Overview of Haploidy -- Pathways to Microspore Embryogenesis -- The Role of Stress in the Induction of Haploid Microspore Embryogenesis -- Microspore Embryo Induction and Development in Higher Plants: Cytological and Ultrastructural Aspects -- Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Haploid Embryogenesis -- Storage Product Metabolism in Microspore-Derived Cultures of Brassicaceae -- Chromosome Dou…
Are Echinoderms of Interest to Biotechnology? -- Cell Adhesion and Communication: A Lesson from Echinoderm Embryos for the Exploitation of New Therapeutic Tools -- Cell Signalling During Sea Urchin Development: A Model for Assessing Toxicity of Environmental Contaminants -- Echinoderm Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production Measured by Peroxidase, Luminol-Enhanced Chemiluminescence (PLCL) as a…
How CpG Island Hypermethylation Leads to Cancer Dissemination: The Sounds of Silence for Tumor and Metastasis Suppressor Genes -- A Mouse Skin Multistage Carcinogenesis Model That Unmasks Epigenetic Lesions Responsible for Metastasis -- CpG Island Hypermethylation and Lung Cancer Invasion and Metastasis -- CpG Island Hypermethylation Changes during Prostate Cancer Progression and Metastasis -- …
DNA Methylation -- Epigenetic Mechanisms of Gene Regulation -- DNA Hypo- vs. Hypermethylation in Cancer -- DNA Methylation in Urological Cancers -- DNA Methylation in Colorectal Cancer -- CpG Island Hypermethylation of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Human Cancer -- The Loss of Methyl Groups in DNA of Tumor Cells and Tissues -- Identifying Clinicopathological Association of DNA Hypermethylation in Ca…
1 Bioractor systems for tissue engineering: A four dimensional challenge -- 2 Microreactor optimization for functional tissue engineering -- 3 Taylor-vortex bioreactors for enhanced mass transport -- 4 Packed bed bioreactors -- 5 Design and operation of a radial flow bioreactor for reconstruction of cultured tissues -- 6 Cartilage growth in magnetic resonance microscopy-compatible hollow fiber …
Materials and Preparations -- Electrochemical Pore Array Fabrication on n-Type Silicon Electrodes -- Macropores in p-Type Silicon -- Highly Ordered Nanohole Arrays in Anodic Porous Alumina -- The Way to Uniformity in Porous III–V Compounds via Self-Organization and Lithography Patterning -- Microporous Honeycomb-Structured Polymer Films -- From Nanosize Silica Spheres to Three-Dimensional Col…
Order-disorder conformational transitions of carbohydrate polymers -- Thermal analyses and combined techniques in food physical chemistry -- Recrystallisation of starch studied with MDSC -- Calorimetric information about food and food constituents -- Using DSC for monitoring protein conformation stability and effects on fat droplets crystallinity in complex food emulsions -- Structural and func…
From the Contents: Gene-based Technologies for Livestock Industries in the 3rd Millennium -- Challenges and Opportunities for Controlling and Preventing Animal Diseases in Developing Countries through Gene-based Technologies -- Molecular Genetics and Livestock Selection -- First Report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources -- Development of Germline Manipulation Technologies in…
Tissue Engineering -- Bio-Artificial Organs -- Bioartificial Pancreas: An Update -- Bioartificial Skin -- Bioartificial Liver -- Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels and the Future of Tissue Substitutes -- Tissue Engineering of Cartilage and Myocardium -- Tissue Engineered Heart -- Bone Tissue Engineering -- Stem Cells — Potential for Tissue Engineering -- Microencapsulation for Disease Treatment …
The 18th ESACT meeting was celebrated in Granada (Spain) in May 2003, and was entitled "Animal Cell Technology Meets Genomics", in order to reflect that the emerging technologies in the area of genomics, proteomics and other "-omics"-type disciplines will provide key technological assets to increase knowledge and open new horizons in animal cell technology. During the meeting a variety of top-c…