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A Guide to Methods in the Biomedical Sciences gives a basic description of common methods used in research. This is not intended to be a methods book. Rather, it is intended to be a book that outlines the purpose of the methods described, their limitations and provide alternative approaches as appropriate. Thousands of methods have been developed in the various biomedical disciplines and those covered in this book represent the basic, essential and most widely used methods in several different disciplines.
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A GUIDE TO METHODS IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES This page intentionally left blank A GUIDE TO METHODS IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RONALD B. CORLEY, Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA, USA Springer eBook ISBN: Print ISBN: 0-387-22845-4 0-387-22844-6 ©2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. Print ©2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. Boston All rights reserved No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Springer's eBookstore at: and the Springer Global Website Online at: http://ebooks.springerlink.com http://www.springeronline.com Thanks to TLOML GOMD and to all of our children, to whom I dedicate this. This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgements There are many people to thank for their help in making this book possible. A true debt of gratitude goes to the many students and technicians who have worked in my laboratory, and made bringing new methods to the lab so much fun. I have learned more from you than you did from me. You would never have known that some of your work would end up in a book like this! Thanks also to Alex for help with research, Ky