This Hugo-winning 1991 SF novel gives us a wild new cosmology, a galaxy-spanning "Net of a Million Lies," some finely imagined aliens, and much nail-biting suspense.
Faster-than-light travel remains impossible near Earth, deep in the galaxy's Slow Zone - but physical laws relax in the surrounding Beyond. Outside that again is the Transcend, full of unguessable, godlike "Powers." When human meddling wakes an old Power, the Blight, this spreads like a wildfire mind virus that turns whole civilizations into its unthinking tools. And the half-mythical Countermeasure, if it exists, is lost with two human children on primitive Tines World.
In 1999, a deadly strain of West Nile virus struck parts of the northeastern United States. Caused by a virus from the family Flaviridae, genus Flavivirus, the disease was common in Africa and the Middle East. Today, it can be found across North America, Europe, and Asia. West Nile can cause serious illness, and in severe cases, lead to encephalitis, a swelling of the brain, which can be fatal.
These sub-microscopic infective agents are capable of growth and spreading but only when in contact with living agents. Find out how humans keep viruses alive in sicknesses such as colds, measles, polio and more. Learn about the two parts of a virus: the core and the coat.
Dark Energy Does it really exist? Or does Earth occupy a very unusual place in the universe? Also in this issue: • Color Vision: Our Eyes Reflect Primate Evolution • Green Lasers: The Next Innovation in Chip-Based Beams • Soldiers' Stress: What Doctors Get Wrong about PTSD • Virus Watch: Preventing the Next Pandemic • Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees
Hepatitis C Virus Disease: Immunobiology and Clinical Applications
Added by: dovesnake | Karma: 1384.51 | ESP, Medicine | 31 May 2008
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Product Description
The
Hepatitis C Virus is a major global health problem affecting more than
170 million people. HCV can eventually lead to cirrhosis, liver
failure, and cancer in many instances. This volume will include
comprehensive original papers that cover much of the past, current, and
future literature that has appeared since the identification of the
hepatitis C virus RNA genome. It will specifically deal with the
effects of various types of interferons in basic research and clinical
outcomes of HCV disease and its progression. The novelty of this
publication will be that the immunobiology of HCV and the IFN-induced
modification of the immune response will be emphasized more clearly
then it has ever been in any other publication. It will be the
immunobiology section that will help readers better understand the
clinical efficacy of Interferon treatment. It will be a valuable volume
for the student, researcher, or clinician interested in HCV
transmission, molecular virology, immune response, cellular/molecular
pathogenesis, and possibilities for developing effective new
therapeutics and vaccines.
