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Massaro (National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, North Carolina) offers 35 contributions that examine the toxicity of copper and the pathways by which it enters biological organisms of various kinds, from mammals to plants and fungi. The papers are organized into sections on copper proteins, transport in the body, molecular pathogenesis of diseases of copper metabolism, copper toxicity and their therapeutics, and copper metabolism and homeostasis. The role of copper in a number of human afflictions, including Alzheimer's, prion, and Parkinson's diseases, is considered in a number of the contributions.Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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The National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC. Text provides researchers with the current information needed to work in copper biology. Includes new insights into the role of copper in ALS, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's diseases. Contains color plates. Expanded-outline format. DNLM: Copper--Metabolism.