Product Description: PCR: Methods Express describes the latest PCR-based methodologies and approaches and provides the most up-to-date practical advice on how to tackle a broad range of biological problems using these techniques. Every chapter discusses the merits and limitations of various approaches and then provides selected tried-and-tested protocols with useful hints and tips for success, along with strategies for optimization...read more

Product Description: PCR is the most widely used technique in molecular biology. New PCR variants offering substantial benefits to existing protocols appear on a frequent basis. PCR: Methods Express describes the very latest PCR-based methodologies and approaches to provide the most up-to-date practical advice on how to tackle a broad range of biological problems including: *real time qRT-PCR *rapid generation of gene targeting constructs *PCR multiplexes *PCR-based mutagenesis *identification of microdeletions and microduplications *DNA methylation analysis *forensic genetic DNA typing *genotyping *identification of mutations in single cells *whole genome amplification *diagnosis of infectious diseases *inverse PCR-based RFLP This book is a comprehensive research guide; every chapter discusses the merits and limitations of the available approaches and then provides fully-proven protocols with hints and tips for success...read more

Product Description: Emphasizing practical technique over underlying physics, this book discusses the use of PET/CT imaging in lung, lymphoma, esophageal, colorectal, head/neck and melanoma, and tumors of the reproductive system. Each chapter offers a summary of the appropriate staging system, and a full chapter is devoted to the range of normal PET/CT appearances...read more

Product Description: If you ever thought that being an actor was glamorous or that writing television reviews was fun, then this book will set you straight. In 2000, actor Simon Hughes embarked on a national tour of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with the Bell Shakespeare Company while Simon Hughes (the TV critic) kept up his regular column...read more