Microbiology Principles and Explorations by Jacquelyn G. Black

by Jacquelyn G. Black

Microbiology Principles and Explorations Overview

Microbiology Principles and Explorations has been a best-selling textbook for several editions due to the author's engaging writing style where her passion for the subject shines through the narrative. The text's student-friendly approach provides readers with an excellent introduction to the study of Microbiology. This text is appropriate for non-major and mixed major microbiology courses, allied health, agriculture and food sciences courses too.

The image shows two T4 bacteriophage viruses attaching to, and injecting DNA into, a bacterium. Like alien invaders, they are going to consume the contents of the bacterial cell, using the materials to make hundreds of copies of themselves, finally rupturing open the cell wall of the now dead bacterium, liberating the hundreds of offspring to attack more bacteria. Using bacteriophages (bacteriophage therapy) gets around the problems of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. And, since a given bacteriophage will target and kill only one specific strain of bacterium, the normal bacterial flora will not be disturbed, thus preventing side effects such as diarrhea and vaginal yeast infections.

Microbiology Principles and Explorations Review

          This was a loose leaf version of the text, it was a lot cheaper than the bound version, and less bulky/more convenient in that you didn't have to carry the whole book around, you could just bring the chapter you were learning that that time.

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BRS Board Review Series Microbiology and Immunology by Arthur G. Johnson, Richard J. Ziegler, Louise Hawley

by Arthur G. Johnson, Richard J. Ziegler, Louise Hawley

BRS Board Review Series Microbiology and Immunology Overview

BRS Microbiology and Immunology is designed specifically for medical and graduate students for successful preparation for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). This newest edition features a full-color design and illustrations throughout. The book is divided into 12 chapters and presents both a "bug" approach followed by an organ systems approach. It remains a succinct description of the most important microbiological and immunological concepts and critical details needed to understand important human infections and the immune system function and malfunction. End-of-chapter review tests feature updated USMLE-style questions with rationales and four USMLE comprehensive examinations (in 50 question blocks like Step 1) help test memorization and mastery of the subject.

A companion website offers the fully searchable text and an online question bank.

BRS Board Review Series Microbiology and Immunology Review

          This book is an excellent review for both COMLEX and USMLE micro section. It fills a lot of the missing pieces that you may not see on First Aid. Although I think this book is a little overkill for boards, the advantage is that you will most likely be able to answer those "odd ball" questions thrown to you on the actual board exam. Also, Just as one of the earlier reviewers stated, one chapter has provided a very nice flow chart that served me well for quickly narrowing down my bugs on board based on symptoms like "bloody diarrhea with/without vomit...with/without fever...with/without PMN...etc...". There are four 50-questions exams at the very end that will really test how much you know and help prepare you well for board. Since micro is usually the second most high yield on board after path, I would recommend this book only if you either want a better grasp of micro or feel uncomfortable understanding thoroughly the micro section covered in first aid (which happened to me in the latter case). I will give this a 4 star rating only because there are some flaws in the answer keys for the exams in the back of book. Otherwise, I will recommend to anyone who wanna kill the micro section on boards.

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Medical Microbiology with Student Consult Online Access by Patrick R. Murray PhD, Ken S. Rosenthal PhD, Michael A. Pfaller MD

by Patrick R. Murray PhD, Ken S. Rosenthal PhD, Michael A. Pfaller MD

Medical Microbiology with Student Consult Online Access Overview

          The new edition of this popular text presents microbiology in a succinct, easy-to-use, and engaging manner. Clear discussions explain how microbes cause disease in humans, and review the updated vaccines and new antibiotics currently available to treat these diseases. Expert coverage of basic principles, the immune response, laboratory diagnosis, bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology ensures that you'll understand all the facts vital to the practice of medicine today. A revised artwork program illustrates the appearance of disease, simplifying complex information, while text boxes and additional summary tables emphasize essential concepts and learning issues for more efficient exam review. Online access to Student Consult-where you'll find the complete contents of the book, fully searchable...Integration Links to bonus content in other Student Consult titles...updated features for both students and instructors...and much more-further enhances your study and exponentially boosts your reference power.

• Focuses on why the biologic properties of organisms are important to disease in humans, equipping you with a practical understanding of microbiology.
• Examines etiology, epidemiology, host defenses, identification, diagnosis, prevention, and control for each microbe in consistently organized chapters, enabling you to find the information you need fast.
• Features summary tables and text boxes that emphasize essential concepts and learning issues, enabling you to make your exam review more efficient.
• Correlates basic science with clinical practice through review questions at the end of each chapter to help you understand the clinical relevance of the organisms examined.
• Uses clinical cases from literature reports to illustrate the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases.
• Features revised artwork-more than 635 brilliant images, nearly all in full color-that offers a more consistent and modern approach to the study of medical microbiology.
• Provides more clinical photographs throughout that help you better understand the clinical applications of microbiology.
• Offers expanded use of summary boxes for bacteria throughout all organism chapters to further enhance your review and learning.
• Includes enhanced Student Consult features including self-assessment questions, clinical cases, animations showing the actions of various important toxins, and a PowerPoint presentation with supplemental images of organisms and stains.

Medical Microbiology with Student Consult Online Access Review

          This book divides its chapters well, focusing on particular bacteria in each chapter for the most part. The detail is sufficient but the content is an easy read.

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Cellular and Molecular Immunology with Student Consult Online Access by Abul K. Abbas MBBS, Andrew H. Lichtman MD PhD, Shiv Pillai MD

by Abul K. Abbas MBBS, Andrew H. Lichtman MD PhD, Shiv Pillai MD

Cellular and Molecular Immunology with Student Consult Online Access Overview

          Clearly explains the experimental observations that form the basis for the science of immunology --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Cellular and Molecular Immunology with Student Consult Online Access Review

          I have never touched immuno in my studies prior to this second year of medical school. This text is easy to read, answers all my questions, and effectively touches on all the concepts I could ask a text to address. The information is dense, but not to the extent that taking notes means re-writing the book. I have only read a couple chapters but find the book refreshingly simple for someone previously intimidated and overwhelmed by immunology.

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Janeway's Immunobiology by Kenneth Murphy

by Kenneth Murphy

Janeway's Immunobiology Overview

Janeway’s Immunobiology is a textbook that introduces the immune system in all its aspects to undergraduates, and also provides a treatment of the subject that is comprehensive enough to be useful to graduate students interested in research, and to medical students focused on clinical applications. The Eighth Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and is available in both print and e-book formats.

Janeway’s Immunobiology continues to set the standard for currency and authority with its clear writing style and organization, uniform art program, and scientific accuracy. It presents a consistent point of view throughout—that of the host’s interaction with an environment containing many species of potentially harmful microorganisms. The full-color art program is conceptually coherent and illustrates the processes and mechanisms underlying the concepts in the text. The 16 chapters in this readable, accessible textbook are organized and presented in such a way as to help deliver a complete one-semester immunology course, beginning with innate immunity, then moving to adaptive immunity, and ending with applied clinical immunology.

Discussion questions are provided at the end of Chapters 2 to 16. These questions can be used for review, or as the basis for discussion in class or in informal study groups. Summaries conclude each section and each chapter. As in previous editions, a caduceus icon in the margins indicates topics which are correlated to Case Studies in Immunology, Sixth Edition by Geha and Notarangelo.

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          I am a medical graduate form outside U.S
I have to tell you this cards are really good for short time studying and catching up , its all there ,all of the things you need to know ...

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Microcards: Review Cards for Medical Students by Sanjiv Harpavat, Sahar Nissim

by Sanjiv Harpavat, Sahar Nissim

Microcards: Review Cards for Medical Students Overview

          These flashcards will help medical students organize and recall medical microbiology information for course exams and USMLE Step 1. The cards are grouped into sections on gram-positive, gram-negative, and other bacteria; RNA and DNA viruses; fungi; protozoa; and helminths. Each section begins with charts summarizing key information on the group of microorganisms, followed by cards for each individual microbe, which include clinical presentation, pathobiology, diagnosis/treatment, quick facts, and a case study. Schematic illustrations show the morphology and pathogenesis of different microorganisms.

A companion Website provides 70 USMLE-style questions and answers.

Microcards: Review Cards for Medical Students Review

          I am a medical graduate form outside U.S
I have to tell you this cards are really good for short time studying and catching up , its all there ,all of the things you need to know ...

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Medical Biochemistry: Human Metabolism in Health and Disease

by Robert H. Glew, Miriam D. Rosenthal

Medical Biochemistry: Human Metabolism in Health and Disease Overview

          Metabolism includes various pathways of chemical reactions; understanding these pathways leads to an improved knowledge of the causes, preventions, and cures for human diseases. Medical Biochemistry: Human Metabolism in Health and Disease provides a concise yet thorough explanation of human metabolism and its role in health and diseases. Focusing on the physiological context of human metabolism without extensive consideration of the mechanistic principles of underlying enzymology, the books serves as both a primary text and resource for students and professional in medical, dental, and allied health programs.

Medical Biochemistry: Human Metabolism in Health and Disease Review

          This book contains clinically relevant biochemistry for medical students. The chapters on cholesterol are great, and more accurate than other texts. I had trouble with biochemistry--study the pathways over and over again, then read the text, and it will all make sense. Also, the clinical portions of this book are very pragmatic. And the writing is clear and the text concise. Relevant pathology for boards is covered at the ends of chapters. 

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Lippincott's Illustrated Q&A Review of Biochemistry

by Michael A. Lieberman, Rick Ricer

Lippincott's Illustrated Q&A Review of Biochemistry Overview

Lippincott's Illustrated Q&A Review of Biochemistry offers up-to-date, clinically relevant board-style questions-perfect for course review and board prep! Approximately 400 multiple-choice questions with detailed answer explanations cover frequently tested topics in biochemistry, including introductory human genetics, cancer biology, and molecular biology. The book is heavily illustrated with photos or pathway diagrams in the question or answer explanation.

Online access to the questions and answers provides flexible study options. Over 200 bonus recall-style questions are also included online!

Lippincott's Illustrated Q&A Review of Biochemistry Review

For the Biochemistry NBME exam, this book helped me more than any other resource during the few days prior to the test. It is mostly clinical vignette-style questions, which are VERY similar to what I saw on test day (with the exception that a few pages use color pictures, which the NBME doesn't have). My medical school's biochem faculty highly recommended it, and many of my classmates agree that this book was indispensible. The questions it asks are well beyond the scope of what we learned in our course lectures (many diseases were referenced that I had never heard of!), and so it really allowed me to get a good idea of where I stood, and got me up to speed on unfamiliar material fast. Don't be surprised if a lot of the questions in this book completely stump you. That might discourage you (it did me), but it means you can learn a lot from it!

The answers to the questions are explained so well, I hardly needed to consult reference material as I studied this book.

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*** Product Information and Review : Oct 7, 2011

Biochemistry : The Molecular Basis of Life

by Trudy McKee, James R. McKee

Biochemistry : The Molecular Basis of Life Overview

Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life, Fourth Edition, is the ideal text for students who do not specialize in biochemistry but require a strong grasp of essential biochemical principles for their future careers.

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Biochemistry : The Molecular Basis of Life Review

          I am taking biochemistry again as a graduate student, so this is not the first time I have to deal with biochemistry and its books, resembles one of my worst nightmares, I have to tell you, that this book cover most of general biochemistry that you have to know like many other books, but with one difference " you can actually understand what you are reading", it has a much simpler and clear aproach than other books, this defenatily a book for a student, specially undergraduate. It has a good organization, everything fact is illustrated with an example, which really helps you to understand better a concept, and in each page you have key words, which is always a good reminder, a summary of important concepts in the end of each chapter, which really helps you review after reading and for the exams, and also the questions review in the end of each chapter they are excellent, working with each concept from the basics and moving to more challenge questions, there is also a web site, I just found out last night, where you can see the molecules and reactions in 3D and taque quizes(excellent). I also purchased the study guide which I didnt get yet, but judgging by this book I dought it is not going to be worth it. Now don't get the wrong idea, biochemistry is a complex subject, you will need to study and dedicate, and this book is a tool for and will make much easier for you it did for me. Thanks for the authors, finally somebody made a book focus in learning and teaching not just for biochemists that already know a hell of biochemistry..Thank you soo much.. 

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The Genie in Your Genes

by Dawson Church Ph.D.

The Genie in Your Genes Overview

          Author Dawson Church applies the insights of the new field of Epigenetics (epi=above, i.e. control above the level of the gene) to healing. Citing hundreds of scientific studies, he shows how beliefs and emotions can trigger the expression of DNA strands. He focuses on a class of genes called Immediate Early Genes or IEGs. These genes turn on within a few seconds of a stimulus. They can be triggered by thoughts or emotions ("I loved that unexpected gift of roses Bill gave me" or "I'm so mad about what Uncle John said at the Christmas party"). Many IEGs are regulatory genes turn on other genes that affect specific aspects of our immune system, such as the production of white blood cells that destroy attacking bacteria and viruses. Epigenetics thus influences our health every day.He coins the new term "Epigenetic Medicine" to describe healing techniques with epigenetic effects. He also summarizes the science behind the infant fields of Energy Psychology and Energy Medicine, both of which offer promising epigenetic medical therapies.

The Genie in Your Genes Review

          The title of the book attracted my attention "...the new biology of intention". I was curious about it and wondered if its concept is similar to a book I've read before - "The Biology of Belief" by Bruce Lipton. So, I bought it and after reading it, I found it is a great book with easy-to-comprehend explanation, it is informative, inspiring and full of details with profound and thoughtful ideas. Both of the books are great! Both of them suggest our thoughts and feelings do affect our body. Our consciousness, our way of thinking, play an important role to our own well being. The Genie in Your Genes opens the door to a better health care and a better future medicine, as well as a great gateway to a fast spiritual growth.

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*** Product Information and Review : Oct 6, 2011