Fundamentals of Medical Biotechnology

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Basics of molecular biology. 3. Genetic variation. 4. Molecular analysis of DNA, RNA and protein. 5. DNA libraries. 6. DNA chips. 7. Microarrays. 8. Tools of medical biotechnology. 9. Human genome. 10. Human genome project. 11. Molecular basis of illness and inheritance. 12. Molecular diagnosis of human diseases. 13. Human gene therapy. 14. Gene manipulations. 15. Pharming for human proteins and nutraceuticals. 16. Gene cloning vectors. 17. Gene and gene product. 18. Monoclonal antibody technology. 19. Important biotechniques. 20. Recombinant vaccines. 21. Tissue engineering and therapeutic cloning. 22. Nanotechnology. 23. Conclusions. References.