ISBN: 978-1-83926-482-5
Year: 2022
Binding: HB
Price: US $ 290.00
Modern biotechnology provides breakthrough products and technologies to combat debilitating and rare diseases, reduce our environmental footprint, feed the hungry, use less and cleaner energy and have safer, cleaner and more efficient industrial manufacturing processes. Biotechnology is helping to heal the world by harnessing nature's own toolbox and using our own genetic makeup to heal. Biotechnology uses biological processes and living organisms to develop products. The most prominent area of biotechnology is the production of therapeutic proteins and other drugs through genetic engineering. It is used in industries such as health care, agriculture, food, etc. It has numerous branches like bioinformatics, green biotechnology, white biotechnology, red biotechnology, blue biotechnology, etc. The book aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of biotechnology. It also unfolds the innovative aspects of this field which will be crucial for the holistic understanding of the subject matter. It deals with model organisms, disulfide bond formation, cryopreservation biotechnology, chloroplast biotechnology, nanobiotechnology, computational methods and yeasts in biotechnology. This book focuses on current trends and applications of biotechnology. Also included in this book is a detailed explanation of the various concepts and applications of biotechnology. While understanding the long-term perspectives of the topics, the book makes an effort in highlighting their impact as a modern tool for the growth of the discipline. For all those who are interested in biotechnology, it can prove to be an essential guide.
Preface............................................................................................................v
Chapter 1 Introductory Chapter: Yeasts in Biotechnology...................................1
1. Introduction............................................................................................1
2. Yeast application....................................................................................2
3. Conclusion..............................................................................................2
Acknowledgements...............................................................................3
Conflict of interest................................................................................3
Chapter 2 Introductory Chapter: Application Fields of Cryopreservation Biotechnology...............................................................................................5
1. Cryopreservation biotechnology........................................................5
2. Application of cryopreservation biotech-nology in medical
sciences....................................................................................................6
3. Application of cryopreservation biotech-nology in biological
sciences....................................................................................................7
4. Conclusion..............................................................................................8
Chapter 3 Application of Red Cell Membrane in Nanobiotechnology..........10
Abstract.................................................................................................10
1. Introduction..........................................................................................10
2. Membrane proteins of red cell membrane and its
functionalities.......................................................................................11
3. Red cell membrane extraction and functionalization
techniques.............................................................................................15
4. The applications of red cell membrane in drug delivery systems
and biosensors.....................................................................................18
5. Conclusions..........................................................................................21
Acknowledgements.............................................................................21
Chapter 4 Technical Advances in Chloroplast Biotechnology..........................25
Abstract.................................................................................................25
1. Introduction..........................................................................................25
2. Chloroplast biotechnology—an overview......................................26
3. Making better crops through chloroplast engineering................27
4. Chloroplasts as trouble-rescue organelles......................................29
5. Advances in plastid functional genomics......................................31
6. Role of synthetic biology in engineering plastid metabolic
pathways...............................................................................................32
7. Regulation of RNA editing in chloroplasts...................................33
8. Conclusions and future directions..................................................35
Chapter 5 From Biology to Biotechnology: Disulfide Bond Formation in
Escherichia coli..........................................................................................42
Abstract.................................................................................................42
1. Introduction: covalent bonds in proteins.......................................43
2. Disulfide-bond research during the pre-genomic sequencing
era..........................................................................................................43
3. Genome sequencing enables a great leap forward in bacterial
redox biology research.......................................................................46
4. Disulfide-bond research in the post-genomic sequencing era...50
5. Future directions.................................................................................58
6. Conclusions..........................................................................................60
Chapter 6 Escherichia coli as a Model Organism and Its Application in
Biotechnology.............................................................................................72
Abstract.................................................................................................72
1. Introduction..........................................................................................72
2. Plasmid and the E. coli revolution................................................76
3. Genome modifications to understand E. coli...............................80
4. E. coli-based biosensors: tools for many applications................82
5. Genetic engineering and synthetic biology of E. coli.................85
6. Future....................................................................................................87
Acknowledgements.............................................................................88
Chapter 7 Biotechnology Carbon Capture and Storage by Microalgae to Enhance CO2 Removal Efficiency in Closed-System Photobioreactor..........................................................................................98
Abstract.................................................................................................98
1. Introduction..........................................................................................99
2. Biotechnology of Carbon Capture and Storage..........................103
3. Microalgal cultivation.......................................................................110
Chapter 8 Biotechnology of Tissues and Materials in Dentistry —
Future Prospects......................................................................................127
1. Introduction........................................................................................127
2. Strategies for formation and development of tissues................130
3. Importance of tissues for maxillofacial complex........................135
4. Biomaterials used in craniofacial tissue regeneration...............138
5. Challenges and future prospects...................................................140
Chapter 9 Microalgal Biotechnology: Prospects and Applications................147
1. Introduction........................................................................................147
2. What are microalgae?.......................................................................148
3. Algal metabolites...............................................................................148
4. What are phytochemicals?..............................................................149
5. Microalgal bioactive compounds...................................................150
6. Biological activity of microalgae....................................................156
7. Other applications and products from microalgae....................172
8. Microalgal production......................................................................180
9. Conclusion..........................................................................................183
Chapter 10 Establishment of Functional Biotechnology Laboratories in Developing Countries............................................................................197
1. Introduction........................................................................................197
2. Establishment of biotechnology laboratories and some research
output .................................................................................................200
3. Conclusion..........................................................................................213
4. Acknowledgement.............................................................................214
Chapter 11 Biotechnology Patents: Safeguarding Human Health...................217
1. Introduction........................................................................................217
2. The promise of biotechnology........................................................218
3. Basics of patent law.........................................................................221
4. Infringement.......................................................................................226
5. Patentability conditions in biotechnology....................................231
6. Patent related treaties & agreements............................................237
7. Societal impact of biotechnology patents....................................242
8. Concerns over biopiracy..................................................................250
9. Conclusions........................................................................................251
Citation......................................................................................................255
Index...........................................................................................................257
