Coffee Break
Encyclopedia
Coffee Break is an online book on the NCBI Bookshelf created and maintained by staff at NCBI
, a branch of the National Institutes of Health
. The book consists of small chapters which are each written about a different topic in the world of Biomedicine
. There are currently 32 chapters, and it was last updated October 2006.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information is part of the United States National Library of Medicine , a branch of the National Institutes of Health. The NCBI is located in Bethesda, Maryland and was founded in 1988 through legislation sponsored by Senator Claude Pepper...
, a branch of the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
. The book consists of small chapters which are each written about a different topic in the world of Biomedicine
Biomedicine
Biomedicine is a branch of medical science that applies biological and other natural-science principles to clinical practice,. Biomedicine, i.e. medical research, involves the study of physiological processes with methods from biology, chemistry and physics. Approaches range from understanding...
. There are currently 32 chapters, and it was last updated October 2006.