An Essence of Biotechnology [Hardcover]

Biotechnology is a range of enabling technologies that will find significant applications in many industrial sectors. It is a technology in search of new applications and the main benefits lie under future. The applications of biotechnology are so broad that virtually every industry is using this technology. Developments are underway in areas as diverse as pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, textile, aquaculture, forestry, chemicals, household products, environmental cleanup, food processing and forensics to name a few. Biotechnology holds significant promises to the future but must be carefully regulated so that the maximum benefits are received with least risk. Designed for students, teachers and researchers of modern life sciences, this book is an explorative journey through biotechnology. It focuses on various biotechnological techniques and applications which have the potential to provid real benefits to the mankind. The present book provides an insight into a number of core and important areas of biotechnology. It begins with basic scientific concepts, then guides reader through multi-staged biotechnical applications and finally explores the effect of biotechnology on today’s society and on future generations. About The Author:- Dr. Sumedha Mehta Mohan, is an active and dedicated environmentalist and biotechnologist. She is working as a lecturer and scientist in Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida (UP). A Ph. D. in Environmental Botany form Hamdard University, Delhi, she has carried out deep research on various environmental management programes. She has authored a review on suspended particulate matter in a book of international acclaim “Environmental Hazards: Causes and Consequences.” She has attended and actively participated in various workshops, seminars and symposiums at national level on issues concerned with environment and biotechnology. Presently she is working on various scientific projects involving some of the leading organizations like Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Department of Science and Technology (DST). Chintanu Kumar Sarmah MSc (Bioinf.-ENGLAND), MSc (Env.Sc.), DIBM Chintanu, currently a lecture in Amity University, Uttar Pradesh (India), is an emerging and promising young scientist in the field of Bioinformatics/Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences. Besides having education abroad, he has got international exposure in a number of activities related to his fields of academic interests. Further, he bears an artistic-bent-of-mind and carries himself with a substantial and quiet hold on vocal and instrumental music, literature and poetry. Contents:- CONTENTS:- # Preface : A gentle Introduction to a Big Idea : Redesigning our Inevitable genetic Makeup : Speaking the Language of Recombinant DNA : Analysing the Code of Life : GM Products and Business of Biotechnology : Big Money and Agri-biotechnology : Managing the Platform of Biotechnology : Deciphering Bioinformatics for Biotechnology : Biotechnology and its Noble Promises : Glossary : Index. The Title 'An Essence of Biotechnology written/authored/edited by Sumedha Mehta Mohan, Chintanu Kumar Sarmah', published in the year 2005. The ISBN 9788178354699 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 296 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-