Basic molecular and cell biology

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Basic molecular and cell biology

edited by David S. Latchman

BMJ Publishing Group, 1997

3rd ed

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Previous ed.: 1993

Includes index

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Description

This third, fully revised, edition brings the reader right up to date with the recent advances made in the study of disease at the molecular and cellular level, and examines the exciting new possibilities for treatment. Its clear and straightforward style will give doctors, medical students, and researchers valuable insight into molecular medicine and its applications.

Table of Contents

  • Molecular and cell biology in clinical medicine
  • methods in molecular medicine
  • the polymerase chain reaction - a tool for molecular medicine
  • an introduction to cells
  • stem cells in normal growth and disease
  • cell reproduction
  • apoptosis (programmed cell death)
  • cell to cell and cell to matrix adhesion
  • how do receptors at the cell surface transmit signals to the cell interior?
  • membrane traffic, from cell to clinic
  • cytoskeleton and disease
  • the cell nucleus' gene regulation and transcription factors
  • genes and cancer
  • human congenital malformations - insights from molecular genetics
  • molecular genetics of common diseases
  • impact of molecular biology on clinical genetics
  • monoclonal antibodies in medicine
  • production and use of therapeutic agents
  • gene therapy.

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