An Abridged Guide to Biomedical Research Including Epidemiological Methods, Test Types, Analysis of Trials, and More (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. This book contains a comprehensive overview of biomedical research, which is the basic, applied, or translational research conducted to aid and support the body of knowledge in the field of medicine. The increased longevity of humans over the past century can be significantly attributed to advances resulting from biomedical research. Among the major benefits have been vaccines for measles and polio, insulin treatment for diabetes, classes of antibiotics for treating a host of maladies, and medication for high blood pressure. Read about the process of biomedical research and test types including in vitro, in vivo, animal testing, and much more. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.