This is the first comprehensive, introductory book describing both diagnostic and therapeutic optical methods in medicine. The first section covers the history of optics theory and the basic science behind light-tissue interactions. It also introduces the relevant approaches and approximations used to describe light propagation in turbid biological media. In...more

Gene-diet interactions—which underlie relatively benign lactose intolerance to life-threatening conditions such as cardiovascular disease—have long been known. But until now, scientists lacked the tools to fully understand the underlying mechanisms that cause these conditions. In recent years,...more

From the elucidation and analysis of a genomic sequence to the prediction of a protein structure and the identification of the molecular function, Introduction to Bioinformatics describes the rationale and limitations of the bioinformatics methods and tools that can help solve biological problems. The author addresses the ways to store...more

In the fall of 2005, leading scientists from the National Cancer Institute announced the beginning of the cancer genome atlas project, a large-scale endeavor to map every gene implicated in cancer and the first step toward development of new therapies for treating...more