Biotechnology

Tissue Engineering and Biodegradable Equivalents: Scientific and Clinical Applications surverys a wide range of natural and synthetic compounds used in tissue, bone, muscle, cartilage, and organ replacement and discusses recent methods for processing, characterizing, and testing these biomaterials. ... More

Preparative Layer Chromatography explains how this method is used for separating large quantities of mixtures containing a wide variety of important compounds. It offers a broad review of preparative layer chromatography (PLC) applications and adaptable working procedures for microseparations involv... More

This book discusses the new generation of integrated microfabricated devices, including DNA chips, Lab-on-a-Chip, microcapillary electrophoresis systems, biosensors, and microanalytical systems. It traces their development with the established and evolving tehcnologies such as microlithography, micr... More

Richly illustrated to showcase the best practices, surgical methods, and procedures for difficult situations in neurosurgery, this reference demonstrates strategies to manage brain metastases, intracranial gliomas and meningiomas, pituitary region tumors, and intracranial vascular malformations; spi... More

Offers discussions on the chemical and physicochemical modification of proteins for the enhancement of surface activity and functional properties in a variety of systems. The volume provides examples of specific applications of modified proteins in gelation, emulsification, foaming, adsorption and s... More

Contains papers presented at the Third International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (1997), which provide evidence that computer-based models, and in particular numerical methods, are becoming essential tools for the solution of many problems encountered in ... More

Recent advances in biotechnology, spurred by the Human Genome Project, have resulted in the accumulation of vast amounts of new data. Ontologies – computer-readable, precise formulations of concepts (and the relationship among them) in a given field – are a critical framework for coping with the... More

Discusses the conflict between increasingly diverse applications of biotechnology in pharmaceutical and agriculture sectors in Asia and the policy challenges that are arising in tandem, concerning trade in GMOs, the impact of genetic engineering on environment and human health, biosafety management,... More

Now fully updated to reflect recent advances, this introduction provides a broad, but concise, coverage of recombinant DNA techniques. Emphasis is placed on the concepts underlying particular types of cloning vectors to aid understanding and to enable readers to devise suitable strategies for novel ... More

Living up to his reputation as our premier science and health “myth buster”, it sorts out science from nonsense in this fascinating book look at the amazing new age of biotechnology we are now entering. Bioevolution is science fact that reads like science fiction because of the wonders it descri... More

Successful product design and development requires the ability to take a concept and translate the technology into useful, patentable, commercial products. This book guides the reader through the practical aspects of the commercialization process of drug, diagnostic and device biomedical technology ... More

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