Ahead of the Curve, Volume 1 : Hidden breakthroughs in the biosciences /: Hidden breakthroughs in the biosciences. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Levin, Dany Adams.
• Authors: Levin, Michael; Adams, Dany
• Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Author biographiesPart I Hindsight1 MedicineCase Study 1: Wash Your HandsCase Study 2: Chromosomes and Cancer Part II Foresight2 Physics in cell and developmental biologyCase Study 3: Development Employs Forces Case Study 4: Depolarization Induces Neuron DivisionCase Study 5: Cells Talk to Each Other via ElectromagnetismCase Study 6: Ion Currents Regulate Cell Polarity3 InheritanceCase Study 7: Induced Eye-Defects Can Be Passed On to Future Generations Case Study 8: Heritability via the Cytoskeleton: Non-Genomic InheritanceCase Study 9: Don�t Blame Mom Case Study 10: Memory Survives Decapitation 4 Physiology and cancerCase Study 11: Random Expression Profiles Predict Breast Cancer Case Study 12: The Bright Side of InfectionCase Study 13: Innervation Suppresses Tumorigenesis 6 Mathematics and modelling Case Study 14: Top-Down Causation: Not All The Work Is Done By Molecules Case Study 15: Standard Deviation, Not S.E.M. Case Study 16: Field Models of Pattern FormationCase Study 17: Noise and Predictions
• Publisher Details: Bristol : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (300 pages), (50 illustrations)
• Subjects: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics; Biophysics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750313261; 0750313269
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