Development and progression of gastrointestinal disease involves inflammatory, vascular, fibrogenetic and immune reactions accompanied by deregulation of cellular growth and death often resulting in cancer of the organs affected.
The development and clinical application of cell therapy for patients with liver disease could soon present a significant enhancement of the therapeutic options. Present... Læs mere
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic disease of the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts leading to obstructions and dilatations followed by liver cirrhosis and in some cases cholangiocarcinoma.
This volume, which is based on presentations at the `European Workshop on Animal Cell Engineering' held in Costa Brava, Spain, contains a collection of chapters relating to cellular... Læs mere
Plant Production in Closed Ecosystems provides overviews of the current trends and concepts in plant production in closed or semi-closed environments.
This work is part of the "Documenta Ophthalmologica" series and is divided into three parts: biographies of famous personalities; the history of ideas in ophthalmology and visual sciences; ophthalmology in art and literature.
Profound mortality rates, due to cardiovascular disease, are a worldwide problem. Cardiovascular disease results from complications of a silent and chronic arterial disease: atherosclerosis.
Philadelphia's 'Black Mafia' could be used as primary reading in deviance and organized crime courses.
Risk behaviour and risk management in business life influence a wide range of fields in which only a very limited amount of research has been undertaken.
Unfortunately, this resemblance is often of little help in actually writing the software for problem X' given the software for problem X.... Læs mere
In the 1970's, the research agenda in insurance was dominated by optimal insurance coverage, security design, and equilibrium under conditions of imperfect information.