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The Challenge to Changeby Richard Eckersley; Kevin Jeans
CSIRO Publishing 1995; US$ 13.95What is Australia's future? What role will science and technology play in shaping it? Challenge to Change: Australia in 2020 highlights the choices and options Australians face. It will stimulate thought and discussion about what the Australian people want. In this book, CSIRO brings together some of its leading scientists to give their ideas of what the future holds. Some of the topics discussed are: Biotechnology - new plants, new animals and new industries; Food science - fresher foods and foods as medicine; Climate and weather - greenhouse and long-term forecasts; Sustainable agriculture - better farming practices; Information technology and telecommunications - information anywhere, anytime on anything; Oceans - a rich resource, if looked... more...
Gene Cartelsby L. Palombi
Edward Elgar Publishing 2009; US$ 40.00Explores how patents have been used as an economic protectionist tool, developing and evolving to the point where thousands of patents have been ultimately granted, not over inventions, but over isolated or purified biological materials. This book questions whether the continuing grant of patents can be justified when they are used to suppress. more...
Molecular Biotechnologyby Bernard R. Glick; Jack J. Pasternak; Cheryl L. Patten
ASM Press 2010; US$ 119.95Acclaimed by students and instructors, Molecular Biotechnology is now in its fourth edition, bringing it thoroughly up to date with the latest findings and the latest industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications. At the same time, the text maintains all the hallmarks that have made it a bestseller. These include its straightforward, jargon-free writing style and its extensive use of figures that help students make sense of complex biological systems and processes. more...
Designs on Natureby Sheila Jasanoff
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 28.95Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new reproductive technologies crowd media headlines and policy agendas. Less noticed, but no less important, are the rifts that have appeared among leading Western nations about the right way to govern innovation in genetics and biotechnology. These significant differences in law and policy, and in ethical analysis, may in a globalizing world act as obstacles to free trade, scientific inquiry, and shared understandings of human dignity. In this magisterial look at some twenty-five years of scientific and social development, Sheila Jasanoff compares the politics and policy... more...
Guide to Cytochromes P450by David F.V. Lewis
CRC Press 2001; US$ 160.00Reviews the current status of the P450 field in terms of our present knowledge and understanding of the enzymes structure and function along with the latest research topics to provide a fast-track approach for those new to the field. more...
Hydrogen as a Fuelby Richard Cammack; R.L. Robson; Michel Frey
CRC Press 2001; US$ 109.95The last five years have seen breakthroughs in our understanding of the nature, structure and biosynthesis of hydrogenases. This book is a timely description of these developments, taking a lucid, multidisciplinary approach. more...
Glutathione S-Transferasesby G.J. Mulder; N.P.E. Vermeulen; W.H.M. Peters; P.J. van Bladeren
CRC Press 1996; US$ 159.95Glutathione s-transferases (GSTs) constitute the most important enzymes protecting human and many other organisms from potentially toxic chemicals, including drugs and carcinogens. This book reviews scientific developments in research of this enzyme more...
Photostability Of Drugs And Drug Formulationsby H. Hjorth Tonnesen
CRC Press 1996; US$ 186.00This text discusses various aspects of the combination of drugs and light. Degradation processes, stabilization of photolabile drug substances within formulations, benefits from the combination of drugs and light, and testing of drugs. more...
Introduction to Polysaccharide Biotechnologyby Michael Tombs; Stephen Harding
CRC Press 1997; US$ 74.95Plant Conservation Biotechnologyby Erica Benson
CRC Press 1999; US$ 115.00Introduces biotechnological techniques which are currently used to conserve horticultural and crop plant germplasm, forest tree genetic resources, endangered plant species, and plant cell culture collections. Covers techniques and applications. more...