Biomedical Science

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Series Editor: Terry Phillips John Chrimes BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE in Higher Education Studies Published by Garnet Pbishing(t, ‘Southern Court South Stet Reading RGT 495, UK Copyright © 2015 Garnet Publishing Ls The right of John Chees to be dented asthe autho of ‘this work has bean aserted in accordance withthe Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988, Al rights reserved "No part ofthis publation may be reproduced, stored in a revival ster, or transmtted in ay frm ot by any means tlecronic, mechanical, photocopying, recarting or ‘otherwise, tout he prior permision ofthe Publisher ‘Any peson wo does any unauthorized actin relation to ths publeation may be lable to criminal prosecution and cl las for damages Fist published 2015, \saN978 190757 5358 Bish Cetaloguing-e-Publcation Data A catalogue record for this books avaible from the Bish bray, Production Seis editor: Terry Philips Project management: Clare Forsyth, Mathew George Esitoral tear: Kester Cambell, Arne Abe-Smith, Karen Kinnai-Pugh, Matthew George Specalst revew: Dr Ashok Patel, Course Director for Human Biosciences, Coventry University Design Mice Hinks, Bob House Austation: Doug Nash Photograpty: ‘iStock, Scence Photo Library, Shutterstock ‘Aus recorded at Sine Sweet Studs. Printed and bound in Lebanon by international ess interpress@int press com Contents Book map Introduction unit 4 unit 2 Unit 3 unit 4 unit Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10 unit 11 unit 12 What jomedical science? What do biomedical scientists do? Human body systems Computers in biomedical science icro-organisms and disease Developing new drugs Immunology and allergic reactions Genetics and medicine Food safety Animal testing Stem cell research Laboratory reports Resource pages 10 28 42 60 76 114 134 152 174 194 218 236

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