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Зміст “...Can the Poor Benefit from Genetically Modified Foods? --...”

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Зміст “...Transnational corporations and the promotion of genetically modified food / Marc Williams -- Corporations, seeds, and intellectual property rights governance / Susan K. ...”

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Зміст “...Spatializing International Activism: Genetically Modified Foods on the Internet /...”

Зміст “...Governing consumption : mobilizing 'the consumer' within genetically modified and organic food networks /...”
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Зміст “...Contesting biotechnology : cross-continental concerns about genetically modified crops /...”

Зміст “...The WTO dispute over genetically modified organisms : interface problems of international trade law, environmental law and biotechnology law /...”

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Зміст “...Section Overview -- 38. Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods; G. Comstock -- 39. Women and the Gendered Politics of Food; V. ...”

Зміст “...Contents note continued: Overweight/Obesity -- Diabetes Mellitus -- Cardiovascular Diseases -- Cancer -- Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation -- Promoting Healthy Diets and Lifestyles -- Dietary Guidelines -- Vitamin and Mineral Enrichment of Basic Foods -- Controversy in Food Enrichment -- Genetically Modified Foods -- Food and Nutrition Policy -- Evolution of a Federal Role -- Nutrition Issues in Development Policies -- Role of the Private Sector and Non-Governmental Organizations -- Role of Health Providers -- Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation -- Standard Reference Populations -- Measuring Deviation from the Reference Population -- Global Nutrition Targets for 2025 -- Food Quality and Safety -- Nutrition and the New Public Health -- Summary -- Note -- Bibliography -- Recommended Reading -- Foodborne Illness, Nutrition, and Infectious Disease -- Monitoring Growth and Body Mass -- Nutrient Requirements, Recommended Dietary Intakes, and Dietary Guidelines --...”

Зміст “...-- 9.2 The process of metastasis -- 9.3 Invasion and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition -- 9.4 Intravasation -- 9.5 Transport -- 9.6 Extravasation -- 9.7 Metastatic colonization -- Therapeutic strategies -- 9.8 Metalloproteinase inhibitors (MPIs) -- 9.9 Strategies for restoring metastasis suppressors -- 9.10 Targeting several steps of metastasis at once -- 10 Angiogenesis -- 10.1 The angiogenic switch -- 10.2 Cell behavior during angiogenic sprouting -- 10.3 Other means of tumor neovascularization -- Therapeutic strategies -- 10.4 Anti-angiogenic therapy -- 10.5 Vascular targeting by vascular disrupting agents -- 11 Nutrient and hormone effects on the genome -- 11.1 Introduction to food and cancer -- 11.2 Causative factors -- 11.3 Preventative factors : microconstituents of fruits and vegetables -- 11.4 Reprogramming energy metabolism in tumor cells -- an emerging hallmark of cancer -- 11.5 Genetic polymorphisms and diet -- 11.6 Vitamin D : a link between nutrients and hormone action -- 11.7 Hormones and cancer -- Therapeutic strategies -- 11.8 "Enhanced" foods and dietary supplements for chemoprevention -- 11.9 Drugs that target energy pathways -- 11.10 Drugs that target energy pathways -- 11.10 Drugs that target estrogen -- 12 Tumor immunology and immunotherapy -- 12.1 Lymphocytes : B cells and T cells -- 12.2 The tumor suppressive roles of the immune system -- 12.3 Immune checkpoints -- 12.4 Cancer immunoediting and tumor promotion -- 12.5 Mechanisms of avoiding immune destruction -- Therapeutic strategies -- 12.6 Therapeutic antibodies -- 12.7 Cancer vaccines -- 12.8 Immune checkpoints blockades -- 12.9 Adoptive T-cell transfer, modified T-cell receptors, and chimeric antigen receptors -- 12.10 Oncolytic viruses and virotherapy -- 13 Infectious agents and inflammation -- 13.1 Identifying infectious agents as carcinogens -- 13.2 Inflammation and cancer -- Therapeutic strategies -- 13.3 A national vaccination program against hepatitis B virus in Taiwan -- 13.4 Eradication of H. pylori and the relationship to prevention of gastric cancer -- 13.5 Cancer vaccines to prevent cervical cancer -- 13.6 Inhibition of inflammation -- 14 Technology and drug and diagnostics development -- 14.1 Microarrays and gene expression profiling -- 14.2 Analysis of biomarkers for diagnostics and prognostics -- 14.3 Studying gene function by CRISPR-Cas9 -- 14.4 Imaging -- 14.5 Cancer nanotechnology -- 14.6 Strategies of drug development -- 14.7 Development of imatinib -- 14.8 Second- and third-generation therapeutics -- 14.9 Improved clinical trial design -- 14.10 Personalized medicine and bioinformatics -- 14.11 Are we making progress? ...”

Зміст “...-- ch. 2 The Systems of the Body -- The Nervous System -- Overview -- The Brain -- Contents note continued: Box 2.1 Costs of War to the Brain -- The Role of Neurotransmitters -- Disorders of the Nervous System -- The Endocrine System -- Overview -- The Adrenal Glands -- Disorders Involving the Endocrine System -- The Cardiovascular System -- Overview -- The Heart -- Disorders of the Cardiovascular System -- Blood Pressure -- The Blood -- The Respiratory System -- Overview -- The Structure and Functions of the Respiratory System -- Disorders Associated with the Respiratory System -- Dealing with Respiratory Disorders -- The Digestive System and the Metabolism of Food -- Overview -- The Functioning of the Digestive System -- Disorders of the Digestive System -- The Renal System -- Overview -- Disorders of the Renal System -- The Reproductive System -- Overview -- The Ovaries and Testes -- Fertilization and Gestation -- Disorders of the Reproductive System -- Genetics and Health -- Overview -- Genetics and Susceptibility to Disorders -- The Immune System -- Contents note continued: Overview -- Infection -- The Course of Infection -- Box 2.2 Portraits of Two Carriers -- Immunity -- Disorders Related to the Immune System -- pt. 2 Health Behavior and Primary Prevention -- ch. 3 Health Behaviors -- An Introduction to Health Behaviors -- Role of Behavioral Factors in Disease and Disorder -- Health Promotion: An Overview -- Health Behaviors and Health Habits -- Practicing and Changing Health Behaviors: An Overview -- Barriers to Modifying Poor Health Behaviors -- Intervening with Children and Adolescents -- Intervening with At-Risk People -- Health Promotion and Older Adults -- Ethnic and Gender Differences in Health Risks and Habits -- Changing Health Habits -- Attitude Change and Health Behavior -- The Health Belief Model -- The Theory of Planned Behavior -- Self-Determination Theory -- Criticisms of Attitude Theories -- Implementation Intentions -- Health Behavior Change and the Brain -- Contents note continued: Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Health Behavior Change -- Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) -- Self-Monitoring -- Stimulus Control -- Box 3.1 Classical Conditioning -- The Self-Control of Behavior -- Box 3.2 Operant Conditioning -- Box 3.3 Modeling -- Social Skills and Relaxation Training -- Motivational Interviewing -- Relapse Prevention -- Evaluation of CBT -- The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change -- Stages of Change -- Using the Stage Model of Change -- Changing Health Behaviors Through Social Engineering -- Venues for Health-Habit Modification -- The Private Practitioner's Office -- The Health Practitioner's Office -- The Family -- Self-Help Groups -- Schools -- Workplace Interventions -- Community-Based Interventions -- The Mass Media -- Cellular Phones and Landlines -- The Internet -- ch. 4 Health-Promoting Behaviors -- Exercise -- Benefits of Exercise -- Determinants of Regular Exercise -- Exercise Interventions -- Accident Prevention -- Contents note continued: Home and Workplace Accidents -- Motorcycle and Automobile Accidents -- Cancer-Related Health Behaviors -- Mammograms -- Colorectal Cancer Screening -- Sun Safety Practices -- Developing a Healthy Diet -- Changing Diet -- Resistance to Modifying Diet -- Interventions to Modify Diet -- Sleep -- What Is Sleep? ...”

Зміст “...Not So Fast / Julian Savulescu -- Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods / Roberta Millstein -- ch. 23 Sexual Morality / Gary Comstock -- Just the Facts / Gary Comstock -- Argument Analysis / Gary Comstock -- Conclusion / Gary Comstock -- Essential Concepts / Gary Comstock -- Stat Shot / Gary Comstock -- Cases for Critical Thinking / Gary Comstock -- Readings / Gary Comstock -- Why Shouldn't Tommy and Jim Have Sex? ...”