本书由中国科学技术大学生命科学与医学部的20余位著名专家和学者，以专题讲座的形式、通俗易懂的语言和生动精彩的案例，介绍了生命科学与医学相关领域的基础知识和学科发展动态，以及研究成果与前沿进展。其内容涉及细胞生物学、分子生物学、结构生物学，免疫生物学，神经生物学、遗传学、生物化学、生物进化论、植物学、生物技术、生殖医学、肿瘤生物学和临床医学等领域。此书适合各类在校大学生和高年级的高中生阅读，以培养学习兴趣为主、以传授知识为辅，以感召学生为主、以教育学生为辅。同时，还可为大学教师教学研究作参考。另外，社会大众也可阅读，以掌握一些生命科学和医学知识，提升科学素养和医疗保健意识。

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丛书序 前言 第一讲 生命科学的使命 ··············································································· 1 第二讲 基因组时代的生物进化论 ································································· 19 第三讲 植物改变我们的生活 ······································································· 38 第四讲 蓝藻水华暴发的分子机制 ································································· 48 第五讲 我们的细胞 ··················································································· 60 第六讲 蛋白质设计 ··················································································· 69 第七讲 免疫治疗 ······················································································ 87 第八讲 炎症与炎症性疾病 ········································································· 102 第九讲 抗体技术 ····················································································· 119 第十讲 生物医药技术 ··············································································· 136 第十一讲 药物与疾病治疗 ········································································· 144 第十二讲 肿瘤的发生与治疗 ······································································ 153 第十三讲 线粒体与神经退行性疾病 ····························································· 170 第十四讲 阿尔茨海默病 ············································································ 181 第十五讲 从光子感知到修复失明 ································································ 197 第十六讲 大脑的光控开关——光遗传技术 ···················································· 211 第十七讲 认知神经心理学 ········································································· 220 第十八讲 受损神经的再生之谜 ··································································· 229 第十九讲 基因编辑和治疗 ········································································· 241 第二十讲 生殖医学的故事 ········································································· 258 第二十一讲 血液与脐血移植 ······································································ 276 第二十二讲 肝恶性肿瘤与肝移植 ································································ 292 第二十三讲 医学研究的价值 ······································································ 304