1st Edition

OMICS Biomedical Perspectives and Applications

Edited By Debmalya Barh, Kenneth Blum, Margaret A. Madigan Copyright 2012
622 Pages 11 Color & 125 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

622 Pages 11 Color & 125 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

622 Pages
by CRC Press

A reflection of the explosion of research and development in this field, OMICS: Biomedical Perspectives and Applications explores applications of omics in bioinformatics, cancer research and therapy, diabetes research, plant science, molecular biology, and neurosciences. A select editorial panel of experts discusses their cutting edge omics research and novel technologies, supplying a basic... Read more

SECTION I: Methodology and Application

Bioinformatics: A Brief Introduction to Changing Trends in Modern Biology, A.A. Singh and P. Somvanshi

Nutrigenomics, M. Verghese and J. Boateng

Omics Approaches in Toxicology Research and Biomedical Applications, N.L. López-Corrales, A. Miyoshi, V. Azevedo, T. Stuztman, and D. Barh

Stem Cells: Basics and Therapeutic Applications, A.K. Arya and K. Tripathi

Emerging Trends of Nanotechnology in Omics-Based Drug Discovery and Development, S. Selvarajan

Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biomedical Applications, R. Zhang and H. Olin

High-Throughput Screening in Medical Diagnosis and Prognosis, M. El Sayed Zaki

High-Throughput Omics: The Application of Automated High-Throughput Methods and Systems for Solutions in Systems Biology, Ü. Kolukisaoglu and K. Thurow

Safety in Diagnostic Imaging Techniques Used in Omics, R. Visaria, S. Prakash, J.T. Vaughan, and D. Shrivastava

 

SECTION II: Empirical Research

Molecular Genetics of Human Cancers: Modulation of the Tumor Suppressor Function of RB1 Gene Product in Human Vestibular Schwannomas, M.L. Gope, R. Mitra, and R. Gope

Forward Genetics Approach in Genomics: Functional Identifi cation of Unknown Genes, B. Chatterjee

Proteomics of Phagosomal Pathogens: Lessons from Listeria monocytogens and New Tools in Immunology, E. Rodriguez-Del Rio, C. Carranza-Cereceda, L. Fernandez-Prieto, J. Ramós-Vivas, and C. Alvarez-Dominguez

 

SECTION III: Computational and Systems Biology

In a Quest to Uncover Governing Principles of Cellular Networks: A Systems Biology Perspective, K. Selvarajoo and M. Tsuchiya

Intermolecular Interaction in Biological Systems, Y. Fukunishi

Implanted Brain-Machine Interfaces in Rats: A Modern Application of Neuromics, W. Chen, J. Dai, S. Zhang, X. Zheng, and X. Hu

 

SECTION IV: Therapeutics

Pharmacogenomics in Development of Disease-Specifi c Therapeutic Strategy, S. Sharma and A. Munshi

Omics Approaches in Cancer Biomarker and Targeted Anticancer Drug Discovery, D. Dhawan and H. Padh

Recent Advances in MicroRNA Expression Profiling Toward a Molecular Anatomy of Tumorigenesis and Applications for Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapeutics, H. Ohdaira and K. Yoshida

Marine Metabolomics in Cancer Chemotherapy, D.M. Pereira, G. Correia-da-Silva, P. Valentão, N. Teixeira, and P.B. Andrade

Genome-Wide Association Studies of Type 2 Diabetes: Current Status, Open Challenges, and Future Perspectives, H. Hong, L. Xu, D.L. Mendrick, and W. Tong

Cardiac Channelopathies: Applications of Genomics and Proteomics in Diagnosis and Therapy, C. Viero

Toward an Omic Perspective on Infectious Disease and Its Therapy: Integrating Immunoinformatics, Immunomics, and Vaccinomics, M.N. Davies and D.R. Flower

NeuroAIDS and Omics of HIV Vpr, A. Swarup Verma, U. Pratap Singh, P. Mallick, P. Dhar Dwivedi, and A. Singh

Epigenetics in Neuropsychiatry, T. Archer and K. Blum

Neurogenetics and Nutrigenomics of Reward Deficiency Syndrome, K. Blum

 

SECTION V: Future Perspective

Future Perspective: Paving a Path to Optimization of Health, D. Barh, M.A. Madigan, and K. Blum

 

Biography

Debmalya Barh, Kenneth Blum, Margaret A. Madigan

… this book will be intensively useful to scientists from both academia and industry, teachers and professors, health professionals, and mostly students, who should be encouraged to study and learn from its wisdom.
—From the Foreword by Debasis Bagchi, PhD, MACN, CNS, MAIChE, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas