This book shows how molecular biology reduces life to programs (genes) directing machinery (proteins). This approach is crucial to solving medical and agricultural problems for the future of humanity and will appeal to anyone wanting to understand “what is life?”.
This book is a comprehensive guide to colloidal and supramolecular drug delivery systems, designed to conquer pharmacokinetic impediments. It covers their classification, preparation, characterization, and the regulatory strategies required to launch them in the market.
How Life Emerges from Inanimate Matter
This book describes how life emerges from inanimate matter. It analyzes this transition as it occurs in space, from simple particles to individuals; in time, through biological evolution; and in embryonic development, offering a unique, multi-disciplinary analysis of all three.
This book addresses the limits of cancer diagnosis with new imaging and non-imaging methods. It unveils radio tomosynthesis for breast and brain anomalies and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for a range of cancers, all augmented by machine learning algorithms.
Nanotechnology Applications in Medicinal Plants and their Bionanocomposites
This first-of-its-kind book focuses on advances in nanomaterials and bionanocomposites for applications in medicinal plants and Ayurveda. Based on interdisciplinary research from experts, it provides knowledge for developing a sustainable form of Ayurveda.
Glow Discharge Polymerization
This book describes the local mechanisms of polymer synthesis in the main zones of glow discharge. These zonal mechanisms are so different that polymerization rates can differ by hundreds of times, creating polymer films with unique structures and signs of radiation damage.
Evolution and I discusses and sheds light on human knowledge and evolution from a range of perspectives including morals and ethics, sex and gender, religion, artificial intelligence, and microorganisms, with often surprising conclusions illuminating who we are as humans.
Evolution is the mesh that connects every biological phenomenon. This book highlights how evolutionary science provides practical applications and tools to deal with current problems concerning humanity, such as disease, food production, and environmental destruction.
Measuring the Evolution Controversy
Why do so many people reject evolution? The authors postulate the “incompatibility hypothesis”: a fundamental conflict between scientific rationalism and supernatural belief. They test this by examining how education and religiosity impact evolution’s acceptance.
This book describes the biogenic and green synthesis of gold, palladium and platinum nanoparticles. The biological synthesis of metal nanoparticles is a strategy employed to protect against toxic effects, explaining their properties and synthesis mechanisms.
Protecting biodiversity requires safeguarding unique animal breeds. This book details the cryopreservation of avian stem cells and sperm, exploring methods and their applications in medicine, biotechnology, and conservation to secure genetic diversity for future generations.
Ageing is not a disease. In an era of unfulfilled social care, this book presents an anthropological view that focuses on three essential conditions of human life that become vulnerable with advancing age: relating to others, being in the world, and leaving a legacy.
This is the most comprehensive series of articles on cyanobacteria molecular biology to date. It contains easy-to-follow, reliable protocols for isolation, culture, and extraction of nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids, addressing the unmet need for repeatable methods.
Revolutionizing Wound Management
This book explores advanced nanogels from tobacco stem for wound healing. With potent antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, these nano-formulations promote blood vessel formation and early wound contraction, emerging as powerful agents for enhanced healing and recovery.
This is the first modern, extensive study of Late Cretaceous planktic foraminifera, a group of paramount importance for specialists in the oil industry and academia. This volume is dedicated to globotruncanids, describing 61 species with high-quality, spectacular photographs.
Biologists in the Age of Totalitarianism
These gripping biographies reveal the hidden lives of biologists in the Third Reich. Dr. Nowak, who knew many personally, uses newly opened archives to tell the stories of victims and perpetrators caught in the ideological nets of Nazism, Stalinism, and Maoism.
Belonging to Earth
Global health threats reveal the deep interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. This book’s fictional, evidence-based stories, rooted in true events, provide invaluable insights that will change the way we understand our place in the global ecosystem.
Integrated Gas Sensing and Biomarker Detection
At the forefront of innovation, this book offers a deep dive into gas sensing technology, with a unique emphasis on integrating machine learning to enhance sensor performance. A multidisciplinary guide bridging chemistry, electronics, and AI for researchers and engineers.
The first print edition of Global Entrepreneurship (GBioE) unites trusted insights from biotech industry professionals and academics. Explore emergent issues like AI in biotech, post-pandemic challenges, and Precision Medicine, plus in-depth interviews with top Biotech CEOs.
What Is Life and What Is Consciousness
What is life? What is consciousness? This book tackles these age-old questions with a new concept: matter-related information. It demonstrates that information is an indispensable contributor to the organization and functionality of all living systems.