Given that a growing number of interdisciplinary researchers are devoted to studying the links discovered between mechanisms that modulate cell division and DNA repair, cell metabolism, development and death, Humphrey (MRC Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK) and Brooks (pharmacy, U. of Reading, UK) find it surprising that there are so few books on a topic of importance to understanding cancer, cardiovascular, and other proliferative diseases. International contributors to 23 chapters combine overviews of normal cell cycle control in organisms from yeast to humans, with detailed protocols and tips for studying the cycle and its regulatory molecules. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)