The study of disease at the molecular and cellular level is revolutionizing medicine. Already spectacular progress has been made in identifying the genes involved in some diseases and in understanding cancer pathogenesis, opening up exciting new possibilities for treatment. In Basic Molecular and Cell Biology, leaders in the field explain the techniques of molecular and cell biology, which are being applied in specialities as far apart as cardiology and diabetes, and describe their implications for medicine. It will enable doctors, students and researchers to gain a basic understanding of the subject and some insight into the way in which the medical sciences will be moving over the next few years.