CFIm25 in Solid Tumors: Current Research Progress

Prions: Current Progress in Advanced Research

This 134-page book provides a brief but wide-ranging overview of current research into prions, the infectious proteinaceous agents believed to be responsible for a range of fatal, neurodegenerative diseases including “mad cow” disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Divided into 11 chapters, the book covers topics such as prion biology, disease pathogenesis, and strategies for vaccination and tr...

Current Research Progress of Ceramic Biomaterials in Japan.

The R&D of ceramic biomaterials has extensively progressed in Japan since commercial production of calcium phosphates of hydroxyapatite and β-tricalcium phosphate, A-W glass, chemicalsand SBF (simulated body fluid)-treated metals, and yttria-stabilized zirconia for dental and medical applications. The centers of R&D excellence in Japan consist of universities and national research institutes in...

Current status of therapy of solid tumors: brain tumor therapy.

Treatment of malignant brain tumors with conventional approaches is largely unsuccessful because curative doses generally cannot be delivered without excessive toxicity to normal brain. Radioimmunotherapy is emerging as an attractive alternative for glioma therapy because of the potential for more selectively irradiating tumor cells while sparing normal tissues. Several institutions are engaged...

Information Extraction Research and Applications: Current Progress and Future Directions

Geographical Information and Historical Research: Current Progress and Future Directions

Information about places is ubiquitous in the study of history, events occur, people live, and phenomena flourish in more or less identifiable locations. To a greater or lesser extent, all historians make use of geographical information. Potentially, there is a great potential for the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in the discipline. However, GIS with origins in the earth science...