Introduction to Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Volume 1: Basic techniques and concepts (IOP Expanding Physics) - Hardcover

Saurabh Bhatia; Divakar Goli

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750313005 ISBN 13: 9780750313001

Publisher: IOP Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Animal biotechnology is a broad field including polarities of fundamental and applied research, as well as DNA science, covering key topics of DNA studies and its recent applications. In Introduction to Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, DNA isolation procedures followed by molecular markers and screening methods of the genomic library are explained in detail. Interesting areas such as isolation, sequencing and synthesis of genes, with broader coverage of the latter, are also described. The book begins with an introduction to biotechnology and its main branches, explaining both the basic science and the applications of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals, with special emphasis on their clinical use. It then moves on to the historical development and scope of biotechnology with an overall review of early applications that scientists employed long before the field was defined. Additionally, this book offers first-hand accounts of the use of biotechnology tools in the area of genetic engineering and provides comprehensive information related to current developments in the following parameters: plasmids, basic techniques used in gene transfer, and basic principles used in transgenesis. The text also provides the fundamental understanding of stem cell and gene therapy, and offers a short description of current information on these topics as well as their clinical associations and related therapeutic options.  

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About the Authors

Saurabh Bhatia is an assistant professor at Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy in India. He has academic experience in a number of specialized areas including pharmacology, natural products science, biotechnology, and drug delivery systems. He has promoted several marine algae and their derived polymers throughout India and has published over five books in many areas of pharmaceutical science.

Divakar Goli, PhD, is currently the Campus Director of Acharya Institutes and Professor & Principal at the Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in Karnataka, India. He is the Editor of Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the official scientific publication of The Indian Pharmaceutical Association. He was the editor of RGUHS Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He holds or has held many prestigious roles, including Honorary President and Director at M/s. Du Laboratories Limited and Iphar Pharmaceuticals Limited; Secretary of the Education Division and Associate Secretary of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association; Chairman of the 50th Golden Jubilee Celebration Committee of National Pharmacy Week in 2011; Secretary of the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), Bangalore chapter, and member of many academic bodies. In 2014, Dr. Goli received the coveted Principal of the year award from the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India. He is also the recipient of the prestigious fellowship of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association, and fellow of Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, and Institution of Chemists (India). Dr. Goli has earned PhDs in both Pharmaceutical Sciences and Commerce and Management Studies from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and well as a degree in computer applications and he has been the FIRST academician to be a member of Indian Drugs Manufacturers' Association (IDMA) and Karnataka Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers Association (KDPMA). Active in his field of specialization, pharmaceutical biotechnology and management studies, he is a member of many professional organizations and has presented at numerous national and international conferences. Dr. Goli has published more than 100 research articles in professional publications and is also coauthor of the book Pharmaceutical Marketing Management and Leishmaniasis: Biology, Control and New Approaches for its Treatment.

Edition details

• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750313005
• ISBN 13: 9780750313001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320