Case Files Biochemistry, 3rd Edition (2015)

Part 1. Approach to Learning Biochemistry

Biochemistry is best learned by a systematic approach, first by learning the language of the discipline and then by understanding the function of the various processes. Increasingly, cellular and molecular biology play an important role in the understanding of disease processes and also in the treatment of disease. Initially, some of the terminology must be memorized in the same way that the alphabet must be learned by rote; however, the appreciation of the way that the biochemical words are constructed requires an understanding of mechanisms and a manipulation of the information.