Biotechnology: Emerging Trends

This book is an outcome of holistic efforts taken by a group of researchers and professors to bring the recent innovations and developments among the UG and PG students of biological and agriculture faculties. This book provides an insight from emerging nanobiotechnology to traditional fermentation technology. It covers various roots of biotechnology such as rDNA technology, genomics, plant biotechnology, cancer biology, bioethics, bioinformatics, marine biotechnology, fermentation technology and environmental biotechnology. With contributions from authors of different viewpoints and areas, the subject is given a thorough and balanced understanding in recent developments. Unlike many other texts in this field, this book provides hindsight, insight and foresight of biotechnology. This will also serve as a reference material for the dissertation works of MSc/M Tech programmes in biotechnology. Contents Chapter 1: At the Dawn of Biotech Century by Joseph Selvin; Chapter 2: Nanobiotechnology by Vincent, S G Prakash; Chapter 3: Transposon Medicated Gene Delivery and Baculovirus Based Gene Expression Strategies in Insects by Kumaresan, G & Mathavan, S; Chapter 4: Introduction to Genomic and Proteomic Analysis by Asha, K R T; Chapter 5: Relevance of Apoptosis to Cancer by Karunagaran, D; Chapter 6: Prospectives of Gene Therapy for Endocrine Cancers: Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma by Michael Aruldhas M; Chapter 7: Molecular Basis of Oncogenes and Tumour Suppressor Genes by Rameshwari, S, A G Murugesan & N Sukumaran; Chapter 8: Molecular and Hormonal Basis of Obesity by Jose Priya T A & Beena G; Chapter 9: Biotechnological potential of Extremophiles by Denslin Vinitha A J & Joseph Selvin; Chapter 10: Agrobacterium tumefaciens Mediated Gene Transfer: An Overview by Vineetha Sarah Alexander & Joseph Selvin; Chapter 11: Recent Advances in Transgenic Plant Production by Anupa, M P, Smitha Balaraj S t Lijamol & Praisejah, P Stephen; Chapter 12: An Improved Protocol for the in vitro Clonal Propagation of Plumbago rosea Linn by Satheeshnakumar S & Joseph Selvin; Chapter 13: Bioethics and Stem Cell Research by Sunitha Rajam, G; Chapter 14: Marine Genomics: A Frontier Research Area in Marine Biotechnology by Ninawe, A S; Chapter 15: Scope for Molecular and Immuno-biotechnological Applications in Shrimp Aquaculture Sector of India by Felix, S; Chapter 16: Herbal Extracts or Active Fractions as Therapeutic Agents with Modern Standards of Safety and Efficacy by Subramoniam, A; Chapter 17: Influence of Mode of Fermentations on Microbial Enzyme Production by Prema, P; Chapter 18: Aqueous Two-Phase System for Extractive Fermentation by Sanjoy Ghosh; Chapter 19: Bioreactor Technology for the Production of Antibacterial Agents from Marine Microorganism by Raishy R Hussain & Joseph Selvin; Chapter 20: Tackling the Challenge of Heavy Metal Pollution by Microbial Biosorbents by Deepa, M K, A G Murugesan & K Sasikala; Chapter 21: Pollution Abatement Through Biopurification of Industrial Effluents by Murugesan, A G, R Devinanyagam & John Ruby; Chapter 22: Role of Cytotaxonomy in Fish Diversity by Johnson, J A & M Arunachalam; Chapter 23: Biotechnological Approach for the Control of Algal Blooms by Devi, L Prabha, Samuel Sanu & K Anita; Chapter 24: Potential Application of Biotechnology in Generating Ecofriendly Bioenergy by John Ruby A G Murugesan & M I Zahir Hussain; Chapter 25: Bioremediation of Oil Pollution: Present Status and Future Prospectus by Binulal, N S, Anil Zecharia & Joseph Selvin.