Cells and Tissues in Culture Methods, Biology and Physiology

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Front Cover; Cells and Tissues in Culture: Methods, Biology and Physiology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Foreword to Volume 3; Foreword to Volume 1; Foreword to Volume 2; Contents of Volume 1; Contents of Volume 2; CHAPTER 1. The Molecular Organization of Cells and Tissues in Culture; I. INTRODUCTION; II. METHODS; III. CELLULAR ORGANIZATION AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL; IV. FlBROGENESIS IN TlSSUE CULTURE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. Tissue Culture in Radiobiology; I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; II. THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON CELL PROLIFERATION. III. EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON THE GROWTH OF TISSUE AND CELL CULTURESIV. EFFECT OF RADIATION ON THE GROWTH OF ISOLATED CELLS; V. IRRADIATION OF SELECTED PARTS OF THE CELL; VI. SOME FALLACIOUS METHODS OF GROWTH MEASUREMENT; VII. NON-MITOTIG CELL DEATH; VIII. DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE CYTOPLASM; IX. RADIATION AND CELL DIFFERENTIATION; X. THE RADIOSENSITIVITY OF MALIGNANT CELLS; XI. CHEMICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING RADIOSENSITIVITY; XII. EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON THE CULTURE MEDIUM; XIII. COMPARISON OF IN VITRO WITH IN VIVO SENSITIVITY; XIV. COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT SORTS OF IONIZING RADIATION. XV. EFFECTS OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONXVI. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. Effects of Invading Organisms on Cells and Tissues in Culture; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PROTOZOA; III. BACTERIA; IV. MYGOPLASMA (PPLO); V. MlYAGAWANELLA; VI. POXVIRUSES; VII. HERPES VIRUSES; VIII. ADENOVIRUSES; IX. PAPOVA VIRUSES; X. MYXOVIRUSES; XI. AVIAN SARCOMAS AND LYMPHOMAS; XII. PIGORNA VIRUSES; XIII. ARBOVIRUSES; XIV. MISCELLANEOUS VIRUSES; XV. APOLOGIA AND EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. Cell, Tissue and Organ Cultures in Virus Research; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ISOLATION OF VIRUSES IN TISSUE CULTURE. III. IDENTIFICATION OF VIRUSESIV. TITRATION OF VIRUSES; V. REPLICATION OF VIRUSES; VI. VIRAL GENETICS; VII. PRODUCTION OF VIRUS VACCINES; VIII. TRANSFORMATION OF CELLS BY VIRUSES; IX. VIRUS STUDIES IN ORGAN CULTURES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. Antibody Production in Tissue Culture; I. INTRODUCTION; II. EARLY ATTEMPTS AT IN VITRO STUDIES; III. REGENT IN VITRO STUDIES; IV. COMBINED IN VITRO-IN VIVO STUDIES; V. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. Tissue Culture in Pharmacology; I. INTRODUCTION; II. METHODS OF ASSESSMENT OF DRUG ACTIVITY. III. TISSUE CULTURE IN SCREENING SYSTEMS IN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPYIV. TISSUE CULTURE IN THE STUDY OF PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. Invertebrate Tissue and Organ Culture in Cell Research; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DESIGN OF CULTURE MEDIA; III. PREPARATION OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES; IV. SOURCES OF CELLS AND TISSUES; V. GROWTH BY CELL DIVISION IN TISSUE CULTURES; VI. AGGREGATION OF DISSOCIATED CELLS; VII. CULTURE OF ORGANS AND EMBRYOS IN DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES; VIII. INVERTEBRATE TISSUE CULTURE IN PATHOLOGY; REFERENCES