Biotechnology

This textbook introduces to the fundamentals and applications of insect biotechnology in a concise manner.

Bioaugmentation, biostimulation and biocontrol approaches using microbial inoculants, biofertilizers, biochemicals and organic amendments improve soil biology, fertility and crop productivity by providing plant growth-promoting nutrients and suppressing soil-borne diseases and plant-parasitic nematodes.

This detailed volume presents a series of protocols that are representative of recent developments and improvements in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) and corresponding human disease models.

This thesis examines the feasibility of using silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as a viable disinfectant.

Miniaturization in the fields of chemistry and molecular biology has resulted in the "e;lab-on-a-chip.

The Ninth International Conference on Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis was held for the first time in Asia from September 20 to September 24, 1992 in Otsu (a city near Kyoto), Japan.

This book covers the identification and role of endogenous lung stem cells in health and disease, particularly the most recent advances.

The field of horticultural biotechnology has witnessed remarkable growth in recent years, offering profound insights and innovations that are reshaping agriculture's future.

This book in the series "e;Sustainable Development and Biodiversity"e; contains peer-reviewed chapters from leading academicians and researchers around the world in the field of horticulture, plant taxonomy, plant biotechnology, genetics and related areas of biodiversity science centered on genetic diversity.

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

This book offers a guideline for "e;Technology Audit"e; exercises for the transforming innovation systems of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs).

This book offers a comprehensive guide to discovering, assessing, and utilizing consortia of beneficial microbes for crop protection and enhanced crop production in the context of climate change.

Environmental Biotechnology: A Biosystems Approach introduces a systems approach to environmental biotechnology and its applications to a range of environmental problems.

Incorporates the Experiences of World-Class Researchers Microbial Biotechnology: Progress and Trends offers a theoretical take on topics that relate to microbial biotechnology.

Now presented in large format, the new Schmid is the ideal primer in biotechnology.

This up-to-date reference book discusses the synthesis, production, and application of various microbial enzymes and metabolites for health.

This book reviews in detail the history of motion analysis, including the earliest attempts to capture, freeze, study and reproduce motion.

Immunomodulatory Effects of Nanomaterials: Assessment and Analysis provides an overview of the modulatory impact of nanomaterials on the immune system, as well as evaluative and analytical methods for assessing effects.

Applications of Biosensors in Healthcare: Volume 3 details and explores the various ways biosensors are used in healthcare, disease management, and therapeutic delivery.

This monograph is devoted to full-scale geoecological risk assessment in gas industry impacted polar areas and the relevant risk management options using innovative nature-like biogeochemical technologies.

Several micro- and nanomanipulation techniques have emerged in recent decades thanks to advances in micro- and nanofabrication.

Written by authors from different fields to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the topic, this book guides the reader through new nano-materials processing inspired by nature.

How the regimes governing biological research changed during the genomics revolution, focusing on the Human Genome Project.

Biosensors and Bioelectronics presents the rapidly evolving methodologies that are relevant to biosensors and bioelectronics fabrication and characterization.

The book discusses recent findings and current perspectives on therapeutic angiogenesis.

This new work is dedicated to glasses and their variants which can be used as biomaterials to repair diseased and damaged tissues.

Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuel is materially obstructed by the compositional and chemical complexity of biomaterials, resulting in a challenge in using these as raw materials for the biofuel production process.

The possession of plasmids was for a long time recognized only in the bacteria.

This book employs discursive psychology to examine how far-right discourse on issues related to multiculturalism is received, interpreted, adapted and contested in political rhetoric and informal talk.

Biotechnology is technology based on biology, agriculture, food science and medicine.

Proteomics, like other post-genomics tools, has been growing at a rapid pace and has important applications in numerous fields of science.

This monograph introduces current genome editing technologies-clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-CRISPR-associated (Cas) systems, transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs)-and provides an assessment of the risk of misuse of these technologies based on the following parameters: accessibility, ease of misuse, magnitude of potential harm, and imminence of potential misuse.

The completion of the Human Genome Project and the rapid progress in cell bi- ogy and biochemical engineering, are major forces driving the steady increase of approved biotech products, especially biopharmaceuticals, in the market.

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 summarizes the latest advances in nanophotonics for biomedical applications, including biomolecular sensing and imaging, additive fabrications, and biophotonics.

This book describes seven areas in the field of biotechnology operations as practiced by biopharmaceutical firms and nonprofit institutions.

"e;Antibiotics and their mechanisms of action"e; provides a deep and lucid understanding of the mechanisms of action of various antibiotics.

As part of a study of current and future research in the life sciences that contains applications relevant to development of agents of biological origin 5 to 10 years into the future, an NRC/IOM committee held an international workshop in 2004 to examine advancing technologies from a global point of view.

Soil salinity is a key abiotic-stress and poses serious threats to crop yields and quality of produce.

Microbial technology using live, naturally occurring microorganisms in industrial wastewater treatment, is the most effective and innovative method to degrade environmental pollutants such as heavy metals, radionuclides, xenobiotic compounds, organic waste, and pesticides, or to prevent their contamination of the environment.

This book presents nanoparticles as potential drug delivery carriers for overcoming the blood-brain barrier.

Nature offers abundant renewable resources that can be used to partially replace fossil fuels and commodity chemicals but issues of cost, technology readiness levels, and compatibility with existing distribution networks remain huge challenges.

In recent years, scientific research and translation medicine have placed increased emphasis on computational methodology and data curation across many disciplines, both to advance underlying science and to instantiate precision-medicine protocols in the lab and in clinical practice.

A short, readable 2003 textbook that is about the philosophical, social and political aspects of biology.

Medical devices and surgical tools that contain micro and nanoscale features allow surgeons to perform clinical procedures with greater precision and safety while monitoring physiological and biomechanical parameters more accurately.

This book represents an original research contribution in the area of aroma volatile biochemistry and the molecular analysis of basmati and non-basmati rice cultivars of India.

State of the Art in Neural Networks and Their Applications presents the latest advances in artificial neural networks and their applications across a wide range of clinical diagnoses.

First Published in 1985, this book offers comprehensive insight into the process of administering chemical ingredients.

This book is a timely reference text that highlights the role of vaccination in the fast-growing aquaculture industry.