RT Journal
A1 Suárez AL, Dellavalle RP
T1 The processes of life: An introduction to molecular biology
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD July 1
VO 302
IS 1
SP 94
OP 94
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.960
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.960
AB 
In the book The Processes of Life: An Introduction to Molecular Biology, author Lawrence Hunter demystifies and debulks molecular biology's key principles and discoveries. This book, with its approachable writing style, serves as a primer to the linguistics and fundamentals of molecular biology. A modern Wittgenstein for the biological sciences, Hunter uses boldface type to emphasize common yet ambiguous terms and provide the reader with a clear understanding of molecular biology's vocabulary within the appropriate context. For example, in the cancer section of chapter 9, “Disease and Its Treatment,” Hunter introduces the terms “tumor,” “metastases,” “benign,” and “malignant” and neatly defines them in the context of cancer cell growth and pathogenesis, after establishing that cancer is simply “the uncontrolled and invasive growth of mutated somatic cells.” Suggested additional reading at the end of each chapter provides a more extensive background.