Molecular Biology of Digestive Disease (Paperback, Rev ed)

Molecular biology is no longer an exclusive discipline for specialist scientists. Expansion of knowledge and improved and cheaper technology have enabled the techniques to be applied in medicine routinely and in many different ways. Gastroenterology stands to benefit greatly; thanks to the polymerase chain reaction, major advances have already been made in microbiology, oncology, genetics and immunology applied to the gastrointestinal tract.