Biotechnology for Beginners
Author:   Reinhard Renneberg (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, China) ,  Arnold L. Demain (gregory.ginsberg.uphs.upenn.edu; Arnold Demain [ademain@drew.edu]) ,  Tom Rapoport
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   Annotated edition
ISBN:  

9780123735812


Pages:   360
Publication Date:   25 October 2007
Replaced By:   9780128012246
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Reinhard Renneberg (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, China) ,  Arnold L. Demain (gregory.ginsberg.uphs.upenn.edu; Arnold Demain [ademain@drew.edu]) ,  Tom Rapoport
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.120kg
ISBN:  

9780123735812


ISBN 10:   0123735815
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   25 October 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780128012246
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

1. Beer, Bread, and Cheese: Tasty Biotech 2. Enzymes: Molecular Supercatalysts for Home and Industry 3. The Miracles of Genetic Engineering 4. White Biotechnology: Cells as Synthesis Factories 5. Viruses, Antibodies, Vaccinations 6. Environmental Biotechnology: Roundabouts Instead of One-Way Streets! 7. Green Biotechnology 8. Embryos, Clones, Transgenic Animals 9. Heart Attack, Cancer, Stem Cells: Red Biotechnology Saving Life 10. Analytic Biotechnology and the Human Genome

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This book lets me wish to be a student again... - Fred Sanger, Double-Nobel Prize winner This great book is highly contagious, if you open it, you want to read more and more... Jim Larrick, US-Biotech entrepreneur and founder of Absalus


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Reinhard Renneberg received his PhD at Central Institute of Molecular Biology, Berlin, German Democratic Republic in 1979. Since 1995 Professor Renneberg has been heading the Biosensor group at the Department of Chemistry of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an expert in biotests, biosensors and signal amplification technologies. Dr. Renneberg is also the inventor of Cardiodetect, a rapid fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) immunotest which allows diagnosis or exclusion of acute myocardial infarction within half an hour after the onset of symptom and of InfectCheck, a barcode-style lateral flow assay for semi-quantitative detection of C-reactive protein (CRP) in distinguishing between bacterial and viral infections.Dr. Renneberg is the author of several books on biotechnology, including the award-winning textbook Biotechnology for Beginners which the university includes in many of its training packages. He advises a wide range of biotechnology companies as expert content provider, pedagogical expert and top-level academic relay for biotechnology education.

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