The Science of Life: Contributions of Biology to Human Welfare

ISBN-13: 9781468426304 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 358 str.

Kenneth Fisher

Opis

The Science of Life: Contributions of Biology to Human Welfare is the fIrst of what we anticipate will be a series of monographs resulting from activities of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. From time to time material drawn from symposia presented at the an- nual meetings of the Societies, when considered suitable, will be published as separate FASEB Monographs. Usually, the material will have appeared in Federation Proceedings. Occasionally, other papers resulting from symposia, conferences, or special meetings sponsored by the Federation or one of its constituent societies will appear as a F ASEB monograph. In some instances, special articles on the same topic will be drawn together under one cover. Why should information which has already been printed and distributed as a part of the editorial content of a journal be republished as a monograph? Most of the ma- terial to be included in this effort, particularly the symposia presented at the annual meetings of the six Federated Societies, will summarize the state of the art ex- cellently. Such information will be of considerable value to students and teachers, especially for undergraduate honors courses or in graduate studies.

Spis treści

I. Introduction.- II. Basic Biomedicine.- Speed of application.- Reproductive physiology.- Regulatory mechanisms.- The lungs.- The hormones, insulin and diabetes.- Hormones and ulcers.- Neurophysiology and mental diseases.- Cardiovascular diseases.- Comparative physiology.- Macromolecules and DNA.- The proteins.- Enzymes.- Biosynthesis.- Metabolic events.- Energy.- The molecular basis of disease.- Rational design of drugs.- Application of basic knowledge.- Poliomyelitis.- Measles.- Rubella.- Tuberculosis.- Selected additional reading.- III. Clinical Medicine.- Infectious diseases.- Parasitic diseases.- Community health and epidemiology.- Military research contributions.- Drugs.- Immunology.- Transplantation.- Anesthesiology.- Surgery.- Cardiovascular surgery.- Cardiovascular disease.- Renal disease.- Pulmonary disease.- Hematology.- Endocrinology.- Medical genetics.- Pediatrics.- Obstetrics and gynecology.- Geriatrics.- Nutrition.- Neurology.- Psychiatry.- Ophthalmology.- Otorhinolaryngology.- Radiology.- Nuclear medicine.- Bioengineering.- Automation.- Rehabilitation.- Conclusion.- Selected additional reading.- IV. Dental Science.- Dental decay.- Periodontal disease.- Other clinical considerations.- Delivery of dental services.- Dental materials.- Orthodontics.- Surgical orthodontics.- Maxillofacial prosthesis.- Selected additional reading.- V. Food.- Food from plants.- Harvest to table.- Food from animals.- Animal disease control.- Preserving and distributing food from animals.- Processing and preserving foods ..- Conclusion.- Selected additional reading.- VI. Population Biology.- Population potential and carrying capacity.- Populations in ecosystems.- Controlling pest populations.- Selected additional reading.- VII. Environmental Hazards.- Biological hazards to man.- Chemical hazards to man.- Naturally occurring chemicals.- Toxic chemicals in fungiand plants.- Industrial wastes.- Water pollution.- Synthetic chemicals.- Summary and conclusions—chemicalhazards.- Physical hazards to man.- Radiation.- Noise.- Injury.- Summary and conclusions—physicalhazards.- Selected additional reading.- VIII. Marine Sciences.- Feeding man.- Resource assessment.- Behavior studies.- Value of prediction offishing success.- Preservation of fishery products.- Fish protein concentrate.- Management of renewable resources.- Diseases and parasites.- Man and his environment.- Health and medical research.- Selected additional reading.- IX. Natural Resources.- Man and his resources.- Land: the greatest resource.- Agricultural lands.- Rangelands.- Rangeland flora.- Rangeland fauna.- Forest and timber resources.- Forest pests.- Game management.- Technology in resource management.- Microbes—the unseen resource.- Microorganisms in nature.- Microbes in the service of man.- Protein from microorganisms : a new vista.- Conversion of waste to resource.- Preserving for the future.- Conservation of man’s abundance.- The science of ecology.- Selected additional reading.