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Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance |
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Amazon.com
Medical case studies can be fascinating to read, full of drama, heroism, and sometimes tragedy. Most doctors' tales take place in clinics or hospitals, but those pedestrian settings are not for Kenneth Kamler, who practices medicine outside, patching people up with surprising success under harrowing conditions. Surviving the Extremes starts with open-air surgery in the steamy jungles of the Amazon River, moves to disturbingly detailed descriptions of the many... >> |
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The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria |
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From Publishers Weekly
Bacteria preceded human life by millions of years but will they also outlive us? Shnayerson, a staff writer at Vanity Fair magazine, and Plotkin, an ethnobotanist, paint an alarming picture of the crisis posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. They focus on the three most common types: enterococci, streptococci and staphylococci. They tell of the deadly S. aureus a particularly virulent strain of staph that has shown up in deadly resistant strains and the infa... >> |
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Liposomes, Part A (Methods in Enzymology) |
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Book Description
Liposomes are cellular structures made up of lipid molecules. Important as a cellular model in the study of basic biology, liposomes are also used in clinical applications such as drug delivery and virus studies.
*Methods in Liposome Preparation
*Physiochemical Characterization of Liposomes
Book Info
Univ. of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA. Describes in detail methods of liposome preparation and the physico-chemi... >> |
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