Introduction to Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Volume 1: Basic techniques and concepts

Animal biotechnology is a broad field including polarities of fundamental and applied research, as well as DNA science, covering key topics of DNA studies and its recent applications. In Introduction to Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, DNA isolation procedures, molecular markers and screening methods of the genomic library are explained in detail. Interesting areas such as isolation, sequencing and synthesis of genes, with broader coverage of the latter, are also described. The book begins with an introduction to biotechnology and its main branches, explaining both the basic science and the applications of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals, with special emphasis on their clinical use. It then moves on to the historical development and scope of biotechnology with an overall review of early applications that scientists employed long before the field was defined.

About the Author

Saurabh Bhatia is an Associate Professor at the Amity institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, India. He has academic experience in a number of specialized areas including pharmacology, natural products science, biotechnology and drug-delivery systems. He has promoted several marine algae and their derived polymers throughout India and has published more than five books in many areas of pharmaceutical science.

Divakar Goli, PhD, is currently the Campus Director of Acharya Institutes and Professor & Principal at the Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy, India. He is the editor of I ndian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences , the official scientific publication of The Indian Pharmaceutical Association. He holds, or has held, many prestigious roles and is a member of many academic bodies. Dr Goli has published more than 100 research articles in professional publications and is also coauthor of the book Pharmaceutical Marketing Management and Leishmaniasis: Biology, Control and New Approaches for its Treatment.