Manga like Manga de Wakaru Kiso Seirigaku

Hataraku Saibou

Also known as Cells at Work!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

From Akane Shimizu, winner of Shounen Sirius' Rookie Award, comes an informative tale about anthropomorthized cells!
Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she’s not alone … She’s got a whole human body’s worth of cells ready to help out! The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets—everyone’s got to come together if they want to keep you healthy!



Note: Contains the spin-off one-shot "Hataraku Saibou: Kansen-hen".

Tags: Educational , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Pandemic , Female Protagonist , Anthropomorphism , Work , Survival , Urban

Manga de Wakaru Seikagaku

Also known as The Manga Guide to Biochemistry.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Kumi loves to eat, but she's worried that her passion for junk food is affecting her health. Determined to unlock the secrets of dieting, she enlists the help of her brainy friend Nemoto and his beautiful biochemistry professor, Dr. Kurosaka. And so it begins...

Follow along in The Manga Guide to Biochemistry as Kumi explores the mysteries of her body's inner workings. With the help of RoboCat, the professor's friendly endoscopic robot, you'll soar through the incredible chemical machinery that keeps us alive and get an up-close look at biopolymers like DNA and proteins, the metabolic processes that turn our food into energy, and the enzymes that fuel our bodies' chemical reactions.

As you dive into the depths of plant and animal cells, you'll learn about:

The metabolism of substances like carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and alcohol
How the energy powerhouses known as mitochondria produce ATP
DNA transcription and the different types of RNA that work together to translate the genetic code into proteins
Enzyme kinetics, how they’re measured, and how enzyme inhibition works
Whether you're a medical student, an amateur scientist, or just curious about how your body turns cupcakes into energy, The Manga Guide to Biochemistry is your key to understanding the science of life.

Tags: Educational , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast

Manga Seibutsugaku

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Tezuka teaches about biology in short installments.

Tags: Historical , School , Educational

Manga de Wakaru Bunshi Seibutsugaku

Also known as The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

Rin and Ami have been skipping molecular biology class all semester, and Professor Moro has had enough—he's sentencing them to summer school on his private island. But they're in store for a special lesson. Using Dr. Moro's virtual reality machine to travel inside the human body, they'll get a close-up look at the fascinating world of molecular biology. Join them in The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology, and learn all about DNA, RNA, proteins, amino acids, and more. Along the way, you'll see chemical reactions first-hand and meet entertaining characters like Enzyme Man and Drinkzilla, who show how the liver metabolizes alcohol. Together with Ami and Rin, you'll learn all about: -The organelles and proteins inside cells, and how they support cellular functions -The processes of transcription and translation, and your genes' role in synthesizing proteins -The pieces that make up our genetic code, like nucleotides, codons, introns, and exons -The processes of DNA replication, mitosis and cytokinesis -Genetic technology like transduction and cloning, and the role of molecular biology in medicine.

Tags: Educational , Medicine

Manga de Wakaru Menekigaku

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Our bodies are equipped with "immunity," a mechanism that protects us from infection and disease. This book covers the basic mechanism of immune response, as well as infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, allergies, and transplantation medicine, which is of current interest. The book introduces the difficult-to-understand mechanisms of immunity in an easy-to-understand manner using cartoons and text explanations, making it a worthwhile introductory text.



Tags: Medicine , Educational