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  by Don Kulasiri (Lincoln      edited by Thomas Ming Swi         edited by Kurt Wüthrich          by Zheng Rong Yang
 University, New Zealand)        Chang (McGill University,        (ETH Zürich, Switzerland       (University of Exeter, UK)
       & Jingyi Liang               Canada & Shenzhen             & The Scripps Research
(UiT The Arctic University of   University, China & Shantou            Institute, USA)
      Norway, Norway)             University, China), et. al.

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     by Mark I M Noble                by Benoit Roux            edited by Stephen S Hecht            by Dianliang Wang
(University of Aberdeen, UK)         (The University of           (University of Minnesota,    (China Association for Science
                                       Chicago, USA)            Twin Cities, USA) & Dorothy      and Technology, China) &
                                                                 K Hatsukami (University of      Haijia Chen (Guangzhou
                                                                Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA)    Saliai Stem Cell Science and
                                                                                                Technology Co., Ltd., China)

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     by Charles DeLisi                by Dunne Fong             edited by Adrien A Eshraghi         by Thomas R Platt
  (Boston University, USA)          (Rutgers, The State          (University of Miami, USA)        (Saint Mary’s College,
                                 University of New Jersey,                                           Notre Dame, USA)
                                  USA) & Marion M Chan
                                 (Temple University, USA)
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    ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE                                                            WATER AND LIFE
    Biology, Biophysics and Computational                                          Life in Water and Water in Life
    Models                                                                         by Arieh Ben-Naim (The Hebrew University
    by Don Kulasiri (Lincoln University,                                           of Jerusalem, Israel), Zvi Kirson (The Hebrew
    New Zealand) & Jingyi Liang (UiT                                               University of Jerusalem, Israel) &
    The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)                                       Jose Angel Sordo (University of Oveido,
                                                                                   Spain)
    Alzheimer’s Disease: Biology, Biophysics
    and Computational Models help the reader                                       This book is unique in presenting all aspects
    to understand AD from mechanistic and                                          of water. It includes discussion of the theory
    biochemical perspectives at intra- and inter-                                  of a water molecule, its properties, both in
    cellular levels. It focuses on biochemical                                     the pure state and as a solvent. In particular,
    pathways and modeling associated with AD. Some of the recent research          it emphasizes the relevance of water to life.
    on biophysics and computational models related to AD are explained using       Water is the most important liquid. It is also a vital component of all living
    context-driven computational and mathematical modeling and essential           systems. It has very unusual properties which makes it the most interesting
    biology is discussed to understand the modeling research.                      for research and study.
    480pp                           Aug 2021                                       284pp                             Mar 2021
    978-1-80061-011-8               US$158 £140                                    978-981-122-550-5                 US$88    £75

    Regenerative Medicine, Artificial Cells and
    Nanomedicine – Volume 6                                                        UNTANGLING
    NANOBIOTHERAPEUTIC                                                             MOLECULAR DIVERSITY
                                                                                   Explaining Unity and Diversity Principles
    BASED BLOOD                                                                    of Organization with Molecular Structure
    SUBSTITUES                                                                     and Evolutionary Genomics
    edited by Thomas Ming Swi Chang (McGill                                        edited by Gustavo Caetano-Anolles
    University, Canada & Shenzhen University,                                      (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
    China & Shantou University, China), et. al.                                    USA)
    This definitive volume will provide the reader                                 Untangling Molecular Biodiversity presents a
    with up to date information and the most recent                                unique global framework to explain molecular
    science of the fast-evolving area of nanobiotherapeutic-based blood            and organismal biodiversity that is grounded in
    substitutes. Long studied, there are recent updates that make their use in     evolutionary genomics. This book will tackle important questions such as
    patients more promising, and with one product approved for human use,          the origin of life, the emergence of biochemistry, the origin of viruses, the
    many more in the pipeline. These include 2nd generations and even third        nature of the last universal common ancestor responsible for diversified
    generation ones, the later with enhancement of red blood cell functions. In    life, the role of information and thermodynamics in evolution, the reason for
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                                                                                   672pp                             Nov 2020
    pharmacologic studies to validate and verify the efficacy and safety of many
                                                                                   978-981-4656-61-0                 US$188 £165
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    978-981-122-868-1               US$178 £155                                    Series in Structural Biology – Volume 12
                                                                                   STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS
                                                                                   INTO GENE EXPRESSION
    NMR WITH BIOLOGICAL
                                                                                   AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
    MACROMOLECULES IN                                                              by Thomas A Steitz (Yale University, USA)
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    SOLUTION                                                                       Thomas Steitz is best known for the work he and
    A Selection of Papers Published from
                                                                                   his coworkers did to elucidate the biochemical
    1996 to 2020 by Kurt Wüthrich
                                                                                   basis of gene expression. The structures of a
    edited by Kurt Wüthrich (ETH Zürich,
    Switzerland & The Scripps Research                                             large number of the macromolecules involved in
    Institute, USA)                                                                transcription and translation emerged from his
                                                                                   laboratory over the course of his career. This book includes reprints of the
    The book provides insights into the research of                                most important papers he had published, grouped according to the structures
    the Kurt Wüthrich laboratories from 1996–2020.                                 they relate to, and commentaries written by the scientists who collaborated
    During this time period, the technique of                                      with him to solve each of them. It thus summarizes the achievements of one
    nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in solution went through         of the most distinguished biochemists of the second half of the 20th century.
    several breakthroughs, while maturing into a standard method of structural
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    demands of the structural genomics initiative.

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MOLECULAR TARGETED                                                                   USA)
THEORY                                                                               This book is more modern than the current
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The Life of Joshua Lederberg                                                         FOR BIOMEDICAL
by Jan Sapp (York University, Canada)                                                RESEARCH
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  of engineering-mechanics that includes                                             as part of global biodiversity and that food
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                         BIOINFORMATICS                                              FROM FRACTCAL AND
                                                                                     CELLULAR AUTOMATA
                                                                                     TO BIOLOGY
    BIOLOGICAL PATTERN                                                               Information as Order Hidden with Chance
    DISCOVERY WITH R                                                                 by Alberto Strumia (Isituto Nazionale di
    Machine Learning Approaches                                                      Alta Matematica “Francesco Severi”, Italy)
    by Zheng Rong Yang (University of Exeter, UK)
                                                                                     The didactical level of exposition, together
    This book provides the research directions for                                   with many astonishing images and animations,
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    machine learning approaches for biological                                       programming codes (in Python and POV-Ray
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    on the research experience of the author’s                                       power of algorithmic information in generating ordered structure models (2D
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    biologists worldwide. The chapters are organised                                 cellular automata, and biological systems as the organs of a living body.
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    the research methodologies and the machine learning algorithms which             328pp                             Jul 2020
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                                                                                     PROTEIN INTERACTIONS
    400pp                            Nov 2021                                        Computational Methods, Analysis and
    978-981-124-011-9                US$118 £105                                     Applications
                                                                                     edited by M Michael Gromiha
                                                                                     (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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    PATHOLOGY                                                                        analysis and their applications. It brings
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    Augsburg, Germany) & Michael Grunkin                                             art computational tools available to solve
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    Advances in machine learning and AI in general                                   resource for the researchers, postgraduate students and others
    have propelled computational and general                                         working in the field of Bioinformatics.”
    pathology research. Today, computer systems                                                                               Professor K Ramanathan
    approach the diagnostic levels achieved                                                                                 SBST, VIT University, India
    by humans for certain well-defined tasks in                                      424pp                             Mar 2020
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CELL-FREE CIRCULATING DNA                                                          CHAOTIC DNA DYNAMICS
Purification and Analysis Techniques                                               by Amujuri Mary Selvam (Indian Institute
by Daniel Branton (Harvard University, USA) &                                      of Tropical Meterology, India)
David Deamer (University of California Santa Cruz, USA)
                                                                                   A general systems theory model predicts
Cell-free circulating DNA is found in blood plasma, and is not associated with     quasiperiodic Penrose tiling pattern for the
any cell fraction. While the origin and biological function of cell-free DNA is    nested coiled structure of the DNA molecule
poorly understood, it has many potential clinical applications. In pregnant        in the chromosome resulting in maximum
women, a fraction of the cell-free DNA is of fetal origin and forms the basis of   packing efficiency and unified whole fuzzy logic
Non-Invasive Pre-natal Testing (NIPT). NIPT has been a tremendous clinical         network architecture with ordered two-way
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                                                                                   ELECTROMAGNETISM,
                                                                                   QUANTA, AND
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES                                                              ELECTRON FLOW IN THE
IN BIOPHYSICAL SCIENCES:                                                           ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
A WORLD SCIENTIFIC                                                                 OF LIVING CELLS
REFERENCE                                                                          by Mark I M Noble (University of Aberdeen, UK)
(In 3 Volumes)                                                                     “Mark Noble has had a long and distinguished
Volume 1: Emerging Technologies for                                                career in academic and cardiac medicine
Biofabrication and Biomanufacturing                                                ... much of which has focussed on
Volume 2: Emerging Technologies                                                    electrophysiological mechanisms controlling
for Fertility Volume 3: Emerging                                                   rate, rhythm and contractile behaviour in the heart. This book, which
Technologies for Diagnostics                                                       draws on reflections in his retirement, is a fascinating and iconoclastic
Volume editors: Utkan Demirci (Stanford University, USA),                          survey of electrophysiological processes in both cardiac and many other
Rami El Assal (Stanford University, USA), Pu Chen (Wuhan                           excitable tissues in the animal kingdom which will interest and alter the
University, China) & Waseem Asghar                                                 understanding of both clinicians and basic scientists in many disciplines.”
Editor-in-chief: Utkan Demirci (Stanford University, USA)                                                                                   Anthony Seed
                                                                                             Emeritus Professor, Imperial College London, UK
Biofabrication aims to produce artificially manufactured tissues and organs,
potentially revolutionizing conventional paradigm of clinical practice in          200pp                           Nov 2021
treating diseases and extending the life span and quality of human beings.         978-981-123-494-1               US$88    £75
In this volume, we invite notable experts in the field of biofabrication and
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multifaceted aspects covering biofabrication techniques and building               COMPUTATIONAL
materials such as scaffold and living cells.                                       MODELING AND                                                                   7
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Mar 31, 2022                                                                       by Benoit Roux (The University of
                                                                                   Chicago, USA)

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    THE PHYSICS OF CANCER                                                              MACROALGAL
    Research Advances                                                                  BIOREFINERIES FOR THE
    edited by Bernard S Gerstman
    (Florida International Univeristy, USA)                                            BLUE ECONOMY
                                                                                       by Alexander Golberg (Tel Aviv University,
    In the case of cancer, controlling the system’s                                    Israel), Arthur Nils Robin (Tel Aviv University,
    behavior will mean the ability to treat and cure                                   Israel), Meiron Zollmann (Tel Aviv University,
    the disease. Physicists have been studying                                         Israel), Hadar Traugott (Tel Aviv University,
    various complex, nonlinear systems for many                                        Israel), Ruslana Rachel Palatnik (University
    years using a variety of techniques. These                                         of Haifa, Israel) & Alvaro Israel (Israel
                                                                                       Oceanographic & Limnological Research
    investigations have provided insights that
                                                                                       Institute, Israel)
    allow physicists to make unique contributions
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    Basic Principles and Applications in
    Biomedical Research
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                                                                                         The journal publishes original contributions
    or structural response of the organism studied.
                                                                                         on broad aspects: from both the develop-
    800pp                             Apr 2020                                           ment of fundamental theoretical methodolo-
    978-1-78634-684-1                 US$178 £155                                        gy and computational algorithm to extensive
                                                                                         numerical applications to specific scientific
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                        BIOTECHNOLOGY                                                    It covers general research areas broadly
                                                                                         defined as quantum chemistry, chemical
                                                                                         dynamics, statistical mechanics, and chemi-

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    ORCHID BIOTEHCNOLOGY IV                                                              cal biology.
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    researches in biotechnology progress for
    Phalaenopsis, Oncidium and Erycina pusila
    orchids. These include breeding of Phalaenopsis
    orchids of black flower, big-white flower and
    small and floriferous flowers, physiology for
    shipping and photosynthesis, SSR markers and mitochondrial DNA markers,
    virus detection and antiviral immunity, embyogenesis and relationship with
    mycorrhiza symbiosis, transposon and retrotransposon, orchid genome
    and evolution, regulation of orchid floral scent, floral color modification, and
    abiotic stress tolerance.

    452pp                             Mar 2021
    978-981-121-776-0                 US$168 £150
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                  CANCER RESEARCH                                                    TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST
                                                                                     CANCER
                                                                                     edited by Xiyun Deng (Hunan Normal
CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS                                                              University School of Medicine, China),
by Gary A Clawson (Pennsylvania State University, USA)                               Faqing Tang (Hunan Cancer Hospital, China),
                                                                                     Thomas J Rosol (Ohio University Heritage
This book is designed to give a comprehensive overview of the field of               College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA)
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs), which are found in blood of patients with
cancer. It includes descriptions of basic techniques used to capture and             Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) represents
quantify CTCs, and methods employed to propagate them after capture for              a challenge clinically due to the lack of actionable
downstream study. An overview of various molecular approaches for CTC                targets coupled with an aggressive disease
analysis and characterizations is provided, including their applicability as a       course and a worse prognosis compared to other
“liquid biopsy” and their potential utility for predicting therapeutic response to   breast cancer subtypes. This book covers aspects of TNBC ranging from
treatments. A number of aspects involved in the metastatic spread of cancer          epidemiology, biology, molecular classification, to currently available and
are also discussed, as well as how quantitation and characteristics of CTCs          potentially new therapeutic options for TNBC. This book contains a range of
relate to what is known about the metastatic cascade.                                recommended resources, including recent reviews, schematic illustrations,
                                                                                     and information for patients with TNBC. Individuals including researchers
300pp                             Dec 2022                                           and educators, practitioners, pharmaceutical professionals, patients as well
978-981-120-665-8                 US$118 £105                                        as their family members will find this book useful.

                                                                                     248pp                            Oct 2020
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The Science and the Story
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CELL MECHANICS AND
TUMOR DEVELOPMENT
by Ronald L Huston                                                                      INNOVATION
(University of Cincinnati, USA)                                                         AND EMERGING                                                                     9
The focus of this book is on centrioles — small                                         TECHNOLOGIES
organelles adjacent to the nucleus in all human                                         An International Journal on Innovative
and animal (eucaryotic) cells. It provides the                                          Applied Sciences, Engineering and
findings and critical analyses of over 750 articles                                     Biomedical Research
written in this century.                                                                Formerly known as TECHNOLOGY
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centrosomes, chromosomes, microtubules and kinetochores, cell division
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and duplication, and tumor development. The book also includes discussions
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on centriole dynamics and electromagnetics effects. It concludes with a                 and Emerging Technologies - will feature the development of cutting-
chapter on centriole errors — particularly cells with supernumerary centrioles.         edge new technologies in a broad array of emerging fields of science
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                                                      CELL / MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

     NON-COVALENT                                                                      WALTER GILBERT
     INTERACTIONS IN                                                                   Selected Works
                                                                                       by Walter Gilbert (Harvard university, USA)
     PROTEINS                                                                          edited by Manyuan Long (The University of
     (2nd Edition)                                                                     Chicago, USA)
     by Andrey Karshikoff (Bulgarian Academy
     of Sciences, Bulgaria)                                                            This book commemorates the eclectic
                                                                                       intellectual life of scientist and artist Walter
     This second edition includes new chapters on
     intrinsically disordered proteins, microcalorimetry                               Gilbert. It presents all of his most influential
     of proteins, cold denaturation, thermodynamic                                     works throughout his scientific career. His
     stability and thermal adaptability of proteins. The                               scientific explorations covered a broad spectrum
     ideal aid for students of physics or chemistry, with interests in biology and     of fields: theoretical physics; molecular biology,
     biophysics, the book can also be useful for students of biology, biochemistry,    from finding messenger RNA to elucidating the regulation of the lac operon
     or biomedicine who want to extend their knowledge of how protein properties       to understanding DNA replication; gene evolution and origin of life; genomics;
     are described at the molecular level.                                             bioinformatics; and beyond. He created widely used concepts such as
                                                                                       “Exon”, “Intron” and “RNA World”. Eleven reflective essays by Gilbert are
     400pp                            Aug 2021
                                                                                       included for the first time, discussing both his scientific studies and anecdotes
     978-981-122-808-7                US$148 £130
                                                                                       from his own life.

                                                                                       616pp                             Feb 2020
     REPLICATING AND                                                                   978-981-120-329-9                 US$198 £175
     REPAIRING THE GENOME
     From Basic Mechanisms to Modern
     Genetic Technologies                                                              CAUGHT BY VIRUSES
     by Kenneth N Kreuzer (Duke Univ., USA)                                            by Michael G Rossmann

     Replicating and Repairing the Genome provides                                     The current book attempts to give a glimpse
     a concise overview of the fields of DNA                                           of the scientific life of Michael Rossmann. The
     replication and repair. The book is particularly                                  book begins with his very interesting and moving
     appropriate for graduate students and advanced                                    autobiography.
     undergraduates, and scientists entering the                                       With an interest in symmetry, viruses became
     field or working in related fields. The breadth of                                obvious objects to study. Rossmann attacked
     information regarding DNA replication and repair is vast and often difficult to   these monstrously large molecular assemblies
     absorb, with terminology that differs between experimental systems and with       with his unfailing energy and his appetite for
     complex interconnections of these processes with other cellular pathways.         real challenges. The amazing variation of molecular arrangements with
     This book provides simple conceptual descriptions of replication and repair       icosahedral symmetry is truly amazing. This book includes a selection
     pathways using mostly generic protein names, laying out the logic for how         of reports of the structures of some giant viruses. As always, knowing
     the pathways function and highlighting fascinating aspects of the underlying      the structure enhances the understanding of function greatly, in the case
     biochemical mechanisms and biology.                                               of viruses the mechanism of infection is a key problem. Rossmann has
     400pp                            Mar 2020                                         contributed many central insights in this area.
     978-981-121-569-8                US$118 £105                                      275pp                             Oct 2021
                                                                                       978-981-124-619-7                 US$88    £75
     HEME BIOLOGY
     Heme Acts as a Versatile Signaling
     Molecule Regulating Diverse Biological                                                              COGNITIVE SCIENCE
     Processes (2nd Edition)
10   edited by Li Zhang (The University of
     Texas at Dallas, USA)
                                                                                       FINDING PLACES
                                                                                       The Search for the Brain’s GPS
     This invaluable book provides the first description                               by Unni Eikeseth (Norwegian University of
     of the diverse and fascinating functions of heme                                  Science and Technology, Norway)
     in life processes for a broad audience. It begins                                 translated by Lucy Moffatt
     with an introduction of the intricate chemical
     properties of heme and the history of early                                       Finding Places tells the story of the ground-
     observations of human diseases associated with heme. It then proceeds             breaking discovery of the cells that constitute the
     to describe the versatile roles of heme in controlling diverse molecular and      brain’s positioning system — its GPS. The book
     cellular processes germane to human life and disease processes.                   takes you into the lab of neuroscientists May-
                                                                                       Britt and Edvard Moser and lets you experience
     Heme Biology is unified and logical in presentation. It is well suited for        the work of the many researchers who revealed
     students and professionals in life sciences who wish to know about the            how certain incredible cells help rats and humans find their way. It details
     fascinating biology of heme and its usefulness in health and diseases. It may     the discovery of the mind-boggling “grid cells”, which generate a hexagonal
     also be used as a reference book for advanced readers and researchers who         coordinate system and enable precise positioning and pathfinding.
     are interested in heme biology. The explanations in the book are detailed
     enough to capture the interest of the curious reader, and complete enough         136pp                             Mar 2020
     to provide the necessary information for researchers to have an in-depth          978-981-121-691-6                 US$28    £25
     molecular understanding of heme biology and further their studies in this
     fascinating realm.

     280pp                            Feb 2020
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                 EVOLUTION BIOLOGY                                                   CORRUPT CULTURES
                                                                                     “Fake News” and Cheating in Science
                                                                                     by Roy Y Calne (University of Cambridge, UK)
HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS                                                                  This book is concerned with cheating in Science
The Evolution of Our Sensor of Society                                               and the harm that it does, concentrating on
by Irving C Statler (NASA Ames Research Centre, USA)
                                                                                     three disasters in cell culture, which caused
The book provides a consistent rationale for the evolutionary progression            international concern and personal tragedy
from the simple, primitive, isolated organism to the complex, intelligent,           for the perpetrators. There is an overview of
and social primates. A coherent explanation of why and how human                     plant, animal and human cheating, providing
consciousness evolved from elaboration of primary consciousness is                   a background to the focus on Science. This
given. The question, “What does human consciousness do and why does                  demands a special form of truth in that claims
it do it?” is answered. The book also offers a solution to the dilemma, “How         need to be substantiated by repetition in independent laboratories to confirm
can anything material be conscious?” from my evolutionary approach to                that the claims work. The nature of originality is examined in art and Science.
understanding human consciousness.
                                                                                     140pp                             Aug 2021
260pp                              Oct 2021                                          978-1-78634-560-8                 US$48    £40
978-981-121-832-3                  US$88    £75

                                                                                     THE MYSTERIOUS
DAWRIN: A COMPANION                                                                  COMMONPLACE
With Iconographies by John van Wyhe
by Paul van Helvert (Wageningen                                                      A Life in Science
University & Research in Wageningen,                                                 by Charles DeLisi (Boston University, USA)
The Netherlands) & John van Wyhe                                                     “Charles DeLisi’s description of his life’s
(National University of Singapore)                                                   meanderings within science makes for
“This ‘Companion’ is magnificent, there is                                           fascinating reading. Here is a true intellectual
no other word for it.”                                                               describing incidents within his life that
                       Gordon Chancellor                                             many of us lesser mortals can immediately
            Editor of Darwin’s Beagle                                                appreciate. Life’s path is rarely smooth and
      Notebooks from the Voyage of                                                   whether dealing with mundane teachers or
                              the Beagle                                             individuals of the highest intellect one can both learn and be humbled
                                                                                     by the experience. ... I would recommend this to anyone looking for
This is the ultimate guide to the life and work of Charles Darwin. The result
of decades of research through a vast and daunting literature which is               inspiration in their career choice and wondering when or if they should
hard for beginners and experts alike to navigate, it brings together widely          change direction.”
scattered facts including very many unknown to even the most ardent                                                    Sir Richard J Roberts, PhD FRS
Darwin aficionados. It includes hundreds of new discoveries and corrections                      Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1993
to the existing literature. It provides the most complete summaries of his                                                        Chief Scientific Officer
publications, manuscripts, lifetime itinerary, finances, personal library, friends                                                  New England Biolabs
and colleagues, opponents, visitors to his home, anniversaries, hundreds                                                              Massachusetts, USA
of flora, fauna, monuments and places named after him and a host of other
                                                                                     180pp                             Aug 2021
topics. Also included are the most complete lists (iconographies) ever created
                                                                                     978-981-123-845-1                 US$58    £50
of illustrations of the Beagle, over 1000 portraits of Darwin, his wife and
home as well as all known Darwin photographs, stamps and caricatures.                978-981-123-933-5(pbk)            US$28    £25
The book is richly illustrated with 350 images, most previously unknown.

484pp                              Jan 2021                                          BRAIN FEVER
978-981-120-820-1                  US$78    £70                                      How Vaccines Prevent Meningitis and
978-981-122-927-5(pbk)             US$38    £35                                      Other Killer Diseases
                                                                                     by Richard Moxon (University of Oxford, UK)

             GENERAL LIFE SCIENCES                                                   In Brain Fever, the internationally renowned
                                                                                     medical scientist, Richard Moxon FRS, shares                                      11
                                                                                     his experiences of bacterial meningitis, a fearful
CELLS AND STEM CELLS                                                                 and devastating infection of the brain. In a clear,
The Myth of Life Sciences                                                            non-technical style, he explains what meningitis
by Dianliang Wang (China Association for                                             is, what causes it, who gets it and how research
Science and Technology, China) & Haijia                                              has come up with vaccines that can prevent it.
Chen (Guangzhou Saliai Stem Cell Science
                                                                                     In this must-read book, Brain Fever provides expert insight into what it takes
and Technology Co., Ltd., China)
                                                                                     to develop a vaccine. As we are learning from the COVID-19 pandemic, it
This popular science book systematically                                             is vaccines that we rely on to fight and overcome the devastation caused
introduces major scientific and technological                                        by virulent pathogens. His message is clear and challenging: no other
achievements in the field of cells and stem cells,                                   intervention in the history of medicine confers a greater public health benefit
and the conveniences they bring to human life.                                       than immunisation.
It covers plant cloning, animal cloning, human
                                                                                     264pp                             Jun 2021
cloning, biological missiles, biological drugs, immunocytotherapy, stem cell
                                                                                     978-1-78634-987-3                 US$58    £50
therapy, stem cell bank, 4D printing, 5D printing, CAR-T technology, and
other frontier fields, which reflect the latest progresses and development           978-1-80061-001-9(pbk)            US$28    £19.99
trends of life sciences. The book is both interesting and rich in information,
revealing the magic and mystery of life sciences.

230pp                              Oct 2021
978-981-123-877-2                  US$58    £50
978-981-123-978-6(pbk)             US$28    £25
Life Sciences Catalogue 2022

     MATHEMATICAL                                                                      THE ABCS OF CANCER
     MODELING OF VIRUS                                                                 Separating the Facts from the Myths
                                                                                       by Meshach Asare-Werehene
     INFECTION                                                                         (The University of Ottawa, Canada)
     ODE/PDE Analysis in R
     by William E Schiesser (Lehigh University,                                        This exciting reader-friendly book addresses the
     USA)                                                                              general perspectives of cancer in diverse ways
                                                                                       — everyday lifestyle, nutrition, environmental
     Two models for the spread and control of
                                                                                       factors as well as genetics. The author, an
     a virus are detailed in this book: The Lung/
                                                                                       expert in Immuno-Oncology, makes conscious
     Respiratory System Model (LSM) and the SVIR
                                                                                       efforts to break down the complexities of cancer
     (Susceptible-Vaccinated-Infected-Recovered)
                                                                                       development through the use of scientific
     Model.
                                                                                       evidences and everyday activities. There are so many myths about cancer
     Principal outputs from the ODE/PDE models are the levels of vaccinations          out there. This book employs scientific basis to separate the facts from the
     and infections. For the latter, the efficacy of the vaccine is a parameter that   myths while making it comprehensible to all readers irrespective of their
     can be varied in a computer-based analysis of a vaccine therapy.                  scientific background. Readers are also introduced to the modern trends
                                                                                       in cancer therapeutics.
     The coding of the models is in R, a quality, open-source scientific computing
     system, and can be executed on modest computers. The R routines are               200pp                           Jun 2020
     available from a download link so that the example models can be executed         978-981-121-225-3               US$58    £50
     without having to first study numerical methods and computer coding. The
     routines can then be applied to variations and extensions of the ODE/PDE
     models, such as changes in the parameters and the form of the model               REVOLUTIONARY
     equations.                                                                        THERAPIES
                                                                                       How the California Stem Cell Program
     180pp                            Mar 2021
                                                                                       Saved Lives, Eased Suffering — and
     978-981-123-663-1                US$78    £70
                                                                                       Changed the Face of Medicine Forever
                                                                                       by Don C Reed (Americans for Cures
                                                                                       Foundation, USA)
     WHAT MAKES YOU
     UNIQUE?                                                                           “Even for those of us who are familiar with
     The Secrets of Genes and Heredity                                                 the science and progress of the clinical
     by Lin He (Chinese Academy of Sciences,                                           research, reading Don’s account provides
     China), Bo Hai (Shanghai Media Group,                                             such rich perspective and reminds us that all
     China) & Chang Qin (Shanghai Media                                                the datasets, graphs and lingo sometimes get in the way of conveying
     Group, China)                                                                     information in a way that addresses what matters most to the public
                                                                                       and patients ... With humility and respect, he discusses policy and
     Why do twins look alike? How are we similar                                       controversial issues such as the importance of fetal research and he
     to our parents? What is the genetic code?                                         does so in such a lucid and understandable way. The world has recently
     Professor Lin He, an Academician of the                                           changed because of stem cell research and Don’s book captures this
     Chinese Academy of Sciences, shares his                                           transformational time in history.”
     childhood stories and knowledge of genetics in this vividly illustrated                                                              Maria T Millan,
     popular science book.                                                                                            M D, President and CEO of CIRM
     104pp                            Feb 2021                                         368pp                           Mar 2020
     978-981-123-248-0                US$19.95         £20                             978-981-121-328-1               US$98    £85

     COMPUTATIONAL                                                                     ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
     MODELING OF THE                                                                   DECODED
     COVID-19 DISEASE                                                                  The History, Present, and Future of
     Numerical ODE Analysis with R                                                     Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
12   Programming                                                                       (2nd Edition)
     by William E Schiesser (Lehigh University,                                        by Ronald Sahyouni (University of
     USA)                                                                              California, San Diego, USA)

     The book is intended for readers who are                                          This book aims to present, educate and inform
     interested in learning about the use of computer-                                 individuals about Alzheimer’s disease in a
     based modelling of the COVID-19 disease. It                                       comprehensive manner. Its scope ranges from
     provides a basic introduction to a five-ordinary                                  the discovery of the disease, epidemiology and
     differential equation (ODE) model by providing a complete statement of the        basic biological principles underlying it, to advanced stem cell therapies
     model, including a detailed discussion of the ODEs, initial conditions and        used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s. It adopts a “global” perspective on
     parameters, followed by a line-by-line explanation of a set of R routines (R is   Alzheimer’s disease, and include epidemiological data and science from
     a quality, scientific programming system readily available from the Internet).    countries around the world.
     The reader can access and execute these routines without having to first
                                                                                       280pp                           Oct 2021
     study numerical algorithms and computer coding (programming) and can
                                                                                       978-981-123-510-8               US$58    £50
     perform numerical experimentation with the model on modest computers.

     108pp                            Jun 2020
     978-981-122-287-0                US$48    £40

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MEMORY MAKES THE                                                               ANDROCENTRISM
BRAIN                                                                          The Ascendancy of Man
                                                                               by Charles Pasternack (Oxford
The Biological Machinery that Uses
                                                                               International Biomedical Centre, UK)
Experiences to Shape Individual Brains
by Christian Hansel (The University of                                         Since time immemorial, men have assumed
Chicago, USA)                                                                  superior innate qualities which have justified
The development of the young brain after birth                                 them in exerting power over the other sex right
and the emergence of cognitive capacities,                                     up to the twentieth century. The last few years
mind, and individuality rest on the maturation                                 have seen the emergence of a new literary
of a dense net of synaptic connections between                                 genre: to show that despite this, women have
neurons. Memory Makes the Brain describes                                      managed to become outstanding writers, artists,
the dramatic, competitive elimination of surplus synapses that occur in        scientists, explorers, rulers and politicians. Of such books, none discusses
the young, maturing brain — in a process called synaptic pruning that was      a fundamental question: is the supposed male superiority biological, or has
discovered by pediatric neurologist Peter Huttenlocher in the 1970’s at        it arisen for some other reason over the course of time?
the University of Chicago. Explaining similarities between developmental       200pp                           Oct 2021
pruning and learning processes in the adult brain, neurobiologist Christian    978-981-124-083-6               US$58    £50
Hansel offers a unique perspective on brain adaptation and plasticity          978-981-124-184-0(pbk)\         US$28    £25
throughout lifetime, at times weaving in personal accounts and memories.

192pp                            Jan 2021
978-981-122-880-3                US$78    £70                                             GENETICS AND GENOMICS

STRATEGIC LEARNING                                                             INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL
A Holistic Approach to Studying                                                METAGENOMICS
by Robert K Kamei (National University of                                      by Zhong Wang (DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA &
Singapore, Singapore & Duke University, USA)                                   Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA)

“Learning scientists have done a good job                                      Breakthroughs in high-throughput genome sequencing and high-performance
of getting their findings to instructors to help                               computing technologies have enabled scientists to decode many genomes
them improve their teaching. But so much of                                    including our own. Now there is a bigger ambition: to get a holistic view
learning is under the student’s — and only the                                 of microbial communities within us and around us, gaining insights that
student’s — control. Strategic Learning fills a                                could revolutionize the view about our health and our environment. In
critical need to educate students on what the                                  metagenomics, the DNAs of a microbial community are sequenced directly
field knows about how to learn productively.                                   from the habitats without lab cultivation. This creates an enormous data
We should be getting it into the hands of every university student.”           challenge, as metagenomics projects can generate tens of tera bases of
                                                       Lori Breslow            sequences, equivalent to tens of thousands of human genomes.
         Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management                       This interdisciplinary book is essential reading for those who are interested
 Founding Director, MIT Teaching & Learning Laboratory                         in beginning their own journey in metagenomics data science. It is a prism
                                                                               to look through various intricate computational metagenomics problems and
200pp                            Jul 2021
                                                                               understand their three distinctive aspects: metagenomics, data engineering,
978-981-122-663-2                US$58       £50
                                                                               and algorithms. It is specially tailored for graduate students and advanced
978-981-122-777-6(pbk)           US$28       £25
                                                                               undergraduates from genomics science or computer science fields, but
                                                                               beginner researchers from similar disciplines may also find it very useful.

STEM CELLS                                                                     300pp                           Apr 2022
From Hype to Hope                                                              978-981-124-246-5               US$108 £95
edited by Khawaja Husnain Haider
(Sulaiman AlRajhi University, Saudi Arabia)
                                                                               HOW TO CONSTRUCT
During the last two decades, stem cells have
progressed from merely a concept to a vibrant                                  YOUR INTELLECTUAL                                                               13
field of regenerative medicine which is aimed at                               PEDIGREE
addressing the root cause of the problem rather                                A History of Mentoring in Science
than conventional methods of intervention that                                 by Elof Axel Carlson (Stony Brook
mostly provide symptomatic relief.                                             University, New York, USA)

Given the significance of the field, the proposed book will be a compilation   This is a handbook that shows the reader how
of the bench experience of experts from various research labs involved in      to construct an intellectual pedigree. It is also
the cutting edge area of stem cell research.                                   a history of science monograph because the
                                                                               completed intellectual pedigrees can be used
280pp                           Mar 2020                                       individually or collectively to trace the influences of mentoring in the life
978-981-120-552-1               US$98    £85                                   sciences. The author uses Hermann Joseph Muller (1890–1967) (which
                                                                               includes his own intellectual pedigree) to show how knowledge was shifted
                                                                               from Italy to Germany and England, to France, and then to the American
                                                                               Colonies. Through Muller, the author goes in two directions, one leading to

          eTextbooks Available!                                                Huxley, Darwin, and Newton. The second leads to Agassiz, Malpighi, Borelli,
                                                                               and Galileo. The author also shows, from comparing 60 additional intellectual
         Digital resources made convenient                                     pedigrees, that about one third go to Newton, one third to Galileo and the
          for your students at a lower cost.                                   rest to other icons of the past.

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