- Email: [email protected]
Multiplication and Division in Mammalian Cells
183 examined, all carefully indexed. I t is clearly a work of scholarship by niany authors on a seldom-considered aspect of human and mammalian physiology. BOOK REVIEWS
Mitltiplic~i(iotitrritl Divisiori in hilunimrrlitin Cclls, RENATOBASERGA. 1976. Volume 6 in The Biochemistry of Disease Series. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. 240 pp., illustrated. LSS22.50 This is a well-documented and simple account of the biochemical basis of the various stages in the cell cycle of dividing mammalian cells. Written by a pathologist-turned-biochemist, little prior knowledge is assumed and the reader is led i n easy stages from the most elementary facts about thc cell cycle to the most recently available molecular biology. Weak points in the book are an overemphasis on the mysteries of G, cells and a rather cursory reference to specific growth factors. Like all good monographs by experts writing in their own field, this one is unashamedly egocentric. The style is light and fast-moving, marred only by frequent Latin quotations which. when unexplained. sometimes leave the reader in confusion over an important piece of information. On the whole, an excellent and exciting account of what is now an important, but complex, subject.
Surgicul Prittiologj~of' tlie Nrrroirs Sj.stciii cind Its Cow-itzgs. PETERC. BURGER& F. STEPHEN VOGEL. 1976 John Wilcy & Sons, New York. 623 pp., illustrated. USS45 .00 This book is highly recommended for a place in every hospital department dealing with the surgery of neurological problems. I t will be equally useful to the pathologist, clinician and radiologist. It covers a wide experience of surgical material from patients suffering from tumours, dementia, infection and metabolic disorders. Included are biopsies of the pituitary gland and peripheral nerves. Little but praise can be offered. The text is written in excellent style. I t is profusely illustrated with photographs of macroscopic and microscopic material related to cases. Although all the photographs are black and white, they are of the highest quality; a modest number of electron micrographs is included. For the pathologist, 'touch' preparations are included. perhaps to impress the difficulty of interpretation. In the way of minor criticism a notable omission is the pathology of childhood dementia. It is appreciated that the cause of most may be obtained from biochemistry. rectal and nerve biopsy. but in the long run the brain biopsy is the most significant. R. M c D.Anderson
Mitltiplic~i(iotitrritl Divisiori in hilunimrrlitin Cclls, RENATOBASERGA. 1976. Volume 6 in The Biochemistry of Disease Series. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. 240 pp., illustrated. LSS22.50 This is a well-documented and simple account of the biochemical basis of the various stages in the cell cycle of dividing mammalian cells. Written by a pathologist-turned-biochemist, little prior knowledge is assumed and the reader is led i n easy stages from the most elementary facts about thc cell cycle to the most recently available molecular biology. Weak points in the book are an overemphasis on the mysteries of G, cells and a rather cursory reference to specific growth factors. Like all good monographs by experts writing in their own field, this one is unashamedly egocentric. The style is light and fast-moving, marred only by frequent Latin quotations which. when unexplained. sometimes leave the reader in confusion over an important piece of information. On the whole, an excellent and exciting account of what is now an important, but complex, subject.
Surgicul Prittiologj~of' tlie Nrrroirs Sj.stciii cind Its Cow-itzgs. PETERC. BURGER& F. STEPHEN VOGEL. 1976 John Wilcy & Sons, New York. 623 pp., illustrated. USS45 .00 This book is highly recommended for a place in every hospital department dealing with the surgery of neurological problems. I t will be equally useful to the pathologist, clinician and radiologist. It covers a wide experience of surgical material from patients suffering from tumours, dementia, infection and metabolic disorders. Included are biopsies of the pituitary gland and peripheral nerves. Little but praise can be offered. The text is written in excellent style. I t is profusely illustrated with photographs of macroscopic and microscopic material related to cases. Although all the photographs are black and white, they are of the highest quality; a modest number of electron micrographs is included. For the pathologist, 'touch' preparations are included. perhaps to impress the difficulty of interpretation. In the way of minor criticism a notable omission is the pathology of childhood dementia. It is appreciated that the cause of most may be obtained from biochemistry. rectal and nerve biopsy. but in the long run the brain biopsy is the most significant. R. M c D.Anderson