Biotechnology Products in Everyday Life

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-319-92398-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 571 g

Reihe: EcoProduction

This book explores a sampling of the most powerful and enterprising efforts to achieve biotechnological goals by means of various interdisciplinary approaches. From the fabrication of extremely small units to achieve specific objectives through nano-bio-technology, to devices with artificial intelligence, gene therapy for cerebrovascular anomalies, biodegradable plastics, the use of phyto-stem cells in cosmetology, CarT cell immune therapy, targeted therapies for cancer, 3D printed bones developed by the University of Wollongong in Australia, the sickle cell chip developed by IIT Bombay, and innovative sustainable energy solutions, the book includes a colorful spectrum of reviews on current and future biotech products.

Gathering contributions by an international team of researchers, this book offers its audience, and particularly younger readers, revealing information on current and upcoming smart technologies.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Saxena, Arpita

Khoobchandani, Menka

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Energiewirtschaft: Alternative & Erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Category ?: Very small world (nanodeliveries).- Chapter 1. Nanotechnology from Ancient Era to Today’s World (Ketaki Deshmukh).- Chapter 2. Nano-deliverables (Indulekha Singaravelu, Arun Kumar Palaniappan).- Chapter 3. Targeted phytochemicals conjugated gold nanoparticles in cancer treatment (Menka Khoobchandani, Alice Raphael Karikachery, Kavita Katti, Kattesh V. Katti).- Category ?: Intelligent devices.- Chapter 4. Enterprising Artificial Intelligence. Aiding to patients as well as the Healers(Arpita Saxena).- Chapter 5. Point of Care Devices (Tabasum Zafar).- Chapter 6. Pacemaker(Xuwei Hou).-  Category ?: Behind the Scenes Genes.- Chapter 7. Car-T Cell Immune Therapy: Engineering T Cells to Treat Cancer (Sohinee Bhattacharyya).- Category ?: Greener Environment.- Chapter 8. Performance Evaluation of Solar Energy Based Distillation System for Groundwater Purification: A Green concept For Rural Development of Indian villages (Shivakshi Jasrotia).- Chapter 9. Biodegradable plastics production by Cyanobacteria (Ranjana Bhati).- Category ?: Yielding more (agricultural and industrial).- Chapter 10. Global status of Genetically Modified crops and its commercialization (Gulshan Chaudhary).- Chapter 11. Global Food Security: A truncated yield of underutilized and orphan crops (Anoop Anand Malik, Gulshan Chaudhary).- Category ?: Ordinary to extra-ordinary.- Chapter 12. Recent Metabolomics Advances in Soybean Improvement (Juhi Chaudhary, Gunvant Patil, Humira Sonah, Rupesh Deshmukh).- Chapter 13. Phyto-stem Cell: New door in Cosmetology (Megha Jha).- Category ?: Readiness to cure.- Chapter 14. Dual targeted therapy and molecular imaging with radiolabeled nanoparticles (B. Ocampo-García, B. Gibbens-Bandala, E. Morales-Avila E., L.Melendez-Alafort, M. Khoobchandanim, M.Trujillo-Nolasco, Katti K.).- Chapter 15. Pharmaceutical biotechnology in herbal neuroprotection (Tabasum Zafar).- Chapter 16. Rationale and Pathways for Developing a Pharmacotherapy for Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (Kiranj K. Chaudagar, Abhinav Kanwal).

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Menka Khoobchandani is currently a Research Scientist at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, after finishing her PhD from DayalbaghEducational Institute, India. With ten years of research and academic experience, her focus areas are cancer biology, drug discovery, and material sciences.

 Dr. Arpita Saxena is a social entrepreneur, striving to better the social education system in India with her AAPT concept. Arpita holds a PhD in Biotechnology and has seven years of experience in anticancer therapeutics in affiliation with the CSIR and BIRAC.