Includingrecent advances, this edition focuses on sustainable development and humanwelfareinbiology, genetics, microbial biotechnology, and molecular medicine. Whilewritten for engineers specializing in biotechnology, those in agriculture, veterinary science, and medicine, will find new information relevant to their practice. It links biological principles to plant, animal, environmental, industrial, and medical biotechnologies, discusses concepts of genetics and molecular biology, and examines developments in the production of biopolymers, vaccines, gene therapy, bioremediation, biofuels, and biofertilizers.
