Biotechnology

In a bid to develop synthetic molecules and materials that are capable of mimicking biological recognition and function, intensive research in the fields of synthetic receptor technologies, smart materials, synthetic biology and smart indicators has been under way for the past 20-30 years.

Can scientists and engineers replicate Nature and develop systems that operate in extreme environments?

Naturally occurring compounds, or natural products, have been and continue to be an important source of commercially successful products and leads in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and nutritional sectors.

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Bast and Other Plant Fibres, a title in Woodhead Publishing's series on fibres published in association with The Textile Institute, UK, is the first book in over 50 years to cover the most interesting plant fibres and those with high annual production.

This expanded and updated edition of the 2007 version introduces readers from various backgrounds to the rapidly growing interface between biology and nanotechnology.

The book covers the fundamentals of the field of biocatalysis that are not treated in such detail (or even not at all) in existing biocatalysis books or biochemistry textbooks.

The computer-aided drug design research field comprises several different knowledge areas, and often, researchers are only familiar or experienced with a small fraction of them.

The progress of today's science and technology encounters an increasing demand for finer and more efficiently performing materials with properties superior over those of current and hence ageing devices.

The completion of gene sequencing has resulted in an intensified investigation of the proteome and metabolome.

Computational and theoretical tools for understanding biological processes at the molecular level is an exciting and innovative area of science.

Conceptual and technological advances in chemistry and biology have transformed the drug discovery process.

As with any rapid technological development, the biotechnology revolution is putting great strains on the ability of law to adapt to new challenges and threats.

Blockchain is a new type of technology that combines and secures information exchange between different stakeholders such as medical practitioners, patients, healthcare providers, and other applicable parties.

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The Cyborg Experiments analyzes the challenges posed to corporeality by techology.

Are there any commonalities between Transhumanism and the WHO framework for global governance of human genome editing?

Are there any commonalities between Transhumanism and the WHO framework for global governance of human genome editing?

This textbook provides an introduction to common concepts in biosignal acquisition and processing, rooted in a Project-Based Learning (PBL).

Technology and research in the field of tissue engineering has drastically increased within the last few years to the extent that almost every tissue and organ of the human body could potentially be regenerated.

Due to their complexity and diversity, understanding the structure of textile fibres is of key importance.

Techniques such as surface patterning have facilitated the emergence of advanced polymers with applications in areas such as microelectronics.

Bast and Other Plant Fibres, a title in Woodhead Publishing's series on fibres published in association with The Textile Institute, UK, is the first book in over 50 years to cover the most interesting plant fibres and those with high annual production.

This original book asks how, in an age of convergence, when 'television' no longer means a box in the corner of the living room that we sit and watch together, do we remember television of the past?

While scientific and socio-political communities around the world are aware of the natural and economic importance of biodiversity, we are faced with an ever-increasing number of plant species under threat of extinction.

Volatile biomarkers play a significant signalling role in communication between biological cells living as individual entities or as mini-societies that sense, respond and adapt to changes in their environment.

Volatile biomarkers play a significant signalling role in communication between biological cells living as individual entities or as mini-societies that sense, respond and adapt to changes in their environment.

Microalgae are a group of single-celled, photosynthetic microorganisms.

Microalgae are a group of single-celled, photosynthetic microorganisms.

There have been many great advances in the field of biomedical imaging in recent years, with supramolecular chemistry playing a key role in the evolution of modern imaging techniques.

The transportation industry is still largely reliant on fossil fuels, whose use and extraction have significant environmental costs.

 The Matrix (Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski 1999) has permeated our cultural consciousness for two decades, working its way into such common parlance as "e;a glitch in the Matrix,"e; and the idea of taking the Red Pill.

Technology and research in the field of tissue engineering has drastically increased within the last few years to the extent that almost every tissue and organ of the human body could potentially be regenerated.

Algae are sunlight-driven cell factories, and can efficiently absorb CO2 and convert light energy to chemical energy such as lipid, starch and other carbohydrates and release O2.

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Technology for modifying the genotypes and phenotypes of insects and other arthropods has steadily progressed with the development of more precise and powerful methods, most prominently transgenic modification.

Technology for modifying the genotypes and phenotypes of insects and other arthropods has steadily progressed with the development of more precise and powerful methods, most prominently transgenic modification.

Mechanoluminescence in Organic and Inorganic Compounds: Basic Concepts, Instrumentation, and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of mechanoluminescence for newly qualified researchers and scientists across multiple related fields.

Bread and leavened bakery products have been essential to human nourishment for millennia.

Rapid changes and significant progress have been made in the Agrobacterium field, such as genetically transforming plants for both basic research purposes and agricultural development.

This Volume presents generic protocols for wet experimental and computer-based systems and synthetic biology approaches relevant to the field of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology.

Oxides for Medical Applications reviews the most important advances of oxides with optical, magnetic and electronic properties for biomedical applications.

* Gathers together more than 150 feeding studies with food-producing animals and covers both first and second generation transgenic plants* The first central resource of this information for researchers, students and policy makers* Includes contributions from a wide range of specialists in the field

Describing recent developments in the engineering and generation of plants as production platforms for biopharmaceuticals, this book includes both vaccines and monoclonal antibodies.

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life.

Genome sequencing has become a basic tool of plant and animal breeding.

Genome sequencing has become a basic tool of plant and animal breeding.

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life.

Since the first edition of this book was published in 2002, the field of quantitative genetics, genomics and breeding has changed markedly.