Biology for the Health Sciences: Mechanisms of Disease

Biology  is central to our understanding of health and disease and to the  development of effective treatments, and thus it is critical that health  professionals have a solid grounding and knowledge comfort in the  pathogenesis and mechanisms of disease processes. This innovative new  textbook draws these topics together, providing an accessible  introduction across four central disciplines - basic biology,  biotechnology, non-infectious disease and infectious disease.

Key Features:

• Provides  students of biology and those going into health care professions with a  strong foundation to understand the pathogenesis of disease at the  molecular and cellular level
• Focuses  on the etiology and pathophysiology of the major human diseases by body  system, including diabetes and nutritional disorders, cardiovascular  disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer, aligned to medicine and  health science course structure
• Covers  mechanisms of infectious disease transmission, as well as disease  pathophysiology, and considers the impact of antibiotic resistance
• Reviews  the applications of biotechnology and genomics to human health in  diagnosis and treatment, as well as to our understanding of disease and  disease surveillance
• Each  chapter contains a mini glossary of key terms and associated  definitions, and review questions allow students to assess how much of  the chapter they have understood
• Digital  resources accompany the textbook, such as interactive quizzes for  students to engage with and figure slides of the book's illustrations  that instructors can use in lectures

Enhanced throughout with plentiful illustrations, Biology for the Health Sciences is  an essential companion for any student of the health sciences and for  biological science students studying the causes of disease as part of a  wider course.