Biotechnology

This book presents the life science experiments in a space microgravity environment conducted on board the SJ-10 recoverable satellite, which was launched on April 6th 2016 and recovered on April 18th 2016.

Viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites are known to cause the most common human disease.

Since the first edition of our book "e;Tissue Culture in Fores- try"e; in 1982 we have witnessed remarkable advances in cell and tissue culture technologies with woody perennials.

The rapid thriving of industries, conversion of agricultural land to residential areas, habitat destruction, deforestation and use of recalcitrant synthetic substances enhanced the rate of degradation of the environment.

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Following the routinization of assisted reproduction in the industrialized world, technologies such as in vitro fertilization, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and DNA-based paternity testing have traveled globally and are now being offered to couples in numerous non-Western countries.

This book reviews recent advances in the emerging field of computational network biology with special emphasis on comparative network analysis and network module detection.

This book summarizes the properties and applications of conventional and commercially available fiber-forming, bioresorbable polymers, as well as those currently under study, for use as biotextiles.

Toxic metals are a class of chemical elements that, in certain concentrations, can cause damage to the health of humans and animals, in addition to impacting ecosystems.

This textbook provides a thorough introduction and overview of the design and engineering of state-of-the-art prosthetics and assistive technologies.

Bioengineering is the application of engineering principles to address challenges in the fields of biology and medicine encompassing the principles of engineering design to the full spectrum of living systems.

This book reviews the latest developments and applications in the field of biosensing, providing readers with an update of the earlier, successful edition, Biosensing for the 21st Century.

This book intends to report the new results of the study of bacteriocins, from basic research to application fields.

Since the middle of the Sixties, new types of formulation for biologically active com- pounds have been developed, which have been introduced into the literature under the term Controlled Release Formulations (CRF).

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature.

This book presents the fundamental and applied properties of different phosphor materials that exhibit the phenomenon of persistent luminescence (PerLum).

Embryo adoptions, stem cells capable of transforming into any cell in the human body, intra- and inter-species organ transplantation-these and other biomedical advances have unsettled ideas of what it means to be human, of when life begins and ends.

"e;Microalgae Biotechnology for Food, Health and High Value Products"e; presents the latest technological innovations in microalgae production, market status of algal biomass-based products, and future prospects for microalgal applications.

This book focuses on the recent advances in the field of orthopaedic biomaterials, with a particular emphasis on their design and fabrication.

In recent years, many animal-derived polymers have emerged as an attractive category of naturally derived polymers because of their advantageous physicochemical, chemical, and biological properties.

The growing concern for human wellbeing has generated an increase in the demand for polyphenols, secondary plant metabolites that exhibit different bioactive properties.

Agricultural Nanobiotechnology: Biogenic Nanoparticles, Nanofertilizers and Nanoscale Biocontrol Agents presents the most up-to-date advances in nanotechnology to improve the agriculture and food industry with novel nanotools for the controlling of rapid disease diagnostic and enhancement of the capacity of plants to absorb nutrients and resist environmental challenges.

Mycology has an integral role to play in the development of the biotechnology and biomedical sectors.

The second edition of this introductory textbook conveys the impact of biomedical engineering through examples, applications, and a problem-solving approach.

This book delves into diverse facets and applications of medicinal plants.

"e;In this revision of his already classic text, William May shows us once again the wisdom of the Catholic Church's moral tradition in its application to contemporary bioethics.

This volume explores the latest engineering methods of mammalian cells that are useful for controlling the performance of engineered mammalian cells for future cell-based therapeutics and for better understanding of complex biological systems.

Emergent Computation emphasizes the interrelationship of the different classes of languages studied in mathematical linguistics (regular, context-free, context-sensitive, and type 0) with aspects to the biochemistry of DNA, RNA, and proteins.

This book presents selected papers from the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2017) which examine sustainable rural development in the context of environmental, economic, and the socio-cultural dimension.

This book provides an overview of the cumulative work on a driving force for innovation in medicine and modern healthcare, boosting advances in therapeutics, biosensors, vaccines, and clinical systems.

Fungi are an important link in the food webs of all ecosystems.

The second part of Bioenergy: Principles and Technologies continues the discussion of biomass energy technologies covering fuel ethanol production, pyrolysis, biomass-based hydrogen production and fuel synthesis, biodiesel, municipal solid water treatment and microbial fuel cells.

The book illustrates the use of putative microbial agents which provide good protection to the plant from biotic pathogens attack.

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water and Energy Management covers a variety of advanced technologies for membrane processes, including water/wastewater treatment and reuse, membrane materials, operation and maintenance, fouling control, life cycle assessment, removal of micro/emerging pollutants, and operational cost of membrane processes.

Highlights current and future biological, biochemical, and molecular exploitation of the fungi in biotechnology.

This edited book aims to bring out a comprehensive collection of information on tree biology, breeding, improvement, genetics, and biotechnology.

This volume discusses both the latest experimental research in bioelectrosynthesis and current applications.

This volume explores how ionic liquids are used in different areas of biotechnology.

This book is a broad-based introduction to an increasingly important topic.

This book reports on cutting-edge research and best practices in the broad field of biomedical engineering.

There is a growing interest in unmet needs for the development of a new discipline in drug discovery and in university education on polypharmacology.

Since its advent, nanotechnologies are considered key enabling technologies that take advantage of a wide array of nanomaterials (NMs) for biomedical and industrial applications generating significant societal and economic benefits.

This book offers an analytical look at the much debated risks and benefits of the newly developed COVID-19 mRNA-vaccines.

Microbial Biotechnology in Food and Health Science, volume one in the Applied Biotechnology Reviews series, offers two unique sections within the theme of genomics and bioprocessing and the bioengineering of microorganisms in the role of food science and human health.

Optical imaging is a rapidly emerging imaging technique that has been successfjully translated into biomedical applications ranging from clinical diagnosis to molecular biology.

In a normal physiological state, several bacteria are present in the human gut that is essential to maintain the normal to healthy gastrointestinal function.

This book offers the first comprehensive yet critical overview of methods used to evaluate interaction between humans and social robots.

Much research has focused on the basic cellular and molecular biological aspects of stem cells.