Biotechnology Annual Review

M. Raafat El-Gewely (Author)

9780444517494, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 30 October 2004

322 pages
28.6 x 22.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.73 kg

Foreword - What is Biotechnology Today? (Leroy Hood, The Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, USA)

1. Rapid translation system: a novel cell-free way from gene to protein (M. Hoffmann, C. Nemetz).
2. Protein expression and refolding - a practical guide to getting the most out of inclusion bodies (L.D. Cabrita, S. Bottomley).
3. Towards a systems biology understanding of human health: interplay between genotype, environment and nutrition.
4. Public health issues related with the consumption of food obtained from genetically modified organisms (A. Paparini, V. Romano-Spica).
5. p75 neurotrophin receptor signaling in the nervous system (Y. Hasegawa et al.).
6. Phage display for epitope determination: a paradigm for identifying receptor-ligand interactions (M.J. Rowley, K. O'Connor, L. Wijeyewickrema).
7. DNA vaccines and their application against parasites - promise, limitations and potential solutions (P.M. Smooker et al.).
8. Drug-induced and antibody-mediated pure red cell aplasia: a review of literature and current knowledge (R. Smalling et al.).
9. Using the biologic license application or new drug application as a basis for the common technical document (M. Foote).
10. Guidelines and policies for medical writers in the biotech industry: an update on the controversy (M. Foote).
11. Radioimmunotherapy of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: clinical development of the zevalin regimen (C.P. Theuer et al.).
12. Biosimulation software is changing research (R.L.X. Ho, L.T. Bartsell).

Subject Areas: Agricultural science [TVB], Biotechnology [TCB], Science: general issues [PD], Interdisciplinary studies [GT], Reference works [GBC]