Biology of Disease

The Biology of Disease is an introductory level text on the biological principles of human disease. The book is aimed at medical students and students on degree courses in biomedical science. The book fuses the biological (physiological and biochemical) processes that underly the clinical manifestations of disease. As such, it brings together material which is conventionally dealt with by several books. Therefore, the book integrates basic science and clinical medicine in a very novel way. The clinical setting is further emphasized by the inclusion of detailed case studies at the end of each section. These are written in non-technical language so that the preclinical student and biomedical science student will be able to understand the underlying principles. The authors have covered the fundamentals of each topic in a readable manner, encouraging students to develop a fuller understanding where necessary, by reference to more comprehensive texts.