Biotechnological Innovations in Health Care
Biotechnology by Open Learning
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1991
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Sam Stuart
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 3 8 4 - 7
Biotechnological Innovations in Health Care provides insight and information on how modern biotechnology may be applied to produce useful medicinal products. This book begins with… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBiotechnological Innovations in Health Care provides insight and information on how modern biotechnology may be applied to produce useful medicinal products. This book begins with a general introduction to biotechnology, summarizing its historical development, possible role in health care, and impact on society. The stages involved in developing and producing a medicinal product and general elements that a licensing file of a biotechnological medicinal product should contain are also deliberated. The rest of the chapters are devoted to several case studies that commences with the initial concept of examining the need for the product followed by product evaluation through discussion of the pre-clinical and clinical trials. This publication is valuable to students and researchers with a basic understanding of restriction enzymes, genetic manipulation procedures and principles underpinning cell fusion technology.
ContentsHow to Use an Open Learning Text Preface 1 Some Perspectives in Medical Biotechnology2 Development Stages for Health Care Products3 Regulatory Affairs4 Case Study: Human Insulin of rDNA Origin5 Case Study: Erythropoietin - A Growth Factor Produced by rDNA Technology6 Case Study: Hepatitis B Vaccines: A Product of rDNA Techniques7 Case Study: Orthoclone OKT3 - A Therapeutic Antibody Produced by Hybridoma Technology8 Case Study: A Vaccine for Aujeszky's Disease9 Case Study: Myoscint - A Monoclonal Antibody Preparation Used for Cardiac ImagingResponses to SAQsAppendices
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1991
- No. of pages (eBook): 320
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9781483193847
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Sam Stuart
Dr. Sam Stuart is a physiotherapist and a research Fellow within the Balance Disorders Laboratory, OHSU. His work focuses on vision, cognition and gait in neurological disorders, examining how technology-based interventions influence these factors. He has published extensively in world leading clinical and engineering journals focusing on a broad range of activities such as real-world data analytics, algorithm development for wearable technology and provided expert opinion on technology for concussion assessment for robust player management. He is currently a guest editor for special issues (sports medicine and transcranial direct current stimulation for motor rehabilitation) within Physiological Measurement and Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, respectively.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, UK
Honorary Physiotherapist, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, UKRead Biotechnological Innovations in Health Care on ScienceDirect