Modern biotechnology : defining and solving human problems

✍ Scribed by Stockwell, Stephanie

• Publisher: Momentum Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 178
• Series: Biotechnology collection
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Biotechnology is a fascinating interdisciplinary field uniquely poised to take on some of the world's most complex problems. This takes a refreshing problems-based approach to exploring the field. Novice readers will come away with a broad appreciation for the significance of current and emerging biotechnologies--from regenerative medicine, to genetically enhanced crops, to biofuels. Experts will benefit from the concise review of timely game-changing technologies such as DNA sequence-by-synthesis and genome editing. Despite being set within a conceptual framework of "wicked" problems (i.e., disease, food production, environmental degradation), insights into the current state and future potential of biotechnologies make this book both optimistic and forward thinking. This is not just an informative text--it's an entry point into a discipline with the potential to change the world. Read more...

Abstract: Biotechnology is a fascinating interdisciplinary field uniquely poised to take on some of the world's most complex problems. This takes a refreshing problems-based approach to exploring the field. Novice readers will come away with a broad appreciation for the significance of current and emerging biotechnologies--from regenerative medicine, to genetically enhanced crops, to biofuels. Experts will benefit from the concise review of timely game-changing technologies such as DNA sequence-by-synthesis and genome editing. Despite being set within a conceptual framework of "wicked" problems (i.e., disease, food production, environmental degradation), insights into the current state and future potential of biotechnologies make this book both optimistic and forward thinking. This is not just an informative text--it's an entry point into a discipline with the potential to change the world

✦ Table of Contents

Content: 1. Introduction --
1.1 What is biotechnology? --
1.2 Milestones in the development of modern biotechnology --
1.3 Wicked problems --
1.4 Brief summary 2. Biological foundations --
2.1 Biological parts --
2.2 Modern tools of the trade --
2.3 Brief summary 3. Disease --
3.1 The problem: disease --
3.2 Better medical interventions --
3.3 Brief summary 4. Food production --
4.1 The problem: food production --
4.2 Safer foods --
4.3 Better crops and livestock --
4.4 Brief summary 5. Environmental degradation --
5.1 The problem: pollution --
5.2 Better environmental monitoring --
5.3 Better environmental clean-up --
5.4 Better liquid fuels --
5.5 Brief summary 6. Conclusions --
6.1 Defining and solving problems --
6.2 Actualizing biotechnology's potential --
6.3 Brief summary --
Notes --
References --
Index.

✦ Subjects

Biotechnology;SCIENCE;Chemistry;Industrial & Technical;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING;Chemical & Biochemical;bioassay;biofuel;biopharmaceuticals;bioremediation;bioreporters;biosensors;biotechnology;cancer;cloning;CRISPR;Cas9;DNA sequencing;drug development;gene therapies;genetically modified crops;HIV;interdisciplinary;molecular diagnostic;'omic technologies;recombinant DNA;stem cells;systems thinking;transgenic animals;vaccines;wicked problems