Genetic information can be misused. It can be used to discriminate against people in health insurance and employment. People known to carry a gene ...

This book has a distinguishing feature of having condensed material with adequate information on genetic engineering especially of the microbes. Th...

"Over the last 35 years the term genetic engineering has been commonly used not only in science but also in others parts of society. Nowadays this ...

Genetic recombination is the process by which a strand of genetic material (usually DNA; but can also be RNA) is broken and then joined to a differ...

Genetically engineered crops are those crop plants that are transformed with transgenes of desired traits into their nuclear genome using recombina...

Biotechnological innovations in the past 30 years have raised many questions about how we can reap the benefits of transformative science and techn...

This textbook on biosensor operate for longer periods unlike an affinity-based sensor, which should be replaced after detection action. The books e...

Chitosan is a partially deacetylated derivative of chitin, a natural polysaccharide extracted from crustaceans, insects and certain fungi. Owing to...

High Throughput Screening (HTS) is one of several hit identification approaches that are part of a developing and evolving toolbox for the discover...

High Value Processing is concerned with all the processes and activities of converting raw materials and commodity materials into valuable products...

Imagining Science brings together internationally recognized artists, scientists, and social commentators to feature a body of original artwork and...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of in vivo imaging. Topics discussed include nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of ...

Humanity is facing a colossal problem due to a population explosion and the relentless exploitation of natural resources. Biotechnology is one of t...

Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology has paved new ways for disease modelling and drug discovery. Disease modelling with the differentiat...

Industrial Application of Biotechnology

This book examines the competitive conditions affecting certain industries that are developing and adopting new industrial biotechnology (IB) proce...

This book provides a profile of innovation in industrial biotechnology, an emerging field of biotechnology characterised by the use of enzymes, mic...

Industrial biotechnology can be defined as the use of modern biological life sciences in various industries. Biotechnology has a myriad of applicat...

The Committee on Finance of the United States Senate requested the Commission to examine the competitive conditions affecting certain industries th...

Leading experts in the enzymology field present herewith an overview of the use of enzymes in therapy, genetic engineering, pulp and paper, textile...

The term inflammasome was coined over a decade ago to describe the molecular platform activated by pathogens or stressor molecules where inflammato...

The aim of this book is to highlight the utilization of algae for the development of useful products using environmentally friendly technologies su...

This book summarises recent progress of a newly developed novel bioengineering technology, namely low-energy ion beam bioengineering (IBB). Low-ene...

As a biopolymer, lignin is unusual because of its heterogeneity and lack of a defined primary structure. Its most commonly noted function is the su...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the chemistry, uses and potential side effects of mannitol. Topics discussed inc...

Marshy salt-soil improvement and efficient use are a worldwide problem. As the global population increases and urbanisation accelerates, arable lan...

Plants have been the main source of medicines since ancient times. Practically all human societies have utilised plants not only as sources of nutr...

mRNA (messenger RNA) is the mediating template between DNA and proteins. The information from a particular gene is transferred from a strand of DNA...

The book is divided into fifteen chapters that cover various aspects of micro-organism-based biotechnology, including recent methodologies such as ...

The precarious activities of human beings bring undesirable changes in the environment. The environment is degrading due to overpopulation, industr...

In this book, the authors discuss the control, manipulation and behavioural applications of microfluidics. Topics include dielectrophoresis based d...

Modern environmental technologies are indeed designed to enhance cost efficiencies and productivity. The current proposal aims to provide a compreh...

The rapid developments in nanostructured materials and nanotechnology will have a profound impact in many areas of biomedical applications includin...

Electrochemical biosensors are portable devices that permit rapid analysis of substances. They are most useful in detection and monitoring of biolo...

The community of natural enemies that inhabits agroecosystems is complex mainly due to multiple trophic interactions established among them and the...

Neurocomputing is at the centre of multidisciplinary research, which involves computations by biological neural networks and those by artificial ne...

This book pays special attention to the behaviour of antioxidants and bioantioxidants in chemical and biological media, creation of new biochips, b...

Apoptosis is the regulated form of cell death. It is a complex process defined by a set of characteristic morphological and biochemical features th...

New Research on Biotechnology & Medicine

Many cancer biologists now believe that genomic instability not only initiates carcinogenesis, but also allows the tumour cell to become metastatic...

New Research on the Environment & Biotechnology

Soybean seeds contain a large amount of protein (about 35%), and there is a significant correlation between the total amount of N accumulated in so...

Timely pathogen detection is an important issue for the efficient prevention of outbreaks in the populations world-wide. The development of the sen...

Nova Science Publishers, New York, U.S.A has now released Personalized Medicine (Beyond PET Biomarkers), which is an extension of the author’s rece...

Lipases are triacylglycerol acylhydrolases that catalyse the hydrolysis of triglycerides to release concomitant free fatty acids and glycerol. Lipa...

This book includes information about the express assessment of cell viability in biological preparations, interfacial tension, and phase behaviour ...

Pluripotent cells of the early embryo originate all types of somatic cells and germ cells of adult organism. Pluripotent stems cell lines were deri...