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This third, fully revised edition, brings the reader up to date with recent advances made in the study of disease at the molecular and cellular level, and examines the new possibilities for treatment. Subjects covered include methods used in molecular medicine and the polymerase chain reaction.

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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.

Basic Molecular and Cell Biology

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      Publisher BMJ Books
      Published 9 January 1997
      ISBN-13 9780727911957
      978-0727911957
      ISBN-10 0727911953
      Also in:
      Clinical and internal medicine Cellular biology (cytology) Genetics (non-medical)

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This third, fully revised edition, brings the reader up to date with recent advances made in the study of disease at the molecular and cellular level, and examines the new possibilities for treatment. Subjects covered include methods used in molecular medicine and the polymerase chain reaction.

      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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