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Chapter 1 The French Paradox |
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Chapter 2 LDL Oxidation --- Briefly |
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Chapter 3 Acetylation of LDL |
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21 | (16) |
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Chapter 5 The Oxygen Paradox |
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Chapter 6 Retrolental Fibroplasia from 1956 to 1972: The Quiet Time |
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47 | (6) |
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Chapter 7 The Second Epidemic of Retrolental Fibroplasia: 1972--20?? |
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Chapter 8 Cytokines and Chemokines |
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61 | (4) |
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Chapter 9 LDL Oxidation by Free Radicals --- In Detail |
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Chapter 10 Two Other Ways to Oxidize LDL: Lipoxygenase and Nitric Oxide |
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Chapter 11 What is the Raison d'être for Oxidized LDL? |
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Chapter 12 Fatty Streaks and Foam Cells |
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Chapter 13 Embryonic Stem Cells |
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133 | (16) |
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Chapter 14 Adult Stem Cells |
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Chapter 15 Transgenic Mice |
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Chapter 16 Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease with Antioxidants: An Introduction |
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Chapter 17 The Mediterranean Diet |
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Chapter 18 Acute Myocardial Infarctions in Japan and Norway from 1910 to 1950 |
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215 | (10) |
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Chapter 19 Wine, Beer, and Spirits as Antioxidants |
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Chapter 20 A Perspective on Antioxidant Vitamins for the Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease |
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Chapter 22 The Thalidomide Saga |
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319 | (14) |
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Chapter 25 Do Combinations of Antioxidant Vitamins Work Better than Individual Vitamins in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease? |
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357 | (8) |
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365 | (6) |
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Chapter 27 Molecular Markers, Reporter Genes and Suicide Genes |
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Chapter 28 Stem Cells for the Heart: Hype or Hope? |
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Chapter 29 The Prizefight |
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465 | (24) |
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Chapter 31 Cre/Lox: A Cut-and-Paste Method of Gene Swapping Without a Mac or PC and a New Scientific Term with Vast Significance |
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Chapter 32 Bacteriophage, Transgenic Mice and Transgenic Marmosets |
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Chapter 33 Phage Geometry and Soccer Balls |
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Chapter 34 Euler's Formula |
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Chapter 35 E = mc2 and Einstein's Brain |
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Chapter 36 The Manhattan Project and Its Connection with Albert Einstein |
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Chapter 37 A Gadget, a Little Boy and a Fat Man |
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Chapter 38 Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramon Y Cajal: Bitter Rivals to The End |
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