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Do you have any recommendations on a good primer for biochem? It is a topic I’m interested in and I would like something that sets me up to dig into everything
by randmeerkat 5y ago
Do you have any recommendations on a good primer for biochem? It is a topic I’m interested in and I would like something that sets me up to dig into everything from viruses to cancer to life extension.
- epgui 5y agoAbsolutely, I have quite a few I'd recommend. If you tell me more about your background and what you're looking for, I can refine my recommendations further. Either way, the first thing you have to know is that it's a huge huge field, and you won't find any single book that introduces you well to every subtopic (it's just impossible), and the amount of background/support knowledge you need in order to be able to fully and critically appreciate even basic research papers is pretty enormous. General biochem and cell bio: - https://www.amazon.com/Biochemistry-Reginald-H-Garrett/dp/1305577205/ https://www.amazon.com/Biochemistry-Reginald-H-Garrett/dp/13... - https://www.amazon.ca/Molecular-Cell-Biology-Harvey-Lodish-dp-1319208525/dp/1319208525/ https://www.amazon.ca/Molecular-Cell-Biology-Harvey-Lodish-d... - https://www.amazon.ca/Lehninger-Principles-Biochemistry-David-Nelson/dp/1319228003/ https://www.amazon.ca/Lehninger-Principles-Biochemistry-Davi... Biotech: - https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biotechnology-Principles-Applications-Recombinant-dp-1683673646/dp/1683673646/ https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Biotechnology-Principles-Ap... Cell signaling: - https://www.amazon.com/Cell-Signaling-Wendell-Lim/dp/0815342446/ https://www.amazon.com/Cell-Signaling-Wendell-Lim/dp/0815342... Immunology: - https://www.amazon.ca/Janeways-Immunobiology-Paperback-Version-Kenneth/dp/0815345054/ https://www.amazon.ca/Janeways-Immunobiology-Paperback-Versi... - https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Inflammation-Charles-Serhan-PhD/dp/0521887291/ https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Inflammation-Charles-Ser... Microbiology: - https://www.amazon.com/Jawetz-Melnick-Adelbergs-Medical-Microbiology-dp-1260012026/dp/1260012026/ https://www.amazon.com/Jawetz-Melnick-Adelbergs-Medical-Micr... - https://www.amazon.com/Microbiology-Laboratory-Fundamentals-Applications-2nd/dp/0130100749/ https://www.amazon.com/Microbiology-Laboratory-Fundamentals-... Embryology: - https://www.amazon.com/Developmental-Biology-Michael-J-F-Barresi/dp/1605358223/ https://www.amazon.com/Developmental-Biology-Michael-J-F-Bar... Haematology: - https://www.amazon.com/Hematology-Clinical-Practice-Fifth-Medicine/dp/0071626999/ https://www.amazon.com/Hematology-Clinical-Practice-Fifth-Me... Genetics and bioinformatics: - I actually have never found a great textbook, please let me know if you know of any. Anatomy & physiology (leaning more towards human & medical): - https://www.amazon.ca/Human-Anatomy-Physiology-Elaine-Marieb/dp/0134580990/ https://www.amazon.ca/Human-Anatomy-Physiology-Elaine-Marieb... - https://www.amazon.ca/Guyton-Hall-Textbook-Medical-Physiology/dp/0323597122/ https://www.amazon.ca/Guyton-Hall-Textbook-Medical-Physiolog... - https://www.amazon.ca/Medical-Physiology-Walter-Boron-PhD-dp-1455743771/dp/1455743771/ https://www.amazon.ca/Medical-Physiology-Walter-Boron-PhD-dp... Basic/general medicine (don't shoot me I'm trying to keep the list short and general): - https://www.amazon.ca/Robbins-Cotran-Pathologic-Basis-Disease/dp/032353113X/ https://www.amazon.ca/Robbins-Cotran-Pathologic-Basis-Diseas... - https://www.amazon.ca/Cecil-Essentials-Medicine-Edward-FIDSA/dp/0323722717/ https://www.amazon.ca/Cecil-Essentials-Medicine-Edward-FIDSA... - https://www.amazon.ca/Harrisons-Principles-Internal-Medicine-Twentieth/dp/1259644030/ https://www.amazon.ca/Harrisons-Principles-Internal-Medicine... Neuroanatomy (deserves a mention, one of my all time favs): - https://www.amazon.ca/Neuroanatomy-through-Clinical-Cases-Blumenfeld/dp/1605359629/ https://www.amazon.ca/Neuroanatomy-through-Clinical-Cases-Bl... USMLE step 1 prep materials are surprisingly good outlines, but not great for an introduction on their own: - https://www.amazon.ca/First-USMLE-Step-Thirty-first/dp/126046752X/ https://www.amazon.ca/First-USMLE-Step-Thirty-first/dp/12604... Cancer: - I don't know of any good textbooks on the subject, but once you have some of the fundamentals of biochem under your belt, start reading the papers referenced here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hallmarks_of_Cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hallmarks_of_Cancer
- randmeerkat 5y agoThis is awesome, thank you!