Angiogenesis

Description

Angiogenesis is emerging as a basic phenomenon at the level of the life sciences. Advances in biology and medicine have enabled a better understanding regarding the role of growth factors and intercellular messengers in microvascular growth and new blood vessel formation. This book brings together the many aspects and implications of Angiogenesis and its related phenomena. Interaction of such knowledge should accelerate the development of innovative drugs, methodologies and devices for biotechnology and medicine in areas as diverse as diabetic retinopathy, tumor growth, transplantations, fertility control, wound healing, ulcers, metabolic bone diseases, atherosclerosis, Kaposis's sarcoma and others. The reader will find a well-balanced account of current thought and teaching in this important subject. The value of the book has been greatly enhanced by the inclusion of introductories which will arouse interest in the functional as well as morphological aspects of Angiogenesis and will achieve overview and cross-fertilization of the many fields of knowledge for students and those who are more advanced in their careers.

Excerpt

The book on Angiogenesis is a witness to history of the emergence of new scientific insight of a universally important basic phenomenon, and the concept of controlling it with respect to health and disease. It is an initial textbook of current and pertinent knowledge for readers of nearly all scientific branches providing material background for education and for research, much of which could easily be considered as obligatory reading in the study of medicine, molecular biology, chemistry and engineering. Thus the context of this book does not fit into the narrow niche of a single compartment. It shouldn't. On the contrary it is relevant to many. The most challenging editorial concern was to effectively report major developments at the forefront of angiogenesis research and to reflect with short introductories the complex and inextricable interdependence of key principles in science, technology and medicine.

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Series Statement

• Experientia Supplementum (EXS, volume 61)

Other Editions

• Angiogenesis: Key Principles — Science — Technology — MedicineHardcoverBirkhäuser1992-04-01
• AngiogenesisPaperbackBirkhäuser Verlag2012-01-01