Advances in Pharmaceutical BiotechnologyVolume 2: Current Developments in Biopharmaceuticals\nAuthor(s): Vivek P. Chavda, Zhe-Sheng (Jason) Chen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Apple Academic Press Inc., Canada\nImprint: Apple Academic Press Inc.\nISBN-13: 9781774919804, 978-1774919804\nSynopsis\nThis comprehensive new two-volume work provides detailed explanations of the procedures involved in the development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals as well as the uses and applications in healthcare and medicine.\n\nVolume 1 offers an introduction and overview of pharmaceutical technology, covering the principals and science of biotechnology. It explains genetic engineering that involves laboratory-based technologies to alter the DNA makeup of an organism; protein engineering to develop valuable proteins through the design and production of unnatural polypeptides; recombinant DNA technology to manipulate and isolate DNA segments of interest; and microbial biotransformation, which transfo.