Biotechnology

The depletion of fossil fuel reserves and concerns for environmental degradation due to the fossil fuel burning have led the scientific community to look for alternative renewable energy sources.

Published since 1959, Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology.

A comprehensive overview of the use of computational biology approaches in the drug discovery and development process.

This book aims to offer comprehensive insights into biomass pretreatment and utilization for recovering value-added products.

A First Course in Systems Biology is an introduction for advanced undergraduate and graduate students to the growing field of systems biology.

This book gives readers a practical introduction into machine learning and sensing techniques, their design and ultimately specific applications that could improve food production.

Connecting theory with clinical applications, this book uses mathematical models to explain and study organ biomechanics of the abdominal viscera.

This book discusses the selection and application of coatings used widely in natural environments, including metallic, inorganic, and organic coatings.

Biotechnology is a clearly multidisciplinary field involving biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, pharmacology, fermentation, agriculture, to name just a few.

Regenerative medicine is an emerging and integral part of interventional pain management and meets definitions of interventional pain management and interventional techniques.

Cutting edge technology-based drug delivery systems have been rapidly growing and are being applied to various sections of biomedicine.

Published since 1959,Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology.

This volume scopes several aspects of non-conventional yeast research prepared by the leading specialists in the field.

This book provides simplified, easy-to-understand descriptions of the echocardiographic software used in conjunction with different echocardiography machines, such as those from Toshiba, Philips, GE, and Siemens, and explains how these sophisticated systems can best be used to exploit fully their ability to deliver more precise diagnoses and assist in treatment choice and follow-up.

This book, besides discussing challenges and opportunities, will reveal the microbe-metal interactions and strategies for e-waste remediation in different ecosystems.

This book examines bioremediation technologies as a tool for environmental protection and management.

Direct Natural Gas Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals comprehensively discusses all major aspects of natural gas conversion and introduces a broad spectrum of recent technological developments.

In the current era current era of significant innovations, science and technology are powerful tools improving human welfare through prosperity and sustainable development.

This comprehensive work discusses novel biomolecular surfaces that have been engineered to either control or measure cell function at the atomic, molecular, and cellular levels.

Many varieties of new, complex diseases are constantly being discovered, which leaves scientists with little choice but to embrace innovative methods for controlling the invasion of life-threatening problems.

The diversity of the chapters presented in this volume illustrates not only the many applications of lasers, but also the fact that, in many cases, these are not new uses of lasers, but rather improvements of laser techniques already widely accepted in both research and clinical situations.

This book highlights new and innovative approaches to archaeological research using computational modeling while focusing on the Neolithic transition around the world.

This volume presents the contributions of the 6th International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology - MediTech 2018, held between 17 - 20  October 2018 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

This two-volume work surveys the entire range of general aspects of chromosome research on plants.

Hazardous and Trace Materials in Soil and Plants: Sources, Effects and Management explores the latest advancements in reducing, avoiding and eliminating soil contaminants that challenge the health and safety of agricultural plants.

The immune system is highly complex system with large number of macromolecules, signaling pathways, protein-protein interactions, and gene expressions.

Biotechnology of Major Cereals focuses on the recent advances and future prospects in cereal biotechnology.

This book reviews the chemical, regulatory, and physiological mechanisms of protein arginine and lysine methyltransferases, as well as nucleic acid methylations and methylating enzymes.

This book outlines how advances in the diverse scientific and engineering disciplines of synthetic biology, DNA synthesis, production of protein therapeutics, and bioinformatics have led to the commercialization of new complex biotherapeutic modalities in modern era, including monoclonal and multi-specific antibodies, antibody drug conjugates (ADC), fusion proteins, CAR-T and CRISPR technologies and applications, mRNA vaccines and more.

This edited volume provides a review of remediation approaches utilizing aquatic and wetland macrophytes in the Tropics.

This edited book explores the use of technology to enable us to visualise the life sciences in a more meaningful and engaging way.

Ion channels are biological nanotubes that are formed by membrane proteins.

Foot and Ankle Biomechanics is a one source, comprehensive and modern reference regarding foot and ankle biomechanics.

EEG Brain Signal Classification for Epileptic Seizure Disorder Detection provides the knowledge necessary to classify EEG brain signals to detect epileptic seizures using machine learning techniques.

Biomedical Engineering Modeling of Pancreatic, Respiratory, and Renal Regulatory Systems, and their Medical Assessments addresses the need for biomedical engineering to provide physiological analysis of organ systems and their medical applications to help enable quantitative formulation of physiological systems and defining their functions and dysfunctions, leading to precision diagnostics of diabetes, lung diseases, and kidney failure, often in the form of non-dimensional indices.

Applications of Nanocomposite Materials in Orthopedics provides a solid understanding of recent developments in the field of nano-composites used in orthopedics.

Mineralized Collagen Bone Graft Substitutes presents a comprehensive study of biomimetic mineralized collagen, synthesized in vitro, a next generation biomaterial for bone regeneration.

This book provides an introduction to the genetics, genomics, and breeding of the olive tree, a multi-functional long-lived crop plant that is relevant not only for culinary olive and oil production, but also for shaping the landscape and history of many rural areas for centuries.

This book addresses the educational, occupational, and income progress of Jews in the American labor market.

This edited volume emphasizes how microorganisms have become a reliable pillar of biotechnology.

This book contains fascinating vignettes depicting future societies and the implications which increasing technological change has on society and the environment.

This is a comprehensive textbook addressing the unique aspects of drug development for ophthalmic use.

This book describes how genomics has revolutionized our scientific understanding of agriculturally important plant-associated bacteria.

This book comprehensively explores the basic concepts and applications of biomaterials in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

The introduction of new technologies can be controversial, especially when they create ethical tensions as well as winners and losers among stakeholders and interest groups.

This monograph brings forth biomechanical research methods and outcomes on human tissue experiments such as those of the brain and the heart under a single umbrella.

The book focuses on the principles and practices of tropical maize improvement with special emphasis on early and extra-early maize to feed the increasing population in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Fluorescent chemosensors have been widely applied in many diverse fields such as biology, physiology, pharmacology, and environmental sciences.

An examination of the widespread application of nano materials in biology, medicine, and pharmaceuticals and the accompanying safety concerns, Bio-interactions of Nano Materials addresses the issues related to toxicity and safety of nano materials and nano systems.