Biotechnology for beginners / Reinhard Renneberg ; edited by Arnold L. Demain ; foreword by Tom A. Rapoport; illustration, Darja Sußbier ; translated from the German by Renate FitzRoy and Jackie Jones.
Beer, bread, and cheese : the tasty side of biotechnology -- Enzymes : molecular supercatalysts foruse at home and in industry -- The wonders of gene technology -- White biotechnology: cells as synthetic factories -- Viruses, antibodies, and vaccines -- Environmental biotechnology : from one-way streets to traffic circles -- Green biotechnology -- Embryos, clones, and transgenic animals -- Myocardial infraction, cancer, and stem cells: biotechnology as a life saver -- Analytic biotechnology and the human genome.
Summary:
"'...overview of biotechnology ... in a wide array of the life sciences including genetics, immunology, biochemistry, agronomy, food science, and animal science....Authors ... discuss the opportunities and risks of individual technologies and provide historical data... [C]overs all major aspects of the field, from food biotechnology to enzymes, genetic engineering, viruses, antibodies, and vaccines, to environmental biotechnology, transgenic animals, analytical biotechnology, and the human genome."--From publisher description.
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