Biotechnology for Beginners by Reinhard Renneberg

Biotechnology for Beginners by Reinhard Renneberg

Biotechnology is the applied science of using living organisms and their by-products for commercial development. This book offers an overview of biotechnology for professionals and students in an array of the life sciences including: Genetics, Immunology, Biochemistry, Agronomy, Food Science, and Animal Science.

"This great book is highly contagious, if you open it, you want to read more and more.." --Jim Larrick, US-Biotech entrepreneur and founder of Absalus

Reinhard Renneberg received his PhD at Central Institute of Molecular Biology, Berlin, German Democratic Republic in 1979. Since 1995 Professor Renneberg has been heading the Biosensor group at the Department of Chemistry of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an expert in biotests, biosensors and signal amplification technologies. Dr. Renneberg is also the inventor of Cardiodetect, a rapid fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) immunotest which allows diagnosis or exclusion of acute myocardial infarction within half an hour after the onset of symptom and of InfectCheck, a barcode-style lateral flow assay for semi-quantitative detection of C-reactive protein (CRP) in distinguishing between bacterial and viral infections.Dr. Renneberg is the author of several books on biotechnology, including the award-winning textbook Biotechnology for Beginners which the university includes in many of its training packages. He advises a wide range of biotechnology companies as expert content provider, pedagogical expert and top-level academic relay for biotechnology education.

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ISBN 13	9780123735812
ISBN 10	0123735815
Title	Biotechnology for Beginners
Author	Reinhard Renneberg
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Year published	2007-10-25
Number of pages	360
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