Biotechnology

Due to the possibility that petroleum supplies will be exhausted in the next decades to come, more and more attention has been paid to the production of bacterial pl- tics including polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), polylactic acid (PLA), poly(butylene succinate) (PBS), biopolyethylene (PE), poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT), and poly(p-phenylene) (PPP).

The fourth volume in this series is a proceedings volume based on papers presented at the 5th Innovations in Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research conference.

Prokaryotic Toxins - Antitoxins gives the first overview of an exciting and rapidly expanding research field.

Just as the health costs of aging threaten to bankrupt developed countries, this book makes the scientific case that a biological "e;bailout"e; could be on the way, and that human aging can be different in the future than it is today.

Protein engineering has had considerable impact on basic and applied research in biochemistry and molecular biology.

The Textbook of Ion Channels is a set of three volumes that provides a wide-ranging reference source on ion channels for students, instructors and researchers.

Data Science for Genomics presents the foundational concepts of data science as they pertain to genomics, encompassing the process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, suggesting conclusions and supporting decision-making.

This text is about electrical and instrumentation safety for chemical proc- esses.

Genetic engineering is the process of manually adding new DNA to an organism.

This book establishes a measurement index to quantify China's mass media public credibility, based on extensive research and the encapsulation of measurement theories and approaches related to media public credibility, as well as numerous empirical case studies from the international academic community over the past hundred years.

Collective Behavior In Systems Biology: A Primer on Modeling Infrastructure offers a survey of established and emerging methods for quantifying process behavior in cellular systems.

Megaplasmids are extrachromosomal genetic elements in the size range of 100 kb and larger.

Glucose Monitoring Devices: Measuring Blood Glucose to Manage and Control Diabetes presents the state-of-the-art regarding glucose monitoring devices and the clinical use of monitoring data for the improvement of diabetes management and control.

With exponentially increasing population across the globe and shrinking resources, the concern of food security is looming large over the world community.

This book focuses on various aspects of nanotechnology based gene silencing.

Biochar prepared from agricultural biomass has received considerable attention because of the huge availability of ago-waste at zero cost, flexibility, high efficiency, renewability, faster contaminant removal rate, ability to treat concentrated effluent and reduction of sludge production after the treatment.

Pregnancy is a critical time for the health of the mother and the fetus, with important potential risks for both.

This topical book sheds light on immigrants' subjective well-being by analysing the main factors associated with self-reported life satisfaction among immigrants and natives.

Animal Biotechnology: Models in Discovery and Translation, Second Edition, provides a helpful guide to anyone seeking a thorough review of animal biotechnology and its application to human disease and welfare.

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

Nanofertilizer Delivery, Effects and Application Methods explores the science of nutrient nanoformulation, a potential tool toward sustainable and climate-sensitive crops.

This book highlights the role of point-of-care (POC) testing in the effective management of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with an in-depth focus on the recent developments in the field, existing gaps, and future directions.

"e;For all those who fear they cannot understand the science of DNA -- they will soon find that they can and it's fascinating.

This book discusses the recent progress and advances in nanochemoprevention.

Volume 8, solely devoted to the toxicology of metals and metalloids as well as their compounds, focuses on human health.

Basic Confocal Microscopy, Second Edition builds on the successful first edition by keeping the same format and reflecting relevant changes and recent developments in this still-burgeoning field.

"e;The chapters are organized well, and the preface explains how the concept of food is changing over time and how marine organisms are considered as healthy food.

This edited volume in the Community Psychology Book Series emphasizes applications of community psychology for disrupting dominant and hegemonic power relations.

This book provides an introduction to the basic science and technologies for the conversion of biomass (terrestrial and aquatic) into chemicals and fuels, as well as an overview of innovations in the field.

Biotechnology, Second Edition approaches modern biotechnology from a molecular basis, which has grown out of increasing biochemical understanding of genetics and physiology.

This book covers a range of important topics on dairy and fermented foods and microalgae biotechnologies for food, beverage and bioproduct industries.

Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts.

This book addresses various aspects of the current castor bean research, including genetics, biotechnology, comparative genomics, and more specific topics such as oil metabolism and the ricin toxin.

This second edition guides readers through experimental and computational techniques on the study of tissue morphogenesis, with a  specific focus on techniques to image, manipulate, model and analyze tissue morphogenesis.

Transport of molecules across the cell membrane is a fundamental process of all living organisms.

Major parts of the oceans and lands of our planet are permanently, or temporarily, exposed to temperatures below 10 C.

This book summarizes the reported health benefits of bioactive factors in cereal foods and their potential underlying mechanisms.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 3rd International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2023 (ICoBiomasSE 2023), Malaysia.

The current volume focuses on all the major concerns associated with the biofungicides and provides comprehensive knowledge of microbial and phytochemical fungicides, bioformulations, regulation as well as limitation of biofungicides, and their role in disease management in plants.

For the majority of the world's population, medicinal and aromatic plants are the most important source of life-saving drugs.

Marine Enzymes Biotechnology: Production and Industrial Applications, Part II - Marine Organisms Producing Enzymes provides a huge treasure trove of information on marine organisms.

This book covers topics on mechanosensing, mechanotransduction, and actin cytoskeletal dynamics in cell motility.

Technological advances have greatly increased the potential for, and practicability of, using medical neurotechnologies to revolutionize how a wide array of neurological and nervous system diseases and dysfunctions are treated.

Grapevine is one of the major cultivated plant crops.

Principles and Labs for Deep Learning provides the knowledge and techniques needed to help readers design and develop deep learning models.

Plant secondary metabolism is an economically important source of fine chemicals, such as drugs, insecticides, dyes, flavours, and fragrances.

Extrusion is the operation of forming and shaping a molten or dough-like material by forcing it through a restriction, or die.

This book is a call to expand and diversify our approach to the study of the human mind in relation to the Theory of Mind.