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Makes connections between diseases, drugs and signaling in those chapters not specifically devoted to pathogens.

Reviews background in first 5 chapters then offers chapters on cancers and apoptosis and on bacteria and viruses.

Signaling in the immune, endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems covered along with cancer, apoptosis and gene regulation.

Each chapter ends with a problem section to facilitate discussion.

Makes connections between diseases, drugs and signaling in those chapters not specifically devoted to pathogens.

Reviews background in first 5 chapters then offers chapters on cancers and apoptosis and on bacteria and viruses.

Signaling in the immune, endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems covered along with cancer, apoptosis and gene regulation.

Each chapter ends with a problem section to facilitate discussion.

In today's world, three great classes of non-infectious diseases - the metabolic syndromes (such as type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis), the cancers, and the neurodegenerative disorders - have risen to the fore. These diseases, all associated with increasing age of an individual, have proven to be remarkably complex and difficult to treat. This is because, in large measure, when the cellular signaling pathways responsible for maintaining homeostasis and health of the body become dysregulated, they generate equally stable disease states. As a result the body may respond positively to a...