Biotechnology in healthcare. Volume 2, Applications and regulatory issues / edited by Debmalya Barh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barh, Debmalya, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology.

Medical technology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 367 pages)

Other Title:

Applications and regulatory issues

Place of Publication:

London, UK : Academic Press, [2022]

Contents:

Front Cover

Biotechnology in Healthcare, Volume 2

Biotechnology in Healthcare, Volume 2: Applications and Initiatives

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Contributors

About editor

Preface

1

Applications of biotechnology in healthcare

Biotechnology in primary healthcare and hospital management

1. Introduction

2. Primary healthcare and its importance: current status in India

3. Biotechnology applications in primary healthcare

3.1 Diagnosis

3.2 Treatment

3.3 Preventives

3.4 Family planning and family medicine

4. Biotechnology in hospital management

4.1 Sterilization and operation theater

4.2 Rapid and mass molecular diagnosis

4.2.1 Genetic diseases, disorders, and molecular diagnosis

4.3 Targeted therapy

4.3.1 Prostate carcinoma and targeted therapy

4.3.2 Breast cancer and targeted therapy

4.3.3 Lung cancer and targeted therapy

4.4 Probiotic and biome replacement therapy

4.5 In transfusion medicine

5. Biotechnology-based biosafety

6. Challenges and future prospects

Acknowledgments

References

2

Biotechnology in public and rural health

1. Introduction

2. Biotechnology approaches to improve public and rural health

2.1 Vaccines and delivery of vaccines

2.2 Nutrients enriched genetically modified food

2.3 Reduced food toxins and allergens

2.4 Life-saving vaccines

3. Advanced biotechnological achievements applied in rural areas

4. Environmental biotechnology applied to public and rural health

5. Future prospects

3

Invertebrate models in translational research: lessons from Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster

2. Caenorhabditis elegans models for translational research

2.1 Aging

2.2 Cancer

2.3 Rare human disease

2.4 Neurological and movement disorders

2.4.1 Alzheimer disease

2.4.2 Parkinson disease

2.4.3 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2.5 Obesity

3. Drosophila models for translational research

3.1 Aging

3.2 Cancer

3.3 Modeling rare human diseases

3.4 Neurological and movement disorders

3.4.1 Alzheimer disease

3.4.2 Parkinson disease

3.4.3 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

3.5 Obesity

4. Translational impact of invertebrate research

Glossary

References

4

Biotechnology for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring cancer

1.1 Limitations and advantages of tissue biopsy

1.2 Limitations and advantages of liquid biopsy

2. Types of liquid biopsy specimens

2.1 Circulating tumor cells

2.1.1 Preanalytical considerations

2.2 Extracellular vesicles (exosomes)

2.2.1 Preanalytical considerations

2.3 Circulating RNAs

2.3.1 Preanalytical considerations

2.4 Circulating free DNA

2.4.1 Preanalytical considerations

3. Chemical modifications to increase sensitivity in mutant detection

3.1 LNA-PCR

3.2 PNA-PCR

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Elsevier, viewed August 31, 2022).

ISBN:

9780323903646

0323903649

OCLC:

1341330031

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.