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Including 4,000 clear and concise entries, this book covers all the commonly encountered terms and concepts in biology, biophysics, and biochemistry, as well as terms from medicine and paleontology taking into account the recent advances in these fields. 

Accessible via the Internet, the American Board’s Biology Refresher Course contains more than 300 pages of material and was designed to help you review your knowledge for the biology exam. The course is self-paced, allowing you to dedicate more time to material that needs intense review and skip over material you already know. The course incorporates animated tutorials and activities, chapter quizzes, detailed lessons and illustrations, and a video demonstration component.

Enrolled candidates can access the course through http://www.abcte.org/courses/biology/index.html using their ABCTE username and password.

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This easy to use book, with an innovative and interactive media program, emphasizes concepts without sacrificing scientific accuracy. The new MediaTutor, found at the end of each chapter, integrates the book and media by providing a brief description of the CD or WEB activity and the time requirement for completion. Major topics include The Life Of A Cell, Patterns Of Inheritance, Evolution, Plant Anatomy And Physiology; Animal Anatomy And Physiology; Ecology.

This quick reference on Cell Biology and Histology contains clinical correlations in each chapter, annotated answers, 400 review questions, and a comprehensive practice examination.

This issue of Scientific American has many articles dedicated to the study of cancer, including articles about the causes and the research that is being done towards possible cures.

This site contains information and resources for cell and molecular biologists.

This book describes how cells work. It presents a new, simpler approach to fundamental processes such as movement, transport, division, and communication, based on sound physical principles.

The Dictionary of Cell Biology was first published in 1989, and has since been translated into several languages. It is intended to provide quick access to easily-understood and cross-referenced definitions of terms frequently encountered while reading the modern biology literature. This server contains the text of the Third edition, published in Late 1999.

This is a highly condensed review of cell and molecular biology with a very strong emphasis on the molecular biological aspects of disease.

Microbiology contains the foundation material for microbiology courses required for careers in nursing, dental hygiene, medical technology, food and nutrition, pharmacy, and medicine. This comprehensive guide begins with an introduction covering microorganism classification and a brief history of the subject. The rest of this guide includes essential vocabulary and in-depth coverage of key topic areas.

MIT OpenCourseWare is a free publication of course materials used at MIT. The MIT Biology Department core courses all cover the same core material which includes the fundamental principles of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and cell biology. This course features a complete set of video lectures.

Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer.

This Schaum's Outline is a succinct overview of molecular and cell biology. It will supplement any molecular biology course or provide the foundation needed for advanced courses. The text material is presented in a question and answer format; each concept is explained as an answer to a specific question.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Biology follows a standard biology course curriculum that begins with life, cells, and molecular structure and ends with evolution, ecosystems, and ecology.

In The Way of the Cell, one of the world's most respected microbiologists focuses on microorganisms -- in particular, the supremely well-researched bacterium E. coli -- because the cell is the simplest level of organization that manifests all the features of the phenomenon of life.

What is Life presents conceptual thinking in biology and includes such resources as web lectures, highlighted issues in biology and a glossary.