned with retroviruses, a development that has highlighted the need for an integrated understanding of their biology and their unique association with host genomes. This remarkable volume satisfies that need. Written by a group of the field's most distinguished investigators, rigorously edited to provide a seamless narrative, and elegantly designed for clarity and readability, this book is an instant classic that demands attention from scientists and physicians studying retroviruses and the disorders in which they play a role.

Author : Günther Witzany
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400748996

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Viruses: Essential Agents of Life by Günther Witzany Pdf

A renaissance of virus research is taking centre stage in biology. Empirical data from the last decade indicate the important roles of viruses, both in the evolution of all life and as symbionts of host organisms. There is increasing evidence that all cellular life is colonized by exogenous and/or endogenous viruses in a non-lytic but persistent lifestyle. Viruses and viral parts form the most numerous genetic matter on this planet.

Author : Stanton L. Gerson,Edmund C. Lattime
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080491367

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Gene Therapy of Cancer by Stanton L. Gerson,Edmund C. Lattime Pdf

The Second Edition of Gene Therapy of Cancer provides crucial updates on the basic science and ongoing research in this field, examining the state of the art technology in gene therapy and its therapeutic applications to the treatment of cancer. The clinical chapters are improved to include new areas of research and more successful trials. Chapters emphasize the scientific basis of gene therapy using immune, oncogene, antisense, pro-drug activating, and drug resistance gene targets, while other chapters discuss therapeutic approaches and clinical applications. This book is a valuable reference for anyone needing to stay abreast of the latest advances in gene therapy treatment for cancer. Key Features * Provides in-depth description of targeted systems and treatment strategies * Explains the underlying cancer biology necessary for understanding a given therapeutic approach * Extensively covers immune therapeutics of vaccines, cytokines, and peptide-induced responses * Presents translational focus with emphasis on requirements for clinical implementation * Incorporates detailed illustrations of vectors and therapeutic approaches ideal for classroom presentations and general reference

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Carcinogenesis
ISBN : RUTGERS:43008000111635

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Carcinogenesis Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Beata Ujvari,Benjamin Roche,Frederic Thomas
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780128043806

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Ecology and Evolution of Cancer by Beata Ujvari,Benjamin Roche,Frederic Thomas Pdf

Ecology and Evolution of Cancer is a timely work outlining ideas that not only represent a substantial and original contribution to the fields of evolution, ecology, and cancer, but also goes beyond by connecting the interfaces of these disciplines. This work engages the expertise of a multidisciplinary research team to collate and review the latest knowledge and developments in this exciting research field. The evolutionary perspective of cancer has gained significant international recognition and interest, which is fully understandable given that somatic cellular selection and evolution are elegant explanations for carcinogenesis. Cancer is now generally accepted to be an evolutionary and ecological process with complex interactions between tumor cells and their environment sharing many similarities with organismal evolution. As a critical contribution to this field of research the book is important and relevant for the applications of evolutionary biology to understand the origin of cancers, to control neoplastic progression, and to prevent therapeutic failures. Covers all aspects of the evolution of cancer, appealing to researchers seeking to understand its origins and effects of treatments on its progression, as well as to lecturers in evolutionary medicine Functions as both an introduction to cancer and evolution and a review of the current research on this burgeoning, exciting field, presented by an international group of leading editors and contributors Improves understanding of the origin and the evolution of cancer, aiding efforts to determine how this disease interferes with biotic interactions that govern ecosystems Highlights research that intends to apply evolutionary principles to help predict emergence and metastatic progression with the aim of improving therapies

Author : National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Viral Oncology Area,National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Viral Oncology Program
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Cancer
ISBN : CHI:20833421

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The Virus Cancer Program by National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Viral Oncology Area,National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Viral Oncology Program Pdf

Author : Thomas Seyfried
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118310304

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Cancer as a Metabolic Disease by Thomas Seyfried Pdf

The book addresses controversies related to the origins of cancer and provides solutions to cancer management and prevention. It expands upon Otto Warburg's well-known theory that all cancer is a disease of energy metabolism. However, Warburg did not link his theory to the "hallmarks of cancer" and thus his theory was discredited. This book aims to provide evidence, through case studies, that cancer is primarily a metabolic disease requring metabolic solutions for its management and prevention. Support for this position is derived from critical assessment of current cancer theories. Brain cancer case studies are presented as a proof of principle for metabolic solutions to disease management, but similarities are drawn to other types of cancer, including breast and colon, due to the same cellular mutations that they demonstrate.

Author : Bruce Alberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Cytology
ISBN : 0815332181

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Molecular Biology of The Cell by Bruce Alberts Pdf

Author : Dorothy H. Crawford,Alan Rickinson,Ingólfur Johannessen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780199653119

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Cancer Virus by Dorothy H. Crawford,Alan Rickinson,Ingólfur Johannessen Pdf

Relates the story of the discovery of the Epstein-Barr virus in 1964 and how scientists are gradually coming to understand it, and considers why the virus causes apparently unrelated diseases in different populations.

Author : Edward C. Holmes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199211128

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The Evolution and Emergence of RNA Viruses by Edward C. Holmes Pdf

While the study of viral evolution has developed rapidly in the last 30 years, little attention has been directed toward linking the mechanisms of viral evolution to the epidemiological outcomes of these processes. This book intends to fill this gap by considering the patterns and processes of viral evolution at all its spatial and temporal scales.

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015074102750

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National Library of Medicine Current Catalog by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Pdf

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.