Overview
- Editors:
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Charles G. Gebelein
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Lionfire, Inc., Edgewater, USA
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
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Charles E. Carraher
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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Medical Diagnostic Applications
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- Rikio Tsushima, Akihiro Kondo, Masaru Sakata, Nariyoshi Kawabata
Pages 201-206
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- Yoshiaki Inaki, Kenji Matsukawa, Kiichi Takemoto
Pages 207-223
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Controlled Release and Medicinal Applications
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- E. Schmitt, D. R. Flanagan, R. J. Linhardt
Pages 249-258
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- Robert J. Levy, Gershon Golomb, Joseph Trachy, Vinod Labhasetwar, David Muller, Eric Topol
Pages 259-268
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- Hilton Levy, Andres Salazar, Javier Morales, Owen St. Clair Morgan
Pages 269-276
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- Charles G. Gebelein, Darrell Williams, Kathy Marshall, Terri Slaven
Pages 277-288
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- T. Ouchi, M. Shiratani, H. Kobayashi, T. Takei, Y. Ohya
Pages 289-296
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- Charles E. Carraher Jr., Daniel S. Powers, Bhoomin Pandya
Pages 297-308
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- Charles G. Gebelein, Donna Gardner, Tonya Ellis
Pages 309-316
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- W. Kohnen, B. Jansen, D. Ruiten, H. Steinhauser, G. Pulverer
Pages 317-325
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Back Matter
Pages 327-342
About this book
Some have predicted that the coming several decades will be the decades of "biotechnology," wherein cancer, birth defects, life span increases, cosmetics, biodegradation, oil spills and exploration, solid waste disposal, and almost every aspect of our material life will be affected by this new area of science. There will also be an extension of emphasis on giant molecules: DNA, enzymes, polysaccharides, lignins, proteins, hemoglobin, and many others. Biotechnology has been defined in various ways. In one sense, this field is older than human history and references to the human use of biotechnology-derived materials can be found in the oldest human writings, such as the Bible. In this book, biotechnology refers to the direct usage of naturally occurring materials or their uses as a feedstock, including the associated biological activities and applications of these materials. Bioactive polymers, on the other hand, are polymers which exert some type of activity on living organisms. These polymers are used in agriculture, controlled release systems, medicine and many other areas. The papers in this book describe polymers which essentially combine features of biotechnology and bioactivity.