Principles of Biotechnology

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Author(s): Christina A. Crawford (ed.)
Publisher: Salem Press
Year: 2018

Language: English
Pages: 466
City: NY

Cover......Page 1
Principles of Biotechnology......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
Publisher’s Note......Page 8
Editor’s Introduction......Page 10
Contributors List......Page 14
Alternative energy sources......Page 16
Animal breeding......Page 19
Animal testing......Page 21
Animals as a medical resource......Page 24
Anthrax and biological warfare......Page 26
Anthropogeomorphology......Page 29
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria......Page 32
Antibiotics as defense against biological warfare......Page 34
Archaebacteria......Page 36
Artificial intelligence......Page 40
Artificial organs......Page 45
Audio engineering......Page 49
Bioassays......Page 54
Biochemical engineering......Page 55
Biodetectors......Page 61
Bioenergy technologies......Page 62
Bioengineering......Page 66
Biofertilizers......Page 72
Biofuels......Page 73
Biofuels and synthetic fuels......Page 77
Bioinformatics......Page 81
Biological terrorism......Page 86
Biological weapon identification......Page 90
Biomathematics......Page 92
Biomechanical engineering......Page 95
Biomechanics......Page 99
Biometric eye scanners......Page 102
Biometric identification systems......Page 103
Bionics and biomedical engineering......Page 106
Biopesticides and the environment......Page 110
Bioprocess engineering......Page 112
Biosensors......Page 118
Biostratigraphy......Page 120
Biosynthetics......Page 123
Biotechnology and genetic engineering......Page 127
Biotoxins......Page 131
Botany and genetic engineering......Page 133
Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon......Page 135
Bubonic plague as a biological weapon......Page 136
Cell and tissue engineering......Page 138
Cloning......Page 142
Cloning of plants......Page 148
CRISPR-Cas9......Page 150
Desalination plants and technology......Page 155
Diamond v. Chakrabarty......Page 159
DNA analysis......Page 160
DNA banks for endangered animals......Page 164
DNA database controversies......Page 165
DNA extraction from hair, bodily fluids, and tissues......Page 167
DNA fingerprinting as evidence......Page 169
DNA isolation methods......Page 171
DNA profiling......Page 173
DNA recognition instruments......Page 175
DNA sequencing and crime scenes......Page 177
DNA typing......Page 178
DNA: recombinant technology......Page 179
Dolly the sheep......Page 181
Drug testing......Page 184
Engineering......Page 189
Environmental biotechnology......Page 194
Enzyme engineering......Page 197
Estrogens from plants......Page 201
Fiber technologies......Page 204
Genetic engineering......Page 208
Genetic resources......Page 214
Genetically engineered pharmaceuticals......Page 218
Genetically modified food production......Page 220
Genetically modified organisms......Page 224
Genetically altered bacteria......Page 227
Genomics......Page 229
Human genetic engineering......Page 235
Hybridization (botany)......Page 245
Industrial fermentation......Page 248
Intelligence......Page 252
Intensive farming......Page 256
Medicinal plants......Page 258
Metabolic engineering......Page 260
Microscopy......Page 265
Mitochondrial DNA analysis and typing......Page 272
Model organisms......Page 273
Molecular systematics......Page 276
Nanotechnology......Page 279
Nanotechnology and the environment......Page 283
Neural engineering......Page 285
Night vision technology......Page 290
Pasteurization and irradiation......Page 294
Pathogen genomic sequencing......Page 298
Performance-enhancing drugs......Page 299
Plant biotechnology......Page 302
Time Line of Plant Biotechnology......Page 307
Plant breeding and propagation......Page 309
Plant cells: molecular level......Page 312
Plants as a medical resource......Page 316
Polymerase chain reaction......Page 318
Prokaryotes......Page 319
Proteomics and protein engineering......Page 323
Radiocarbon dating......Page 328
Refuse-derived fuel......Page 334
Renewable and nonrenewable resources......Page 335
Reproductive science and engineering......Page 337
Scanning probe microscopy......Page 342
Science of cloning......Page 345
Seed banks......Page 351
Stem cell research and technology......Page 352
Synthetic fuels......Page 355
Tularemia as a bioweapon......Page 358
Zygomycetes......Page 360
David Baltimore......Page 363
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi......Page 366
Paul Berg......Page 369
J. Michael Bishop......Page 371
Herbert Wayne Boyer......Page 373
Erwin Chargaff......Page 376
Stanley Cohen......Page 379
Francis S. Collins......Page 383
Carl F. Cori......Page 386
Erasistratus......Page 389
Alexander Fleming......Page 392
Camillo Golgi......Page 394
Carol W. Greider......Page 398
Alfred D. Hershey......Page 400
Edward B. Lewis......Page 402
Konrad Lorenz......Page 405
Barbara McClintock......Page 409
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard......Page 412
Frederick Sanger......Page 415
Hans Spemann......Page 418
Jack W. Szostak......Page 420
J. Craig Venter......Page 422
James D. Watson......Page 425
Edmund Beecher Wilson......Page 429
Norton David Zinder......Page 432
Time Line of Inventions and Scientific Advancements in Biotechnology......Page 436
Glossary......Page 440
General Bibliography......Page 442
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 474