Biotechnology and Pharmacy [Paperback]

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.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.Contributors. Preface. Part I: Basic elements of biotechnology: Background to recombinant DNA technology; L.G. Davis. Background to monoclonal antibodies; M.E. Klegerman. Lymphokines and monokines; M.E. Klegerman, N.P. Plotnikoff. Analytical methods in biotechnology; R.J. Prankerd, S.G. Schulman. The impact of biotechnology on analytical methodology; J.F. Fitzloff. Drug delivery aspects of l£&