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Rare kidney diseases comprise a large group of different life-threatening or chronically debilitating disorders that affect very small numbers of people (<1 in 2000 individuals in Europe and <200,000 in USA) with local or systemic manifestations. For several years, the research and development of treatments in this field have been neglected in favor of more common diseases. The main reasons for the lack of interest in rare kidney diseases seem to be the small numbers of patients and limited epidemiological data on the natural history of many of these diseases. Rare diseases can affect people differently. Even patients with the same condition can exhibit very different signs and symptoms, or ...
Living Organ Donor Transplantation, Second Edition puts the entire discipline in perspective while guiding readers step-by-step through the most common organ transplant surgeries. Organized into four cohesive parts and featuring numerous surgical illustrations, this sourcebook delivers an incisive look at every key consideration for general surgeons who perform transplantations, from patient selection to recipient workup and outcomes, and emphasizes the most humanitarian approaches. Sections provide content on living donor uterus transplantation, new operative techniques, including the use of robotic and minimally invasive transplant procedures, new immunosuppressive regimens, new protocols ...
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a major signaling intermediary that coordinates favorable environmental conditions with cell growth. Indeed, as part of two functionally distinct protein complexes, named mTORC1 and mTORC2, mTOR regulates a variety of cellular processes, including protein, lipid, and nucleotide synthesis, as well as autophagy. Over the last two decades, major molecular advances have been made in mTOR signaling and have revealed the complexity of the events implicated in mTOR function and regulation. In parallel, the role of mTOR in diverse pathological conditions has also been identified, including in cancer, hamartoma, neurological, and metabolic diseases. Through a series of articles, this book focuses on the role played by mTOR in cellular processes, metabolism in particular, and highlights a panel of human diseases for which mTOR inhibition provides or might provide benefits. It also addresses future studies needed to further characterize the role of mTOR in selected disorders, which will help design novel therapeutic approaches. It is therefore intended for everyone who has an interest in mTOR biology and its application in human pathologies.
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Questo volume affronta gli aspetti clinici, assistenziali e organizzativi del trattamento del neuroleso grave: dal primo soccorso fino alla donazione degli organi a scopo di trapianto, nel caso di arresto irreversibile delle funzioni cerebrali. Nel libro particolare attenzione viene posta all’accoglienza del paziente e alla comunicazione con i familiari, e viene evidenziato il carattere fondamentale del prelievo di organi a scopo di trapianto, quale continuità assistenziale. Guida utile per chi opera nei reparti di terapia intensiva, di rianimazione, neurochirurgia, pronto soccorso e centri di coordinamento trapianti, è completato da appendici con ricca modulistica, linee guida nazionali e normative di pertinenza.
Contiene tutti i giocatori, tutte le squadre, tutte le partite giocate dalla Juventus dalla nascita della società nel 1897 ad oggi. Storia, curiosità, troverete la risposta a quasi tutte le possibili domande sulla Vecchia Signora.
Un libro che riscrive la storia del camorrista più temuto d'Italia. «Don Raffaele sopravvive ancora oggi nell'immaginario collettivo di una intera regione, la Campania, che pure avrebbe ottimi motivi per maledirne la memoria, e nei ricordi di chi in lui ha visto non già il criminale spietato, inventore della camorra moderna, ma il difensore dei poveri e il vendicatore degli oppressi. Un leader politico prima ancora che mafioso. L'unico in grado di far dialogare lo Stato e le Brigate rosse». Figura criminale tra le più potenti nella storia delle mafie, don Raffaele Cutolo è stato per certi versi il nostro Pablo Escobar. Magnanimo, violento, generoso, temuto. Un uomo, il fondatore della ...