Biological Adhesive Systems: From Nature to Technical and

Biological Adhesive Systems: From Nature to Technical and Medical Application

J. Herbert Waite Like many graduate students before and after me I was There are so many species about which nothing is known, mesmerized by a proposition expressed years earlier by and the curse of not knowing is apathy. Krogh (1929) â€“ namely that â€œfor many problems there is Bioadhesion is the adaptation featured in this book, an animal on which it can be most conveniently studiedâ€. and biology has many adhesive practitioners. Indeed, This opinion became known as the August Krogh Prin- every living organism is adhesively assembled in the ciple and remains much discussed to this day, particu- most exquisite way. Clearly, speci? c adhesion needs to larly among comparative physiologists (Krebs, 1975). be distinguished from the opportunistic variety. I think The words â€œproblemsâ€ and â€œanimalâ€ are key because of speci? c adhesion as the adhesion between cells in the they highlight the two fundamental and complementary same tissue, whereas opportunistic adhesion might be the foci of biological research: (1) expertise about an animal adhesion between pathogenic microbes and the urinary (zoo-centric), which is mostly observational and (2) a tract, or between a slug and the garden path. If oppor- mechanistic analysis of some problem in the animalâ€™s life nistic bioadhesion is our theme, then there are still many history or physiology (problem-centric), which is usually practitioners but the subset is somewhat more select than a hypothesis-driven investigation. before.
Country USA
Brand Springer
Manufacturer Springer
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 28072507
ReleaseDate 2010-11-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783709101414

Country	USA
Brand	Springer
Manufacturer	Springer
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	28072507
ReleaseDate	2010-11-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783709101414

Biological Adhesive Systems: From Nature to Technical and Medical Application

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