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Best micro/immunology text around
I used the third edition in grad school, my husband used the second.I've been an immunologist for over 20 years, and faculty at a medical school for 10.The immunology section in this book is the best description of humoral immunity and antibody structure bar-none. In fact, for my grad school PhD qualifying exams (comprehensive exams) in medical microbiology at Stanford, I merely read Davis, Dulbecco from cover to cover a few times- and passed with flying colors.I'm using the 4th edition for the immunology class I teach.

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Nobel laureate Renato Dulbecco presents a fascinating overview of the current state of information about life processes, ranging from the characteristics and activities of DNA to sexuality, practical aspects of genetics, communication between cells and between organisms, and the effects of drugs on the brain. He concludes with a provocative discussion of biology and human affairs in which he poses questions about brain programming and its relationship to accountability, freedom of choice, and the future. Dr. Dulbecco's book will be of interest to general readers as well as to specialists in the field. ... Read more

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A Serious Introduction to Genes
I was looking for a good introductory type book into Genes and Biotech and I think I found one. This book starts from Cell and explanis DNA RNA all that good stuff with nice tecnical drawings showing the growth, partitions, mutations etc. It is written for educational purposes so it is not popular science type that all in words, it is serious but you do not have to be a med student to understand this. A good bilogy background and serious reading will do.Book continues with other subjects related to genes and DNA. I particularly liked the sections about Brain, the machinery and the design of it. it is a perfect book about DNA and Genes and life. ... Read more

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Frontiers of Life addresses fields of biology in terms of their frontiers--that is, the areas that will demand the most work in this new century. Because of their standing, the editors have been able to unite the most prestigious and well-informed authorities to place recent scientific advances into the context of their effects on daily human experiences and expectations. They ask, "What frontiers of the biological sciences will constitute the challenges of the next century?" Their first answer is an understanding of the processes and mechanisms that led to the origin of life. They take this answer as the starting point of the first section of the Encyclopedia. They thus proceed throughout the four volumes.
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The Encyclopedia of Human Biology, Second Edition provides complete coverage of the vast subject area of human biology--no other reference work available offers such a detailed and comprehensive treatment of the subject. Including more than 670 articles in 37 different biological fields, this fully revised edition features one of the most renowned editorial Advisory Boards ever assembled. The Second Edition offers more than 75% new, updated, and revised content including approximately 150 new articles. In keeping with the first editions high standards, all articles have been subjected to rigorous peer review to ensure consistent presentation of the highest quality. Unlike other encyclopedias which use numerous fragmented entries to treat a subject, the Encyclopedia examines each subject in individual, cohesive articles. Arranged alphabetically for easy access, each article--about ten pages in length-contains a brief outline, glossary of unusual terms, a short concise definition of the subject, an in-depth development of the topic, recent bibliography, extensive cross references to other articles in the Encyclopedia, and tables and illustrations including more than 100 color plates.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Renato Dulbecco (born February 22, 1914) is an Italian virologist who won a 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on reverse transcriptase. In 1973 he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Theodore Puck and Harry Eagle. He was born in Catanzaro (Southern Italy) to a Calabrese mother and a Ligurian father. He graduated from high school at 16, then moved to the University of Turin. Despite a strong interest for mathematics and physics, he decided to study medicine. At only 22, he graduated in morbid anatomy and pathology under the supervision of professor Giuseppe Levi. During these years he met Salvador Luria and Rita Levi-Montalcini, whose friendship and encouragement would later bring him to the United States. In 1936 he was called up for military service as a medical officer, and later (1938) discharged. In 1940 Italy entered World War II and Dulbecco was recalled and sent to the front in France and Russia, where he was wounded. After hospitalization and the collapse of Fascism, he joined the resistance against the German occupation. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Luc Montagnier, Philippe Maupas, Renato Dulbecco, Peter Duesberg, Harald Zur Hausen, Lise Thiry, Jean Cohen, Francis Rous, Hilary Koprowski, Ralf Altmeyer, Wendell Meredith Stanley, John Enders, Thomas Weller, Frederick Robbins, Françoise Brun-Vézinet, Vittorio Colizzi, Patrick Laidlaw, Yvonne Barr, David Tyrrell, Bernard Rentier. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (Traralgon, Australie, 3 septembre 1899 - Port Fairy, id., 31 août 1985), également connu sous le nom de Macfarlane ou de Mac Burnet, était un virologue australien dont les recherches ont particulièrement bénéficié au domaine de l'immunologie. Docteur en médecine de l'Université de Melbourne en 1924, Philosophiæ doctor de l'Université de Londres en 1928, Burnet dirigea des recherches avancées sur les bactériophages et les virus à l'Institut de recherche médicale Walter et Eliza Hall de Melbourne, dont il assura la direction de 1944 à 1956. Ses recherches en virologie aboutirent à d'importantes découvertes concernant la nature, la réplication et l'interaction des virus avec le système immunitaire. À partir du milieu des années 1950, Burnet concentra ses recherches sur l'immunologie et fut un des principaux instigateurs de la théorie de la sélection clonale, qui explique comment les lymphocytes ciblent les antigènes pour les détruire. Ses travaux sur la tolérance immunologique acquise, dont les applications s'étendirent par la suite au domaine de la transplantation d'organes, lui valurent en 1960 le Prix Nobel de médecine qu'il partagea avec Peter Medawar. Jusqu'à sa retraite officielle en 1978, Burnet écrivit trente-et-un livres et monographies et publia plus de cinq cents articles sc...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Renato Dulbecco, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1823 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: People From Catanzaro, U.s. Catanzaro, Renato Dulbecco, F.c. Catanzaro, Anthony Anastasio, Gianni Amelio, Salvatore Ferraro, Daniele Cacia, Gulf of Squillace, Magna Græcia University, Francesco Acri, Mimmo Rotella, Stadio Nicola Ceravolo, Rosario Olivo. Excerpt: Catanzaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Catanzaro is overlooking the Gulf of Squillace, in the Ionian Sea, where according to some scholars, the port of the kingdom of Feaco is located. According to Homer, Ulysses was accepted and told his story here, specifically at Isthmus, the strip of land closer to Italy. Only 30 km separate the Ionian Sea from the Tyrrhenian Sea. The district of Catanzaro stretches from the sea to a height of 600 meters. The historic center is located approximately 300 meters above sea level. It includes a coastline on the Ionian Sea which hosts 8 km of beach and a marina. The town dates back to the valley of Fiumarella (formerly known as River Zaro). The Bishopric, St. Tryphon (or San Rocco) and St. John (or castle) marks the city's historical center and is connected to the North Sila. Due to its particular geography, the municipality gets wet from the sea, and is still subjected to a snowy winter. Catanzaro's rivers include, the main stream of the Fiumarella (in local dialect Hjiumareddha), which joins with the river Musofalo, and the torrent Corach (formerly called Crotalo). Finding a friend is so rare / as a day without wind in Catanzaro (an ancient Calabrian saying) The climate of Catanzaro is typically Mediterranean, temperate, and characterized by a windy spring and autumn. According to the thirty-year average of 1961-1990 reference, the average temperature of the coldest month, January, came to +8.9 °C, the hottest month, August, is +24,5 °C. The ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1106712 ... Read more

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Chapters: Renato Dulbecco, Anthony Anastasio, Gianni Amelio, Salvatore Ferraro, Daniele Cacia, Francesco Acri, Mimmo Rotella, Rosario Olivo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Renato Dulbecco (born February 22, 1914) is an Italian virologist who won a 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on reverse transcriptase. In 1973 he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Theodore Puck and Harry Eagle. He was born in Catanzaro (Southern Italy) to a Calabrese mother and a Ligurian father. He graduated from high school at 16, then moved to the University of Turin. Despite a strong interest for mathematics and physics, he decided to study medicine. At only 22, he graduated in morbid anatomy and pathology under the supervision of professor Giuseppe Levi. During these years he met Salvador Luria and Rita Levi-Montalcini, whose friendship and encouragement would later bring him to the United States. In 1936 he was called up for military service as a medical officer, and later (1938) discharged. In 1940 Italy entered World War II and Dulbecco was recalled and sent to the front in France and Russia, where he was wounded. After hospitalization and the collapse of Fascism, he joined the resistance against the German occupation. After the war he resumed his work at Levi's laboratory, but soon he moved, together with Levi-Montalcini, to the USA, where, in Bloomington, Indiana, he worked with Salvador Luria on bacteriophages. In the summer of 1949 he moved to Caltech, joining Max Delbrück's group. There he started his studies about animal oncoviruses. In the late 1950s, he took Howard Temin as a student, with whom, and together with David Baltimore, he would later share the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or M...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=744909 ... Read more

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Chapters: Primo Levi, Emilio Lussu, Oriana Fallaci, Renato Dulbecco, Indro Montanelli, Benedetto Croce, Carlo Rosselli, Altiero Spinelli, Giacomo Matteotti, Ugo La Malfa, Norberto Bobbio, Sandro Pertini, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Carlo Levi, Gianni Rodari, Giuseppe Pagano, Luigi Einaudi, Bruno Zevi, Paolo Emilio Taviani, Elio Vittorini, Enzo Biagi, Spartaco Fontano, Leo Valiani, Luigi Gui, Nilde Iotti, Carlo Cassola, Gaetano Salvemini, Vasco Pratolini, Giorgio Bocca, Beppe Fenoglio, Rossana Rossanda, Nello Rosselli. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Primo Michele Levi (pronounced ; 31 July 1919, Turin, Piedmont 11 April 1987) was a Jewish Italian chemist and writer. He is best known for If This Is a Man, published in the U.S. as Survival in Auschwitz, his account of the year he spent as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. It has been described as one of the most important works of the twentieth century. Primo Levi was born in Turin at Corso Re Umberto 75 into a liberal Jewish family. His father Cesare worked for the manufacturing firm Ganz and spent much of his time working abroad in Hungary, where Ganz was based. Cesare was an avid reader and autodidact. Levis mother Ester, known to everyone as Rina, was well educated, having attended the . She too was an avid reader, played the piano and spoke fluent French. The marriage between Rina and Cesare was arranged by Rinas father. On their wedding day, Rinas father, Cesare Luzzati, gave Rina the apartment at where Primo Levi was to live for almost his entire life. In 1921 Anna Maria, Levi's sister was born; he was to remain close to her all of his life. In 1925 he entered the primary school in Turin. A thin and delicate child, he was shy and thought of himself as being ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=39425 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Cassiodore, Mimmo Rotella, Gianni Amelio, Renato Dulbecco, Mattia Preti, Guglielmo Pepe, Giovanni Nicotera, Gregorio Preti, Ninetto Davoli, Marco Calabrese, Agacio Guidacerio, Antonio Porchia, Gaetano Fontana, Daniele Cacia, Carlo Carlei. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Cassiodore (Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator) fut un homme politique et écrivain latin, fondateur du monastère de Vivarium, né vers 485 à Squillace, dans l'actuelle province de Catanzaro en Calabre et mort vers 580. La vie de Cassiodore s'articule essentiellement autour de deux périodes séparées par la conversio (« conversion », qui marque son retrait de la vie publique). L'arrière-grand-père de Cassiodore avait servi dans les armées de Valentinien III, et repoussé les Vandales lors de leur tentative de débarquement en Calabre et en Sicile (vers 450), son grand-père avait fait partie de l'ambassade envoyée à Attila en 452, son père, qui a été comes sacrarum largitionum d'Odoacre, est nommé en 495 corrector Lucaniae et Bruttiorum par Théodoric le Grand, et accède en 503 à la praefectura praetoriana. Cassiodore est donc issu d'un milieu qui le prédestine à une carrière politique de premier plan ; d'ailleurs son nom même (Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator, nom qu'il se donne lui-même dans la suscription des Variæ en 538) témoigne de cette appartenance aux milieux aristocratiques de l'époque : Aurelius traduit l'alliance de Cassiodore avec un membre éminent de la gens Aurelia, Symmaque (beau-père de Boèce), et le surnom Senator rappelle sa qualité de sénateur (à la fin de sa vie, Cassiodore ne signera plus que Cassiodorus Senator). Après des études dont nous ne savons rien, mais qui, d'après ses œuvres postérieures, ont dû être...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Italo Calvino, Primo Levi, Enrico Berlinguer, Enrico Mattei, Emilio Lussu, Andrea Zanzotto, Renato Dulbecco, Arrigo Cervetto, Aurelio Peccei, Giuseppe Siri, Eugenio Curiel, Carlo Rosselli, Altiero Spinelli, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Cesare Pavese, Lelio Basso, Eugenio Calò, Pietro Nenni, Ferruccio Parri, Renato Guttuso, Umberto Meoli, Sandro Pertini, Giorgio Bassani, Giuseppe Dossetti, Gianni Rodari, Luigi Meneghello, Raffaele Cantoni, Nicolò Carandini, Edgardo Sogno, Leone Ginzburg, Luigi Longo, Ivanoe Bonomi, Vittorio Foa, Ignazio Buttitta, Giuseppe Saragat, Agostino Rocca, Giuseppe Di Vittorio, Elio Vittorini, Lelio Vittorio Valobra, Enzo Biagi, Pietro Pappagallo, Alessandro Natta, Leo Valiani, Manrico Ducceschi, Pietro Ingrao, Armando Cossutta, Nilde Iotti, Carlo Cassola, Gerardo Chiaromonte, Giorgio Amendola, Adone Zoli, Ursula Hirschmann, Giancarlo Pajetta, Adriano Tardelli, Loris Fortuna, Joyce Lussu, Paolo Caccia Dominioni, Urbano Lazzaro, Giorgio Bocca, Beppe Fenoglio, Aldo Aniasi, Alfredo Pizzoni, Massimo Salvadori, Liana Millu, Giovanna Zangrandi, Umberto Mastroianni. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 271. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Primo Michele Levi (pronounced ; 31 July 1919, Turin, Piedmont 11 April 1987) was a Jewish Italian chemist and writer. He is best known for If This Is a Man, published in the U.S. as Survival in Auschwitz, his account of the year he spent as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. It has been described as one of the most important works of the twentieth century. Primo Levi was born in Turin at Corso Re Umberto 75 into a liberal Jewish family. His father Cesare worked for the manufacturing firm Ganz and spent much of his time working abroad in Hungary, where Ganz was based. Cesare was an avid reader an...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=39425 ... Read more