Sourcebook of Models for Biomedical Research

This book offers a reflection of the diversity and utility of models used in biomedicine. That utility is based on the consideration that observations made in particular organisms will provide insight into the workings of other, more complex systems. Some models have the advantage that the reproductive, mitotic, development or aging cycles are rapid compared with those in humans; others are utilised because individual proteins may be studied in an advantageous way and have human homologs. Other organisms are facile to grow in laboratory settings, lend themselves to convenient analyses, have defined genomes or present especially good human models of human or animal disease. This book is a comprehensive and extensive collection of these important medical parallels.

537 pages. Available as a Hardcover and as an eBook. Suitable for pharmaceutical and academic researchers across a wide range of biological fields. Each chapter may be purchased separately. Table of Contents. 

ISBN: Hardcover: 978-1-58829-933-8; eBook: 978-1-59745-285-4

Hardcover: EUR 329.99; eBook: EUR 277.13