MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY

New developments in medical science based on molecular pathologyFour tables and 75 figuresProteinsGene regulationMutationsPathology of globin moleculesMolecular aspects of inflammation, immunology, and carcinogenesisMolecular defects in the endocrine systemMolecular diseases of the bloodPharmacogeneticsDiagnosis of molecular diseases Content: 1. Introduction 2. The Molecule: Anatomy and Physiology 3. The Genome of Eukaryotes and Its Function 4. Gene Regulation 5. The Proteins 6. Molecular Bases of Cell Differentiation 7. The Molecular Structures of the Eukaryotic Cell 8. Mutation 9. The Pathology of Globin Molecules 10. The Molecular Aspects of Inflammation 11. The Molecular Aspects of Immunology 12. Molecular Aspects of Carcinogenesis 13. Molecular Biology of the Nervous System 14. Molecular Defects in the Endocrine System 15. Molecular Diseases of the Blood and Blood-Forming Tissues 16. Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Diseases 17. Pharmacogenetics 18. Diagnosis of Molecular Diseases This book provides modern views of developments in medical sciences based on advances in molecular pathology.