This book contains 6 sections. The first section covers the chemical basis of life, where molecules found in the human body are introduced to the students. The second section deals with the general metabolism. The third section is clinical and applied biochemistry, where the emphasis is given to clinical applications and the relevance of the study of biochemistry for understanding medical problems. The fourth section is nutrition, and the fifth section describes molecular biology including molecular diagnosis. The final section contains laboratory medicine, HIV, COVID, cancer and other advanced topics. ...
ÔøΩ Addition of chapters on COVID-19, Molecular Diagnostics, Laboratory Medicine, and Immunology. ÔøΩ Chapters on Clinical and Applied Biochemistry updated along with clinically relevant points. ÔøΩ Advances in Molecular Biology added. ÔøΩ Learning Objectives given in the beginning of each chapter. ÔøΩ Competencies are covered in the chapters. ÔøΩ Case Studies given in boxes for Early Clinical Exposure. ÔøΩ Clinically relevant points are highlighted inClinical Application BoxesM in every chapter. ÔøΩ Each chapter ends with: o Key Concepts o Summary o Clinical Case Studies o Essay Questions, Short Answer Questions, MCQs and Viva Voce Questions and Answers. ÔøΩ Enriched with 1200+ figures, 200+ tables and 200+ boxes, altogether making it more student friendly. ÔøΩ Complementary Online Student Resource includes Key Concepts, Clinical Case Studies, Review Questions, Viva Voce Questions, Questions with Clinical Applications, MCQs, Self-study Exercises and Important Metabolic Cycles.