BIOLOGY OF DISEASE

BIOLOGY OF DISEASE 

FOR UPSC, SSC, RAILWAYS, NDA, CDS  & STATE LEVEL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS

PREFACE

Many students decide to follow a career path that is related to medicine, for example Biomedical Sciences (Medical Technology in the USA), Clinical Sciences, Clinical Physiology and Nursing. While there are a number of textbooks for medical students and nurses as well as a number covering the clinical biochemistry area, there did not seem to us to be a book that dealt with disease from a more scientific standpoint. Such a book would cover a range of disease conditions, their causes and diagnoses, and outline treatment but set at an appropriate level. The idea of writing Biology of Disease arose from discussions between ourselves and various colleagues and students over a number of years regarding the absence of a single book, which summarized most of the clinical material studied by first- and second-year Biomedical Sciences and related-degree students. It was felt that such a textbook would assist students during the first and second years of their degree programmes, particularly if it covered aspects of the Biomedical Sciences appropriate to courses accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science of the UK and similar courses elsewhere.

When writing Biology of Disease it was decided to include appropriate background material, describing it in relatively simple terms. However, in practice it was not possible to cover all these aspects; hence some knowledgeable of biochemistry and cell and molecular biology has been assumed. Although Biology of Disease is not primarily a medical textbook, we do think it could also be of value to students participating in foundation courses for medical schools. The areas and topics covered by the term biomedical sciences are vast and we have had to curtail the number of topics included – modern medicine and its ancillary subjects represent a huge body of knowledge. The structure of the book aims to help students plan their learning and navigate their way through complex topics. For example, all chapters begin with clearly stated Objectives, followed by a short Introduction to set the scene for the ensuing contents. The main body of text of all the chapters includes ‘Boxes’ of one or two pages length to highlight a medical or scientific aspect we felt to be of special interest. Margin Notes emphasize material worth highlighting and provide a little extra explanation to the text. Each chapter has a concluding short Summary. Students (and staff ) can test themselves against the chapter material using the simple Case Studies and relevant end-of-chapter questions provided. Each chapter is illustrated by simple line diagrams, light and electron micrographs and tables, as well as molecular models of compounds of interest.

Units and drug nomenclature proved somewhat troublesome! For the sake of consistency, we have generally tried to apply SI units whenever possible. Within the UK, differing hospitals seem to apply units on a rather arbitrary basis and, indeed, other countries, such as the USA, use differing units and systems of nomenclature. Thus, for example, in the UK a serum cholesterol concentration greater than 5 mmol dm–3 is regarded as clinically dangerous whereas the corresponding unit used in the US is 190 mg dL–1. In such cases, we have generally made somewhat arbitrary decisions and used whatever units seemed best suited to the purpose. We have applied a similar ad hoc system for naming some biological materials and drugs. Thus, for example in the USA adrenaline and paracetamol are called epinephrine and acetaminophen respectively. We have used UK nomenclature. We are grateful to the many people who helped in producing Biology of Disease, especially to our graphic artist, Mick Hoult of Manchester Metropolitan University, who not only drew and re-drew all of the many figures in the text and frequently improved upon our initial hazy notions and crude sketches.We would like to thank the numerous colleagues who offered helpful advice and suggestions, and to the many individuals who supplied illustrations. We are also grateful to our reviewers; in particular, Dr David Holmes of the University of Northumbria at Newcastle-upon-Tyne who commented on nearly every chapter but also to the individual reviewers of each respective chapter. Thanks must also go to the team at Taylor & Francis, especially editorial assistant Chris Dixon and editor Liz Owen, for their constant encouragement, and to our production editor Karin Henderson. However, the authors themselves take responsibility for any errors and omissions as well as for those parts of the text that are still not as clear or comprehensive as they might be. We hope that you will write and tell us how we can still further improve the book for the benefit of future editions.

ABOUT BOOK ….

Book Name:   Biology of disease 

Publication: Taylor & Francis Group

Authors: Nessar ahmed , Maureen dawson, Chris smith , Ed wood 

Language: English

Pages: 609

Size: 17mb

Format: pdf

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BIOLOGY OF DISEASE

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