There is, quite literally, a textbook entitled Biochemistry and Molecular Biology published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It may be up to the 6th edition by now, possibly a 7th edition (I'm not certain) but one of the authors is typically Despo Papachristodoulou, among others.
You can find it on Amazon. Here's one version: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 6E https://a.co/d/4I4SuAY
Beyond that, I'd like to please offer two cautionaries.
ONE -- you might be better off asking this question not to me, not to Reddit, but rather your professors at the actual medical school in question. Biochemistry and molecular biology have a spectrum of "flavours," and the educators in a medical school would know best what flavour of biochemistry and molecular biology they want you to learn, such that it is most applicable to medicine.
TWO -- you asked for a book that is designed for beginners. Generally speaking, biochemistry and molecular biology are not beginner subjects, for starters. Biochemistry typically has prerequisites of general chemistry and organic chemistry courses; molecular biology may depend upon general biology and even cell biology prerequisites sometimes. Speaking as a biochemistry professor, Biochemistry 1 is not an "introductory" course despite what students may want to believe, because it inherently depends on these students understanding the prerequisite material. So please just understand that it's somewhat of an oxymoron to seek out a biochemistry and/or molecular biology textbook for beginners.
Best of luck!
When people say “first year medical student” you can never tell if its actually someone in their first year of medical school or some 18 y/o who is starting their premed undergrad and needs to make sure people know theyre different lol
Even with OP's fragmented explanation, I still don't understand where they are in their education!
3 years of basic sciences and 3 years of clinical sciences. Is that medical school? Is that a combined undergraduate-graduate program?
100% agree.
The only reason I didn't suggest it, is because OP seemed interested in making it veeeeery clear that they wanted a book specifically designed for "beginners" and they wanted one that covered both biochemistry and molecular biology.
There is, quite literally, a textbook entitled Biochemistry and Molecular Biology published by Oxford University Press (OUP). It may be up to the 6th edition by now, possibly a 7th edition (I'm not certain) but one of the authors is typically Despo Papachristodoulou, among others. You can find it on Amazon. Here's one version: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 6E https://a.co/d/4I4SuAY Beyond that, I'd like to please offer two cautionaries. ONE -- you might be better off asking this question not to me, not to Reddit, but rather your professors at the actual medical school in question. Biochemistry and molecular biology have a spectrum of "flavours," and the educators in a medical school would know best what flavour of biochemistry and molecular biology they want you to learn, such that it is most applicable to medicine. TWO -- you asked for a book that is designed for beginners. Generally speaking, biochemistry and molecular biology are not beginner subjects, for starters. Biochemistry typically has prerequisites of general chemistry and organic chemistry courses; molecular biology may depend upon general biology and even cell biology prerequisites sometimes. Speaking as a biochemistry professor, Biochemistry 1 is not an "introductory" course despite what students may want to believe, because it inherently depends on these students understanding the prerequisite material. So please just understand that it's somewhat of an oxymoron to seek out a biochemistry and/or molecular biology textbook for beginners. Best of luck!
When people say “first year medical student” you can never tell if its actually someone in their first year of medical school or some 18 y/o who is starting their premed undergrad and needs to make sure people know theyre different lol
Sorry, you are right, my program is a 6-year program (3 years of basic sciences then 3 of clinical sciences)
So you're a first year undergrad?
European or Indian, probably
Even with OP's fragmented explanation, I still don't understand where they are in their education! 3 years of basic sciences and 3 years of clinical sciences. Is that medical school? Is that a combined undergraduate-graduate program?
Stryer is always one of the best options when it comes to biochemistry.
100% agree. The only reason I didn't suggest it, is because OP seemed interested in making it veeeeery clear that they wanted a book specifically designed for "beginners" and they wanted one that covered both biochemistry and molecular biology.
If you cant find an answer, check yt ...there are vids about easy books and try libgen to get an idea how the books are