| Description |
x, 340 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27cm |
| Contents |
1. Haemophilia: molecular biology at the centre of human disease / E. G. D. Tuddenham -- 2. DNA, RNA and proteins / J. Sinclair -- 3. Analysing human genes / J. Sinclair -- 4. Transcriptional control of human gene expression / W. B. Solomon -- 5. Principles of medical genetics / J. M. Connor -- 6. Monogenic disorders / S. J. Kenwrick and T. M. Cox -- 7. Polygenic disorders / J. Scott -- 8. Molecular biology of cancer / M. J. C. Ellis and K. Sikora -- 9. Inherited cancers / B. A. J. Ponder -- 10. Molecular biology of the immune response / D. B. G. Oliveira, T. H. Rabbitts and A. Carmichael -- 11. Human autoimmunity / A. P. Weetman and D. B. Oliveira -- 12. Microbial infections / R. C. Matthews, J. M. Hopkin and J. Burnie -- 13. Viral infections / L. K. Borysiewicz and J. G. P. Sissons -- 14. Recombinant products for medical use / T. C. Peakman and M. J. Page -- 15. Drug discovery / G. Darby -- 16. Gene therapy / A. M. L. Lever |
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17. Prenatal diagnosis / P. M. Hurley and C. H. Rodeck -- 18. Molecular biology and the future of medicine / T. M. Cox |
| Summary |
Molecular Biology in Medicine provides a guide through the concepts, language and approaches of molecular biology and shows how it is applied to the practice of medicine. It introduces the basics of gene structure, gene expression and how genetic defects contribute to disease. Individual chapters show how molecular biology underpins our understanding of disease mechanisms and gives details of how this can be used to provide better healthcare, now and in the future. Molecular Biology in Medicine will appeal to a diverse readership, from practising physician or higher examination candidate, who wants to refresh their knowledge of molecular biology; to medical researchers who want to expand their knowledge beyond their ever-shrinking specialist subject; and to the medical and biomedical science student |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Genetic transcription.
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Medical genetics.
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Molecular biology.
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Molecular genetics.
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Pathology, Molecular.
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Cox, Timothy M
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Genetics, Medical.
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Sinclair, John Ph. D
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Molecular Biology.
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Transcription, Genetic.
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Genetics, Medical.
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Molecular Biology.
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Transcription, Genetic.
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| Author |
Cox, Timothy M.
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Sinclair, John.
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| LC no. |
96021997 |
| ISBN |
0632027851 (paperback) |
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0865427925 (hardcover) |
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