Comparative Medicine: Volume 1 and Volume 2

Author: Shi Xinyou
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: Comparative medicine is an emerging interdisciplinary field that studies the health and diseases of animals and humans, aiming to explore and elucidate the nature of human diseases. This book is divided into two volumes, with 30 chapters and nearly 2.4 million words, accompanied by 250 illustrations. The General Part includes 9 chapters such as Introduction to Comparative Medicine, Selection and Application of Experimental Animals in Comparative Medicine Research and Influencing Factors, Modern Experimental Animals and Comparative Medicine, Biotechnology (including animal genomics, gene knockout, cloning, embryonic engineering, biochips, tissue engineering, and nanotechnology) and Comparative Medicine, Comparative Pharmacology, Comparative Toxicology, Comparative Environmental Health, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Models and Comparative Medicine. The Specific Part includes 21 chapters such as Comparative Immunology, Oncology, Neurology and Psychiatry, Cardiology, Hematology, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Urology, Reproductive Physiology and Teratology, Endocrinology, Orthopedics, Dentistry, Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Physicochemical Injury Medicine, Nutrition and Metabolism Medicine, etc. Each chapter provides detailed discussions from aspects such as comparative anatomy and histology, comparative physiology, comparative biochemistry, comparative pathology, spontaneous models, induced models, cell lines, and special animal experimental techniques. The compilers of this book possess strong expertise, extensive experience, novel content, precise material selection, fluent writing, and rich illustrations, making it a rare and highly valuable reference book for comparative medicine. It is systematic, comprehensive, scientifically rigorous, advanced, and practical, serving as both a reference book and a tool book. This book is the first of its kind in China and fills a gap in the international academic field. It holds significant reference value for scientific and technical personnel in experimental animal science, as well as for a broad range of researchers in medicine, pharmacy, biology, and veterinary medicine. It is expected to play a positive role in promoting research across various fields of life sciences.