Biotechnology

This contributed volume compiles the latest improvements in the field of biotechnology.

This book uncovers the basic principles of microbial photosynthesis and the latest technological interventions of this crucial phenomenon.

Nanobiotechnology Applications in Plant Protection: Volume 2 continues the important and timely discussion of nanotechnology applications in plant protection and pathology, filling a gap in the literature for nano applications in crop protection.

This book presents biotechnological advances and approaches to improving the nutritional value of agri-foods.

The field of nanotechnology for targeted therapy initiated more than decade ago has grown fast and interest is increasing.

This book reviews the most recent developments in the field of osteochondral tissue engineering (OCTE) and presents challenges and strategies being developed that face not only bone and cartilage regeneration, but also establish osteochondral interface formation in order to translate it into a clinical setting.

The identification and interpretation of the signs of breast cancer in mammographic images from screening programs can be very difficult due to the subtle and diversified appearance of breast disease.

This contributed volume provides insights into multiple applications using microbes to promote productivity in agriculture, to produce biochemicals or to respond to challenges in biomedicine.

This book reviews the occurrence and fate of pesticides in soils, their impact on soil quality and soil ecosystems, and it also provides a comprehensive overview of the latest prevention and remediation strategies of soil contamination.

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SpringerBriefs in Biotech Patents present timely reports of intellectual properties (IP) issues and patent aspects in the field of biotechnology.

This book addresses the methodological issues involved in responsible innovation and provides an overview of recent applications of multidisciplinary research.

RNA molecules play key roles in all aspects of cellular life, but to do so efficiently, they must work in synergism with proteins.

Advanced Materials for Sustainable Environmental Remediation: Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments presents detailed, comprehensive coverage of novel and advanced materials that can be applied to address the growing global concern of the pollution of natural resources in waters, the air and soil.

This book provides basic food engineering knowledge for beginners.

Biomass for Bioenergy and Biomaterials presents an overview of recent studies developed specifically for lignocellulose-based production of biofuels, biochemicals, and functional materials.

Fosters a thorough understand of radiation dosimetry concepts: detailed solutions to the exercises in the textbook Fundamentals of Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry!

This book explains the fundamental characteristics and biofunctionality of Alzheimer's Disease drug targets and provides up-to-date information on the full range of their biomedical applications.

The opportunities and challenges of using dendrimers to improve drug delivery Among pharmaceutical and biomedical researchers, the use of dendrimers in drug delivery systems has attracted increasing interest.

This book focuses on cartilage defects and new mesenchymal stem cell-based treatments for their repair and regeneration.

This book explores recent advances in the microbial production of xylitol and its applications in food and medical sector.

This book outlines comprehensive information on the global trends, policies, research priorities and frontier innovations made in the research domain of breeding, biotechnology, biofortification and quality enhancement of wheat and barley.

This book describes how biologically available free energy sources (ATP, chemical potential, and membrane potentials, among others) can be used to drive synthetic reactions, signaling in cells, and various types of motion such as membrane traffic, active transport, and cell locomotion.

Augmenting Neurological Disorder Prediction and Rehabilitation Using Artificial Intelligence focuses on how the neurosciences can benefit from advances in AI, especially in areas such as medical image analysis for the improved diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, early detection of acute neurologic events, prediction of stroke, medical image segmentation for quantitative evaluation of neuroanatomy and vasculature, diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease, autism spectrum disorder, and other key neurological disorders.

Comprehensive coverage of the principles, applications and business of biotechnology; from concept to final product.

This volume explores the latest techniques and methods used for performing up-to-date glycosylation research.

This book advances biomedical innovations to address the plethora of health problems afflicting the developing world.

Medicinal herbs and trees are some of the most trusted sources of traditional cures for most common diseases, even in the present day.

This comprehensive volume focuses on recent trends and new technologies used in the management ofreproduction in major farm animals, focusing on both males and females of bovine, equine, and porcinespecies.

The world's population is expected to reach the eight billion mark very soon.

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This book comprehensively reviews the recent advances in nanomaterial-based molecular imaging, diagnostics, and personalized therapy.

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

Recent Advances on Mycorrhizal Fungi integrates work done by pre-eminent scientists, academics, and researchers dedicated to the study of mycorrhizas in laboratories around the world.

This book provides the necessary fundamentals and background for researchers and research professionals working in the field of 3D bioprinting in tissue engineering.

This book presents an overview of up-converting phosphor (UCP), including UCP preparation, development of the rapid detection strips and UCP industrialization.

The increased use of biodegradable synthetic or natural scaffolds combined with cells and/or biological molecules, in order to create functional replacement tissue in a damaged tissue site, has led to the need for the development of 'best practice' methods in the area of tissue engineering to help ensure the creation of safe, high quality products.

Faced with the growing demand for nature in cities, informal greenspaces are gaining the interest of various stakeholders - residents, associations, public authorities - as well as scientists.

This new volume reviews current progress on different approaches of in vivo reprogramming technology.

Investigation into basic and advanced peptide design, synthesis, evaluation and utilization.

In this book international experts discuss the state-of-the-art  in the biological degradation of hydrocarbons to meet remedial or disposal goals.

Detailed algorithms for string processes and pattern matching have examples from natural language processing, molecular sequencing, and databases.

Industrial activities like textile processing and mining are typical sources of heavy metal-rich wastewaters.

In most of the industries, industrial effluent treatment plants are playing vital roles to ensure the efficient management of industrial effluent for supporting sustainable development of our society.

This practical book presents the modeling of dynamic biological engineering processes in a readily comprehensible manner, using the unique combination of simplified fundamental theory and direct hands-on computer simulation.

This title offers 62 chapters divided among three volumes covering the latest topics dealing with Doubled Haploid (DH) technology, as well as methods to produce DHs in different species through different in vivo and in vitro approaches.