Biotechnology in Healthcare, Volume 1
Technologies and Innovations

Discusses the emerging field of biotechnology and its impact on the healthcare sector, focusing on new technologies and market opportunities

Debmalya Barh (Edited by)

9780323898379, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 31 March 2022

290 pages, 100 illustrations (50 in full color)
27.6 x 21.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.81 kg

Biotechnology in Healthcare, Technologies and Innovations, Volume One presents up-to-date knowledge on the emerging field of biotechnology as applied to the healthcare industry. Sections cover 3D printing, tissue engineering, synthetic biology, nano-biotechnology, omics, precision medicine, gene therapy, vaccine development, predictive healthcare, entrepreneurship, financing, business models, product development and marketing in the sector. This is a valuable source for biotechnologists, bioinformaticians, clinicians and members of biomedical and healthcare fields who need to understand more about the promising developments of the emerging field of biotechnology in healthcare.

1. Overview of Healthcare Biotechnology2. 3D printing in healthcare3. Synthetic Biology in Healthcare: Technologies and applications4. Nanotechnology in healthcare: nanoparticles for diagnostics and therapeutics5. Analysis and applications of sequencing in healthcare6. Innovative technologies in precision healthcare7. Omics applications in reproductive medicine 8. Biotechnology approaches in developing novel drug delivery systems9. Gene therapy and gene editing in healthcare10. Algae biotechnology for nutritional and pharmaceutical applications11. Phage therapy: a promising approach to counter antimicrobial drug resistance12. Biotechnology strategies for development of therapeutics and vaccines against the novel coronavirus pandemic13. Applications of microbial genomics in healthcare14. Artificial intelligence applied to healthcare biotechnology15. IPR in healthcare biotechnology

Subject Areas: Personal & public health [MBNH], Biotechnology industries [KNDH1]