The Cell

Informationen zum Autor Professor Terence Allen's career spanned 40 years research in Cell Structure and Function at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital Manchester, and the University of Manchester. His special research interests included the mechanisms controlling cell shape, cell replacement in blood skin and gut tissues, and the structure of chromosomes. He has published in excess of 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of the British Society for Cell Biology, the Biochemical Society and the Royal Microscopial Society. Dr Graham Cowling has been director and teacher on a Masters programme in oncology and postgraduate tutor for research students in cancer studies at the Medical School, Univeristy of Manchester, for the past ten years. He has written a number of research papers and contributed reviews and chapters to books. Klappentext In this Very Short Introduction, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling describe the nature of cells - their basic structure, their varying forms, their division, their differentiation, their signalling, and programmed death. Cells are the basic constituent of life, and understanding cells and how they work is central to all biology and medicine. Zusammenfassung In this Very Short Introduction, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling describe the nature of cells - their basic structure, their varying forms, their division, their differentiation, their signalling, and programmed death. Cells are the basic constituent of life, and understanding cells and how they work is central to all biology and medicine. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Recognising the cell 2: The structure of the cell 3: Cell division, differentiation, and death 4: Special cells for special jobs 5: Stem cells 6: Ethics, politics, and regulation 7: Celluar therapy 8: The future is now

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• Authors: Terence Allen, Terence (Honorary Professor of Structural Cell Biology Allen, Allen Terence, Graham Cowling, Graham (University of Manchester and The Paterson Institute for Cancer Research) Cowling
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780199578757
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957875-7
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 173 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; A Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; Very Short Introductions; A Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, biochemistry, Cellular biology (cytology)