Elsevier Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Human and Animal Health Applications

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Human and Animal Health Applications provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, presenting data-based scientific knowledge and information on medical biotechnological interventions for human and animal health. Drawing on the key development areas in this field, the book reviews biotechnological advances and applications in immunotechnology, vaccines and vaccinology, combinatorial libraries, gene and cell therapy, tissue engineering, and parasite and infectious disease diagnostics. This title outlines why biotechnological techniques in these areas are useful in a clinical context and considers their potential uses, limitations, and the ethical considerations surrounding their use. Review This book provides up-to-date information, data, and knowledge on the modern applications of biotechnology in human and animal health About the Author Professor Thomaz - Soccol is Research Fellow of CNPq - Level 1A in the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil. She graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the Federal University of Paraná (1978), Master of Science (Biochemistry) from the Federal University of Paraná (1981) and Ph.D. in Parasitologie Faculte de Medecine - Universite Montpellier I - France (1993) and Post Doctorate in Parasitologie moleculaire the Institut de Recherche pour le Development, France, 1998. Professor Thomaz-Soccol is senior professor and heads the Centre for Molecular Biology from PhD program of Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology at Universidade Federal do Paraná. She has experience in the area of Parasitology and Biotechnology. She has supervised more than 100 masters and doctors, created the MSc and PhD in Microbiology, Parasitology and Pathology at the UFPR, Curitiba and Industrial Biotechnology at the Positive University, Curitiba. Her main focus is the area of the development of biotechnological inputs for human and veterinary immunodiagnostic and vaccine compositions, and related to infectious parasitic diseases. She has 492 publications/communications, which include 10 patents and design copyrights, 04 books, 31 book chapters, and 240 original and review papers, with h index of 28 and > 5422 citation (Google Scholar). Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute for Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Honorary Executive Director at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability- India; he was the former Deputy Director for CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology at Trivandrum, where he head the Centre for Biofuels and Biotechnology Division. Professor Pandey’s research interests are on bio-based economy for the production of fuels and chemicals. He has over 1000 publications and communications, which include 14 patents and design copyright, 34 books, 99 book chapters, and 391 original and review papers. Professor Pandey is the recipient of many national and international awards and fellowships, including Fellow of International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, National Academy of Science (India), Biotech Research Society, India, and the International Organization of Biotechnology and Bioengineering. He was Chairman of the International Society of Food, Agriculture and Environment, Finland (Food & Health) from 2003-2004. He is Founder President of the Biotech Research Society, India (www.brsi.in); International Coordinator and General Secretary of International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses, France (www.ifibiop.org), and Vice-President of the International Society for Energy, Environment & Sustainability (www.isees.org) and All India Biotech Association (www.aibaonline.com). Professor Pandey is Editor-in-chief of Bioresource Technology, Honorary Executive Advisors of Journal of Water Sustainability and Journal of Energy and Environmenta