Description Biotechnology is in many respects shaping our life and affecting our means of production and the creation of jobs. Progress in the applications
of biotechnology depends on a wide base of basic as well as applied sciences. The output of biotechnology has already proved itself
in many diverse fields from health to biomining and from agriculture to enzyme "breeding". It is therefore difficult to follow all of
the current as well as the potential applications of biotechnology.
The objective of the Biotechnology Annual Review series
is to attempt to provide readers with the needed indepth knowledge, by reviewing specific topics in biotechnology in each issue. The
philosophy behind this series is to encourage good reviews to make it easier for readers to keep in touch with progress and applications
of biotechnology. Reviews on topics related to regulatory affairs, social impact of biotechnology, biodiversity, biosafety, public acceptance
and patent issues are also encouraged.
Drafts of the human genome were published in Science and Nature magazines, last year. The human
genome as well as the other completed genomes can now be searched using different databases.
The exponential increase of the sequence
data lead to the development of the new "Bioinformatics" field in order to attempt making sense, at least biological sense, out of all
the new and fast data.
It will take also other techniques such as "functional genomics" to link the gap between a specific phenotype
or a treatment and a gene sequence. Functional genomics tools are therefore important for the accurate molecular diagnosis/prognosis,
target discovery and validation needed for drug development and novel targets for antibiotics development. Functional Genomics are also
important for the confirmation of therapy in pharmacogenomics studies. Applications of functional genomics techniques are equally important
for progress in biotechnology applications of plants, animals and other organisms.
Contents Preface. Editorial Board. List of contributors. Progress in bioinformatics and the importance of being earnest
(T.K. Attwood, C.J. Miller).
Protein formulation and fill-finish operations (S.Y. Patro, E. Freund, B.S. Chang). New chips for molecular biology and diagnostics (N.
Zammatteo et al.).
Folate receptor-targeted liposomes as vectors for therapeutic agents (M.A. Gosselin, R.J. Lee). Development
of vasculature targeting strategies for the treatment of cancer
and chronic inflammatory diseases (A.J. Schraa et al.). Separation
of biosynthetic polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) with
supercritical fluid (W. Li, M.Sivakumar). Overview of solid state bioprocessing
(D.A. Mitchell, M. Berovic, N. Krieger). Antibiotics (V. Bðhal). Index of authors. Keyword index.
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