Biotechnology category: 1154 books
Engineering Health
How Biotechnology Changed Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Biotechnology harnesses cellular and biochemical systems to advance knowledge of the molecular cause of disease and to provide new diagnostic tools and more precisely targeted drugs. Within a decade, global investment in medical biotechnology has increased more than ten-fold, resulting in therapies...
by Kewal K. Jain
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Applications of Biotechnology in Oncology collects key writings by Kewal K. Jain on the most important contributions of biotechnology to cancer research, particularly to the molecular diagnosis of cancer and drug delivery in cancer for personalized management of patients. Basics of various “omics”...
by Wen-Huei Chen, Hong-Hwa Chen
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
This book provides a first hand and complete information on orchid biotechnology for orchid lovers, graduate students, researchers and industry growers. It contains comprehensive genomics and transcriptomics data, and a thorough discussion of the molecular mechanism of orchid floral morphogenesis....
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Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
This book provides an overview on the basics in insect molecular biology and presents the most recent developments in several fields such as insect genomics and proteomics, insect pathology and applications of insect derived compounds in modern research. The book aims to provide a common platform...
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Food and Beverages Industry
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Food and Beverages Industry provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends compiled from the latest ideas across the entire arena of biotechnology and bioengineering. This volume...
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Production, Isolation and Purification of Industrial Products
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Production, Isolation and Purification of Industrial Products provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, focusing on industrial biotechnology and bioengineering practices for...
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Human and Animal Health Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Human and Animal Health Applications provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, presenting data-based scientific knowledge and information on medical biotechnological interventions...
by Martin Koller
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Global plastic production is estimated to be over 300Mt annually. Most conventional plastics are predominantly produced from fossil fuels and are highly resistant to biodegradation, and only a small share of about 20% of spent plastics is believed to be recycled, which is a cause for environmental concern....
Biotechnology
Academic Cell Update Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Now available with the most current and relevant journal articles from Cell Press, Biotechnology Academic Cell Update Edition approaches modern biotechnology from a molecular basis, which grew out of the increasing biochemical understanding of physiology. Using straightforward, less-technical jargon,...
by Sang Yup Lee, Jens Nielsen, Gregory Stephanopoulos
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
With more than 40 contributions from expert authors, this is an extensive overview of all important research topics in the field of bioengineering, including metabolic engineering, biotransformations and biomedical applications.
Alongside several chapters dealing with biotransformations and biocatalysis,...
Biotechnology of Microorganisms
Diversity, Improvement, and Application of Microbes for Food Processing, Healthcare, Environmental Safety, and Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
Microbial biotechnology is an important contributor to global business, especially in agriculture, the environment, healthcare, and the medical, food, and chemical industries. This volume provides an exciting interdisciplinary journey through the rapidly changing backdrop of invention in microbial...
by Bibhuti Dutta Singh
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
People have been breeding plants to improve quality, increase yields and reduce harmful characteristics in crops for thousands of years. In the last few decades, plant breeders have been able to introduce beneficial traits in plants more precisely using a variety of techniques commonly known today...
Beyond Biotechnology
The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
In 2001 the Human Genome Project announced that it had successfully mapped the entire genetic content of human DNA. Scientists, politicians, theologians, and pundits speculated about what would follow, conjuring everything from nightmare scenarios of state-controlled eugenics to the hope of engineering...
Biotech
The Countercultural Origins of an Industry
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The seemingly unlimited reach of powerful biotechnologies and the attendant growth of the multibillion-dollar industry have raised difficult questions about the scientific discoveries, political assumptions, and cultural patterns that gave rise to for-profit biological research. Given such extraordinary...