Biotechnology and your health : pharmaceutical applications /

Schacter, Bernice Zeldin.

Biotechnology and your health : pharmaceutical applications / Bernice Schacter. - [Philadelphia] : Chelsea House, 2006. - xxvi, 178 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. - Biotechnology in the 21st century .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-167) and index.

What is biotechnology? -- Natural products as drugs -- Large molecules -- Types of recombinant drugs -- Uses for recombinant protein drugs -- Gene therapy to treat disease -- Gene therapy for cancer treatment -- Replacing cells -- Organ transplantation -- Lab tests using recombinant components.

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Medical technology.
Pharmaceutical biotechnology.
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