Cellular Signaling in Health and Disease

by Martin Beckerman

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387981721
• ISBN13: 9780387981727
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"