Sharks Get Cancer Mole Rats Don T
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Sharks Get Cancer Mole Rats Don T
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Author : James S. Welsh, MD
language : en
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Release Date : 2016-03-29
Sharks Get Cancer Mole Rats Don T written by James S. Welsh, MD and has been published by Prometheus Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-29 with Health & Fitness categories.
This fresh and fascinating exploration of new directions in cancer research focuses on the important role of the immune system in combatting this dread disease. Integrating clues from the animal kingdom, the veterinary clinic, extraordinary human cases, and even embryology, the author—a cancer physician, biologist, and physicist—creates a novel and compelling account of tumor immunology and the promises of immunotherapy. As the author explains, animals offer us many tantalizing clues about the nature of cancer in humans. Tasmanian devils are on the verge of extinction due to a virulent form of contagious cancer; soft-shelled clams on the East coast of North America are vanishing due to another epidemic of contagious cancer; dogs also contract a contagious cancer but they spontaneously overcome it; and a type of mouse and the homely mole rat are not susceptible to the disease at all. In humans, there are rare instances of spontaneous cures of advanced cancers induced by radiation. An uncommon form of dwarfism called Laron syndrome confers total cancer immunity on the people who inherit the condition. And recent research suggests that cancer has stolen the secret that shields the embryo against hostile attacks from the mother’s immune system. The author makes a convincing case that what all of these diverse examples have in common is the immune system and its ability or inability to respond to malignancies. He concludes with a review of the exciting research on the human immune system and the development of new treatments that are inducing the immune system to combat and conquer even the deadliest cancers.
Methuselah S Zoo
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Author : Steven N. Austad
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2023-08-15
Methuselah S Zoo written by Steven N. Austad and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-15 with Science categories.
Stories of long-lived animal species—from thousand-year-old tubeworms to 400-year-old sharks—and what they might teach us about human health and longevity. Opossums in the wild don’t make it to the age of three; our pet cats can live for a decade and a half; cicadas live for seventeen years (spending most of them underground). Whales, however, can live for two centuries and tubeworms for several millennia. Meanwhile, human life expectancy tops out around the mid-eighties, with some outliers living past 100 or even 110. Is there anything humans can learn from the exceptional longevity of some animals in the wild? In Methusaleh’s Zoo, Steven Austad tells the stories of some extraordinary animals, considering why, for example, animal species that fly live longer than earthbound species and why animals found in the ocean live longest of all. Austad—the leading authority on longevity in animals—argues that the best way we will learn from these long-lived animals is by studying them in the wild. Accordingly, he proceeds habitat by habitat, examining animals that spend most of their lives in the air, comparing insects, birds, and bats; animals that live on, and under, the ground—from mole rats to elephants; and animals that live in the sea, including quahogs, carp, and dolphins. Humans have dramatically increased their lifespan with only a limited increase in healthspan; we’re more and more prone to diseases as we grow older. By contrast, these species have successfully avoided both environmental hazards and the depredations of aging. Can we be more like them?
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Author : Уильям Маккивер
language : ru
Publisher: Азбука-Аттикус
Release Date : 2021-10-20
written by Уильям Маккивер and has been published by Азбука-Аттикус this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-20 with Psychology categories.
С точки зрения эволюции акулы старше деревьев; эти мощные животные пережили пять периодов массовых вымираний, превзойдя в живучести динозавров. Акулы — необходимое звено для поддержания баланса морских и океанических экосистем: они поедают останки мертвых китов, удаляют из популяций больных рыб, охраняют водоросли от черепах и поглощают мусор, выброшенный человеком в океан. Но что мы знаем о их жизни? Первая в своем роде книга основывается на данных последних научных исследований и результатах детального изучения четырех видов акул — большой белой акулы, акулы-мако, акулы-молота и тигровой акулы. Энтузиаст сохранения Мирового океана Уильям Маккивер путешествует по местам обитания акул — от коралловых рифов в центральной части Тихого океана, где каждую осень собираются группы больших белых акул, и тропических мангровых лесов, где живут стаями молодые лимонные акулы, до холодных вод Северной Атлантики, где обитают 400-летние гренландские полярные акулы, долгожители-рекордсмены среди позвоночных животных. Он прослеживает эволюцию мифа об акулах-людоедах и описывает фатальные последствия чрезмерного их уничтожения: от нападений акул погибает в среднем четыре человека в год, однако за то же время люди убивают 100 миллионов акул. Работа Маккивера — это погружение в тайны акул и настоятельный призыв защитить их. «Эта книга — итог моего двухлетнего путешествия, дань акулам как удивительным сверххищникам, сверхчувствительным мореплавателям, лучшим союзникам человека в мире природы. Благодаря новым технологиям, позволяющим ученым и морским биологам со всего света совершенно по-новому наблюдать за акулами, за последние годы нам удалось далеко шагнуть в понимании этих животных: их загадочного поведения, невероятных миграционных путей, выдающихся социальных навыков и даже тайн их сексуальной жизни. Вполне возможно, что именно акулы станут ключом к пониманию загадок океанов». (Уильям Маккивер)
Emociones Y C Ncer
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Author : Gina Tarditi
language : es
Publisher: Editorial Fontamara S. A. de C. V.
Release Date : 2024-06-07
Emociones Y C Ncer written by Gina Tarditi and has been published by Editorial Fontamara S. A. de C. V. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-07 with Medical categories.
Los mitos y las falsas creencias que se tienen respecto al cáncer provocan que muchos pospongan la búsqueda de atención médica, comprometiendo la oportunidad de un diagnóstico temprano. Afirmar que emociones como la ira o el resentimiento tienen la capacidad de provocar cáncer, o que pensar de manera positiva puede evitar o curar la enfermedad, se traduce en estigma y culpa para los millones de seres humanos que, año con año, son diagnosticados con alguno de los tipos y subtipos, hasta hoy conocidos, de la enfermedad. Sin lugar a duda, el cáncer entraña una gran complejidad. De ahí la necesidad de divulgar información cierta y actualizada que contribuya a su comprensión y desmitificación, hasta lograr arrebatarle el halo de terror que la rodea. Imagino el día en que un diagnóstico de cáncer no lleve a pensar en culpa o fracaso. Ese día habrán callado las voces de quienes enjuician y etiquetan a quienes son diagnosticados con la enfermedad. Ese día, también, los pacientes podrán vivir la enfermedad sin la carga del estigma.
Rebel Cell
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Author : Kat Arney
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-08-06
Rebel Cell written by Kat Arney and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-06 with Science categories.
'A lively study of the Big C, which makes the case that cancer is the price we pay for our marvellously complicated bodies.' The Times, best books of 2020 'This book is packed with big ideas about life. Every chapter has something in it which made me think wow. Having worked in a major cancer charity for many years, Arney writes with genuine in-depth understanding and is a perfect guide.' Daniel M. Davis, author of The Beautiful Cure 'Rebel Cell is a bright, engaging read, fizzing with energy and metaphor. Kat Arney is a science writer for all of us - a powerful and talented story teller.' Stephen McGann 'Kat's book is Dynamite. A crystal clear reappraisal of the story behind that word we fear to mention.' Dallas Campbell, author of Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet Cancer has always been with us. It killed our hominid ancestors, the mammals they evolved from and the dinosaurs that trampled the ground before that. Tumours grow in pets, livestock and wild animals. Even tiny jelly-like Hydra - creatures that are little more than a tube full of water - can get cancer. Paradoxically, many of us think of cancer as a contemporary killer, a disease of our own making caused by our modern lifestyles. But that's not true. Although it might be rare in many species, cancer is the enemy lurking within almost every living creature. Why? Because cancer is a bug in the system of life. We get cancer because we can't not get it. Cancer starts when cells revolt, throwing off their molecular shackles, and growing and dividing out of control in a shambolic mockery of normal life. This is why we can't avoid cancer: because the very genes that drive it are essential for life itself. The revolution has raged, on and off, for millions of years. But it was only in the twentieth century that doctors and scientists made any significant progress in understanding and treating cancer, and it's only in the past few decades that we've finally begun to kick the mob's malignant arse. Now the game is changing. Scientists have infiltrated cancer's cellular rebellion and are finally learning its secrets. Geneticist and science writer Kat Arney takes the reader back to the dawn of life on planet earth right up to the present day to get to the heart of what cancer really is and how by better understanding it we might one day overcome it.
Understanding Cancer
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Author : David Tarin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-02-02
Understanding Cancer written by David Tarin and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-02 with Medical categories.
This book provides a unique, wide-ranging description of the phenomenon of cancer and its pathological effects in diverse species including humans, domesticated and wild animals, invertebrates, and plants. The broad scope of information presented is used to construct radical new insights into biological self-regulation and explain their relevance to its disruption by cancerous growth and spread within the human body. Mechanisms of action of carcinogenic agents, initiation, progression, metastasis, inappropriate gene expression, dormancy, latency, regression, and reasons for susceptibility and/or resistance to cancer are all considered. Also discussed are criteria for pathological diagnosis, advances in treatment, implications for public health, and pitfalls in diagnosis and interpretation of experimental results. The book describes operational mechanisms of cancer at the levels of whole individual, organ, tissue, cell, molecular, and even atomic (quantum) scales of structural and physiological order. Evidence is assembled from all these levels of organization to show that cancer is a dynamically changing disorder and that it is an inherent and perpetual risk of multicellular composition. This provides pragmatic new biological and clinical perspectives on malignant neoplasia. The biological insight is that it is a consequence of progressing miscommunication within a cellular society. The clinical perspective is realistic but optimistic in reasoning that, although cancer can never be completely eradicated from human life, because it is a disorder of our intrinsic biological constitution, it can be controlled and ameliorated and even cured in a proportion of individuals. The text is profusely illustrated with over 300 macroscopic and microscopic pictures. It will stimulate curiosity and interest specialists, as well as beginners, in many scientific disciplines and provides copious references to the medical and scientific literature supporting its conclusions. Readers from fields as diverse as medicine, pathology, veterinary sciences, cell biology, molecular biology, developmental biology, and epidemiology will find the information the book contains thought-provoking, interesting, and useful. Additionally, specialists in occupational and environmental health and legal experts focusing on exposure to carcinogenic materials and pollution will find the contents valuable and informative.
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Author : 凱特?艾尼
language : zh-CN
Publisher: 讀書共和國╱奇光出版
Release Date : 2022-07-06
written by 凱特?艾尼 and has been published by 讀書共和國╱奇光出版 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-06 with Health & Fitness categories.
★《泰晤士報》2020年度最佳書籍★ ★2020年Foreword Indie Award健康類獲獎書籍★ 生動的癌症研究，內容扎實又深入淺出，腫瘤專家和癌症患者都該一讀！ ──《泰晤士報》 頂尖遺傳學家╳腫瘤學家╳癌症生物學家突破性研究， 破解癌細胞的神祕演化劇本，阻止它作亂。 我們迫切需要新的思維來面對癌症的形成， 並且依據演化事實來預防和治療癌症。 ◆人類為什麼會罹患癌症？是因為現代飲食和不健康的習慣？環境中的化學物質？不良的基因遺傳？或者純粹只是運氣不佳？答案是都對也都不對。癌症是生命系統本身的缺陷，我們避免不了。 ◆揭露醫學最強敵手的諸多奧祕，深入最新研究，探究這些細胞反賊如何在精密的人體社會中造反並掀起大亂。我們正開始破解癌細胞的神祕演化劇本，描繪出這些凶惡細胞生存、興盛或死亡的全貌，並運用這些知識預測及阻絕癌細胞的下一步行動。 ◆深度訪談世界知名科學家、癌症專家，包括在遺傳學、腫瘤學、癌症生物學研究上做出突破性研究成果的學者專家，如美國亞利桑那州立大學癌症與演化中心主任馬雷（Carlo Maley）、西班牙演化生物學研究所多細胞基因組實驗室主持人路易茲-特里羅（Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo）、英國劍橋維康桑格研究所主任遺傳學家史特拉頓（Mike Stratton）、美國麻省理工學院懷海德生物醫學研究所癌症研究先驅溫柏格（Robert Weinberg）、英國薩里癌症研究所兒童白血病專家葛里夫斯（Mel Greaves）、英國皇家學會院士腫瘤學家史旺頓（Charles Swanton）、美國約翰霍普金斯大學醫學院泌尿學教授皮恩塔（Kenneth Pienta）等癌症研究者領導的頂尖實驗室的卓越研究成果，更為本書增添科學信實佐證。 ◆本書是生與死、希望與自滿、先天與後天的故事。探討對於癌症真實樣貌的新思考模式，以及它在人類生命中扮演的角色。最重要的是，它述說癌症從何而來、朝何處去，以及我們應該如何阻止它作亂。 「在這個新世界中，每種癌症在遺傳上都是獨一無二，藉由演化逃脫困境，舊有的藥物開發和臨床試驗模型已經不再適用。它已經成為極度科層化的產業，使用的工具越來越精密，收穫卻越來越少。我們必須大幅進步，才能擊敗如此狡猾的對手。但我們終於開始破解癌症神祕的演化劇本，同時揭露這些脫序細胞生活環境中的生態。我們越來越有希望能運用這些知識預測及阻絕它的下一步，熟練地操縱演化過程本身，控制及塑造腫瘤旺盛的生長。」──本書作者 凱特?艾尼 科學家已經開始把癌症病程視為演化的縮影，細胞不斷出現新突變， 在發展和擴散過程中接受天擇，類似達爾文的生命之樹。 演化的力量不僅塑造地球生物驚人的多樣性，也作用到脫序細胞的層級。 要想擊敗癌症，我們必須與這些演化力量合作，而不是和它們作對。 癌症是生命系統本身的缺陷 癌症一直伴隨著我們。它殺死我們的原始人類祖先以及史前生物恐龍，腫瘤在寵物和野生動物中生長，即使微小果凍狀的水螅也會罹癌。許多人卻認為癌症是當代殺手，是現代生活方式引起的疾病。但事實並非如此。儘管在許多物種中可能很少見，但癌症是潛伏在幾乎所有生物體內的敵人。為什麼？因為癌症是生命系統的一種缺陷。人類罹患癌症是因為我們避免不了。 揭露造反細胞的演化祕密 當細胞反抗，擺脫分子束縛而失控增殖分裂時，癌症就開始了。這就是我們無法避免癌症的原因：因為驅動癌症的基因對生命本身至關重要。革命已經持續了數百萬年，但直到20世紀，醫生和科學家才在了解和治療癌症上取得重大進展，正開始破解癌細胞的神祕演化劇本，描繪出這些凶惡細胞生存、興盛或死亡的全貌，並運用這些知識預測及阻絕癌細胞的下一步行動。 訪談頂尖科學家深入最新研究，解碼癌細胞並阻止它作亂 遺傳學家與獲獎科學作家艾尼一方面解說「我們對癌症所知的一切為什麼都不正確」，一方面以她最具代表性的風趣與明晰帶領讀者深入最新的研究工作，探究這些細胞反賊如何在精細嚴密的人體「社會」中造反並掀起大亂，以及在人類生命中扮演的角色，闡明癌症從何而來、朝何處去，以及我們應該如何阻止它作亂。
The Emperor Of All Maladies
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Author : Siddhartha Mukherjee
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-08-09
The Emperor Of All Maladies written by Siddhartha Mukherjee and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-09 with Health & Fitness categories.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.
Sharks Don T Get Cancer
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Author : I. William Lane
language : en
Publisher: Avery
Release Date : 1992
Sharks Don T Get Cancer written by I. William Lane and has been published by Avery this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Health & Fitness categories.
Examines the use of shark cartilage for preventing and treating cancer and other degenerative diseases, discussing research, the results of clincial testing, the FDA, and other topics
My Mother S Breast
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Author : Laurie Tarkan
language : en
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Release Date : 1999-04-01
My Mother S Breast written by Laurie Tarkan and has been published by Taylor Trade Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-01 with Health & Fitness categories.
Focusing on the unique psychological needs of women who must deal with the pain and devastation of a mother's breast cancer while repressing their fears for their own health, Tarkan profiles a wide range of women who have witnessed the effects of breast cancer.