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1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Biotechnology in Healthcare, Volume 2 -- Biotechnology in Healthcare, Volume 2: Applications and Initiatives -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- About editor -- Preface -- 1 -- Applications of biotechnology in healthcare -- 1 -- Biotechnology in primary healthcare and hospital management -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Primary healthcare and its importance: current status in India -- 3. Biotechnology applications in primary healthcare -- 3.1 Diagnosis -- 3.2 Treatment -- 3.3 Preventives -- 3.4 Family planning and family medicine |
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4. Biotechnology in hospital management -- 4.1 Sterilization and operation theater -- 4.2 Rapid and mass molecular diagnosis -- 4.2.1 Genetic diseases, disorders, and molecular diagnosis -- 4.3 Targeted therapy -- 4.3.1 Prostate carcinoma and targeted therapy -- 4.3.2 Breast cancer and targeted therapy -- 4.3.3 Lung cancer and targeted therapy -- 4.4 Probiotic and biome replacement therapy -- 4.5 In transfusion medicine -- 5. Biotechnology-based biosafety -- 6. Challenges and future prospects -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 -- Biotechnology in public and rural health -- 1. Introduction |
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2. Biotechnology approaches to improve public and rural health -- 2.1 Vaccines and delivery of vaccines -- 2.2 Nutrients enriched genetically modified food -- 2.3 Reduced food toxins and allergens -- 2.4 Life-saving vaccines -- 3. Advanced biotechnological achievements applied in rural areas -- 4. Environmental biotechnology applied to public and rural health -- 5. Future prospects -- References -- 3 -- Invertebrate models in translational research: lessons from Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Caenorhabditis elegans models for translational research |
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2.1 Aging -- 2.2 Cancer -- 2.3 Rare human disease -- 2.4 Neurological and movement disorders -- 2.4.1 Alzheimer disease -- 2.4.2 Parkinson disease -- 2.4.3 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- 2.5 Obesity -- 3. Drosophila models for translational research -- 3.1 Aging -- 3.2 Cancer -- 3.3 Modeling rare human diseases -- 3.4 Neurological and movement disorders -- 3.4.1 Alzheimer disease -- 3.4.2 Parkinson disease -- 3.4.3 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- 3.5 Obesity -- 4. Translational impact of invertebrate research -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- References |
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4 -- Biotechnology for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring cancer -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Limitations and advantages of tissue biopsy -- 1.2 Limitations and advantages of liquid biopsy -- 2. Types of liquid biopsy specimens -- 2.1 Circulating tumor cells -- 2.1.1 Preanalytical considerations -- 2.2 Extracellular vesicles (exosomes) -- 2.2.1 Preanalytical considerations -- 2.3 Circulating RNAs -- 2.3.1 Preanalytical considerations -- 2.4 Circulating free DNA -- 2.4.1 Preanalytical considerations -- 3. Chemical modifications to increase sensitivity in mutant detection -- 3.1 LNA-PCR |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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3.2 PNA-PCR |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780323903646 |
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0323903649 |
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