Download or read book Biomedical Applications of Proteomics written by Jean-Charles Sanchez and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first book to provide an overview of applications of proteomics in the discovery of new diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic targets, a team of international specialists from research institutions, hospitals and companies contribute with their specific expertise. They cover a wide range of example applications for the most important diseases, such as heart and cardiovascular disorders, cancer, pharmatoxicology, infectious diseases and diseases of the nervous system. Denis Hochstrasser is an eminent scientist in the field of bioinformatics and proteomics and one of the founders of the Swiss Prot Databank as well as of the Swiss biotech company Genebio.