This is an excellent intro to the new concept of Patho-biotechnology - using bad bugs to do good things. Great read and a valuable resource. Highly recommented!!
Author(s): Roy Sleator, Roy Sleator and Colin Hill
Series: Biotechnology intelligence unit
Publisher: Landes Bioscience
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 240
City: Austin, Tex
TITLE PAGE. Patho-Biotechnology......Page 2
Copyright ©2008 Landes Bioscience......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
About the Editors… ROY SLEATOR......Page 6
About the Editors… COLIN HILL......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 8
EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS......Page 12
PREFACE......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 20
The concept of yin and yang......Page 22
CHAPTER 1. Application of Bacterial Pathogens in Replacement Therapy......Page 24
CHAPTER 2. Improvement of Insect Pathogens as Insecticides through Genetic Engineering......Page 38
CHAPTER 3. Phage Therapy: A Trojan Horse Approach to the Control of Intracellular Pathogens......Page 64
CHAPTER 4. Bacterial Ghosts as Vaccine and Drug Delivery Platforms......Page 73
CHAPTER 5. In Vivo Remote Control of Bacterial Vectors for Prophylaxis and Therapy......Page 83
CHAPTER 6. Genetic Immunization: Bacteria as DNA Vaccine Delivery Vehicles......Page 94
CHAPTER 7. Bacteria Mediated Gene Therapy Strategies......Page 121
CHAPTER 8. Use of Intracellular Bacteria for the Development of Tools for Tumor Therapy and the Detection of Novel Antibacterial Targets......Page 135
CHAPTER 9. Bacterial Vectors for RNAi Delivery......Page 144
CHAPTER 10. Viral Pathogens as Therapeutic Delivery Vehicles......Page 149
CHAPTER 11. Promiscuous Drugs from Pathogenic Bacteria in the Post-Antibiotics Era......Page 168
CHAPTER 12. Attack and Counter-Attack: Targeted Immunomodulation Using Bacterial Virulence Factors......Page 186
CHAPTER 13. Cosmetic and Therapeutic Applications of Botulinum Toxin in the Head and Neck......Page 196
CHAPTER 14. The Use of Recombinant Phage Lysins for the Control of Bacterial Pathogens......Page 210
CHAPTER 15. Engineered Pharmabiotics with Improved Therapeutic Potential......Page 229
A-C......Page 236
D-L......Page 237
M-T......Page 238
V-Y......Page 239
BACK COVER......Page 240
