Case Studies’ introduce students to a biochemical mystery and allows them to determine what investigations will solve it. Accompanying assessments ensure that students have fully completed and understood the case study, showing that they have applied their knowledge of the concepts. The summary of principals and the highlighting of these principals throughout the text. This is really helpful! The Boxes with additional information, particularly clinical relevance of the material. Most of my students are pre-med and it helps them engage in the material better if there is clinical relevance. The problems at the end of the chapter. These are really beneficial for the students who want to make sure they understand the material." --Robin Haynes, Harvard University

This edition provides a new learning path for students, through emphasis on the fundamental principles of biochemistry. Animated Mechanisms’ have been designed to enhance lecture or student study and help with visualization. Animated Techniques are short animations of laboraatory techniques. Designed to provide students with an overview of protocol, these animations give students a conceptual understanding of what is happening at the chemical level. New section, Chemical logic and common biochemical reactions, discusses common biochemical reaction types

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New section on pharmaceuticals developed from an understanding of enzyme mechanism, using penicillin and HIV protease inhibitors as examples All content has been streamlined so the text is focused on what is most important and useful to modern students and for future reference, and organized around principles for better understanding, providing a new learning path for students, through the emphasis on the fundamental principles of biochemistry.

Interactive Metabolic Map allows students to navigate and zoom between overviews and detailed views of the most commonly taught metabolic pathways. Embedded Tours take students through the pathways step-by-step, helping them to both visualize concepts in isolation and understand how concepts are connected. By examining the pathways in this way, students are better equipped to understand the meaning of those connections. Assessment questions help students solidify their understanding and provide more structure to their learning. *Metabolic Pathways include: glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, the citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, the pentose phosphate pathway, fatty acid synthesis, the urea cycle, and β oxidation. Strong on visualization including ‘Clear Art’ molecular structures created specifically for Lehninger to keep consistency with color and shape schemes, understandable figures which include numbers with annotated steps to explain complex processes, mechanism figures features step-by-step descriptions to help students understand the reaction process and summary figures to help students keep the big picture in mind while learning the specific. New medical box, introduces hemoglobin glycation and AGEs and their role in the pathology of advanced diabetes Expanded discussion of blood pH buffering by the bicarbonate system,including a new box describing Haldane's use of himself as a guinea pig in experiments aimed at changing the acidity of blood

Clear principles are identified at the outset of each chapter and called out with icons in the narrative of the chapter. The end-of-section summaries parallel the section content. Hundreds of new or revised figures make current research accessible to the biochemistry student. Contents A detailed gradebook with insights for just-in-time teaching and reporting on student and full class achievement by learning objective. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 8e continues to help students navigate the complex discipline of biochemistry with a clear and coherent presentation. Renowned authors David Nelson, Michael Cox, and new co-author Aaron Hoskins have focused this eighth edition around the fundamental principles to help students understand and navigate the most important aspects of biochemistry. Text features and digital resources in the new Achieve platform emphasize this focus on the principles, while coverage of recent discoveries and the most up-to-date research provide fascinating context for learning the dynamic discipline of biochemistry.