Life Sciences for the 21st Century

Ribosomes, the Machines of Life

RNaseP: Variations and Uses

The Antiquity of RNA-based Evolution

Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetases as Potential Markers for the Development of the Genetic Code

The Ubiquitin-mediated Proteolytic System

How Proteins Speak With One Another in Cell Signaling

From Tyrphostins to Gleeve: Signal Transduction Therapy

Protein Phosphorylation: What does the Future Hold?

The Concept of Specificity in Peptide Vaccines for Infectious, Autoimmune and Neoplastic Diseases

The Prospect of Cell Replacement Therapy by Nuclear Transplantation

The Control of Hematopoiesis and Leukemia: From Basic Biology to the Clinic

No Future for Agriculture Without Plant Biotechnology

The Phantom Vector of an Emerging Viroid

From Rapeseed to Canola

Future of Maize Improvement

Population Dynamics in Evolutionary Ecology

Ehud Keinan is the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and Adjunct Professor at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. He was born and educated in Israel, received his Ph.D. degree under Y. Mazur from the Weizmann Institute of Science and was a postdoctoral fellow under B.M. Trost at the University of Wisconsin. Professor Keinan, who holds the Benno Gitter Ilana Ben-Ami Chair of Biotechnology, was the founder and first Head of the Institute of Catalysis Science and Technology (ICST) in Israel. His list of awards includes the New England award for academic excellence, the Joseph and Madeleine Nash award, the Shannon award, the CapCure award, and the Herschel-Rich award for scientific excellence. He has published over 130 scientific papers and holds 15 patents in various fields, including biocatalysis with antibodies and enzymes, organic synthesis, organometallic chemistry, drug discovery, and molecular computing devices.

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-- Chemistry & Industry

"In summary, the book is without any doubt very stimulating and informative for all scientists who wish to get a quick view of some of the major current topics of life sciences without having a special scientific background in each area."
-- Angewandte Chemie I.E.

"This book meets the editors' aim as a means to come abreast of recent developments both within and outside their specific disciplines."
-- Clinical Chemistry

"Ein hochinteressantes Buch, nicht nur für Mediziner und Biologen."
-- Christian Rüger, Fachforum für Transfusionsmedizin (www.transfusionsforum.de) + Deutsches Medizinforum (www.medizin-forum.de)

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-- Peter Jannsen, Hannover, Pharmazie in unserer Zeit 2/04, Erwähnung in: Tehnicki V Jesnik 10/03

"Das Buch richtet sich an jedermann, der ein aktives Interesse für die life sciences mitbringt. Sein Hauptziel ist, dem Leser Geschmack auf die Lebenswissenschaften zu Beginn des neuen Milleniums zu machen."
-- K.W. Alt, Mainz, Journal of Comparative Human Biology HOMO 54/3

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-- Stefan Hockertz, Hannover, Arzneimittel-Forschung / Drug Research

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"...this book meets the editors aim as a means to come abreast of recent developments both within and outside their specific disciplines." ( Clinical Chemistry , November 2004)