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Biotechnologie -- Fakten und Fiktionen: Was ist wirklich dran? Welche Ideen erwiesen sich als tragfähig, und welche Blasen platzten? Wer es ganz genau wissen will, greife zu diesem neuen, mit einem äußerst spannenden Ansatz daherkommenden Band. Die kompetenten und praxiserfahrenen Autoren analysieren Technologien und Prozesse, Märkte und Produkte der Biotech-Industrie von den zaghaften Anfängen in den 1980er Jahren bis heute, unter anderem anhand einer ausführlichen Fallstudie. In einem Anhang finden sich Interviews mit Entscheidungsträgern aus der Industrie, die speziell für dieses Buch geführt wurden.

 

Adopting a unique approach, this novel textbook integrates science and business for an inside view on the biotech industry. Peering behind the scenes, it provides a thorough analysis of the foundations of the present day industry for students and professionals alike: its history, its tools and processes, its markets and products. The author, himself a close witness of the emergence of modern biotechnology from its very beginnings in the 1980s, clearly separates facts from fiction, looking behind the exaggerated claims made by start-up companies trying to attract investors. Essential reading for every student and junior researcher looking for a career in the biotech sector.

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CLASSICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

The early period till 1850

The period from 1850 to 1890

The period from 1890 to 1950

From 1950 onwards

The changing focus in biotechnology in the early 1980s - The OTA report

 

THE BASICS OF NEW BIOTECHNOLOGY

Recombinant technologies

Molecular biotechnology

 

INDUSTRIAL (WHITE) BIOTECHNOLOGY

Raw materials, resources, tools

Biocatalysis

Biorefineries

Biofuels, energy, biogas

Bulk chemicals, products for polymers, pharmaceuticals, food and feed

Biopolymers

Fine chemicals - chiral synthons, enzymes, nutraceuticals

Food processing and products

Environmental processes

 

PHARMACEUTICAL (RED) BIOTECHNOLOGY

Drug targeting, discovery strategies and development

Rational, or structure based strategies

The case of Epothilone

Pharmaceuticals production

Antibiotics and steroids

Recombinant proteins

Cell systems

Medicinal techniques, diagnostics

Business: companies and economic aspects

Political and ethical aspects

 

AGRICULTURAL (GREEN) BIOTECHNOLOGY

Political, ethical and biosafety aspects

Consumer acceptance and public perception

Crop protection

Products of primary metabolism: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, biopolymers

Products of secondary metabolism: pharmaceuticals, vitamins, flavors, fragrances

Resistance to fungi and viruses

Resistance to herbicides and drought

Improvements in plant quality and photosynthesis efficiency

Economic aspects