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Biotechnology and Pharmacy offers a unique overview of the principles of biotechnology and their applications in the pharmaceutical sciences. The book assumes a basic knowledge of biology and chemistry and was written as a text suitable for students of pharmacy or other health sciences. The first part of the book describes the basic elements of biotechnology, such as recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibody technology; the second part comprehensively covers applications of biotechnology in the diagnosis and treatment of disease; and the final part offers a practical discussion of how biotechnology products will affect the practice of pharmacy.
Microbiologists, biochemists, and medicinal chemists will also find this book to be a valuable reference.
List of contents
Section I Basic Elements of Biotechnology.- 1. Background to Recombinant DNA Technology.- 2. Background to Monoclonal Antibodies.- 3. Lymphokines and Monokines.- 4. Analytical Methods in Biotechnology.- 5. The Impact of Biotechnology on Analytical Methodology.- 6. Drug Delivery Aspects of Biotechnology Products.- Section II Applications of Biotechnology in the Pharmaceutical Sciences.- 7. Applications of Recombinant DNA Technology to the Diagnosis of Genetic Disease: Molecular Methods for Detecting the Genetic Basis of Diseases.- 8. Human Genome Mapping and Sequencing: Applications in Pharmaceutical Science.- 9. Clinical Use of Monoclonal Antibodies.- 10. Anti-AIDS Drug Development.- 11. Oral Adenoviruses as the Carriers for Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Genes.- 12. The Use of Nonclassical Techniques in the Production of Secondary Metabolites by Plant Tissue Cultures.- 13. Applications of Biotechnology in Drug Discovery and Evaluation.- 14. Peptide Turn Mimetics.- Section III Biotechnology and the Practice of Pharmacy.- 15. Biotechnology Products: An Overview.- 16. The Pharmacist Practitioner's Role in Biotechnology: Clinical Application of Biotechnology Products.- 17. Human Trials of Biotechnology Products: A Perspective.
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`Preparations, analytical methods, and current and possible applications for the products are presented well, along with accompanying references for further study. The book is remarkably free of the jargon that one finds in the specialists' literature.'
Chemical Monographs Review
