Proceedings of the Symposium on Retinal Degeneration, held in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia in September 1992 as a satellite meeting of the 10th International Congress of Eye Research. The volume is divided into four sections: the macula, aging, and macular degeneration (six papers); retinitis pigmentosi

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Product Description: "Swine as Models in Biomedical Research" is based on the proceedings of the Seventh Charles River International Symposium, which called upon recognised experts in the use of swine as animal models in various biomedical fields to present overview talks in their areas of interest...read more

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Product Description: All the recognized experts from Europe, U.S.A. and Japan have contributed to make this book the most comprehensive, up-to-date survey of animal models available for AIDS research. It concerns animals which can be infected by the Human Immune-deficiency Viruses, both HIV-1 and HIV-2, such as chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, rabbits, SCID-mice reconstituted with human cells and mice transgenic for HIV...read more

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