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Charles G. Gebelein
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Lionfire, Inc., Edgewater, USA
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
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Charles E. Carraher
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Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Polysaccharide Applications
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- Charles E. Carraher Jr., Cynthia Butler, Yoshinobu Naoshima, Dorothy Sterling, Vincent Saurino
Pages 1-8
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- A. W. Stemberger, F. Bader, S. Haas, J. M. Walenga, G. Blümel
Pages 17-23
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- Nancy E. Larsen, Cynthia T. Pollak, Karen Reiner, Edward Leshchiner, Endre A. Balazs
Pages 25-33
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- Katsutoshi Inoue, Kazuharu Yoshizuka, Yoshinari Baba
Pages 35-41
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- Shigehiro Hirano, Hiroshi Inui, Hideto Kosaki, Yoshitaka Uno, Tsuyoshi Toda
Pages 43-54
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- John F. Kennedy, Marion Paterson, David W. Taylor, Maria P. C. Silva
Pages 55-69
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- Charles E Carraher Jr., Dorothy C Sterling, Cynthia Butler, Thomas Ridgway
Pages 71-77
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Polypeptides and Biodegradable Polymers
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- Alastair Nicol, D. Channe Gowda, Timothy M. Parker, Dan W. Urry
Pages 95-113
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- Anthony J. Salerno, Ina Goldberg
Pages 115-126
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- A. Stemberger, R. Ascherl, M. A. Scherer, F. Bader, W. Erhardt, B. C. Adelmann-Grill et al.
Pages 127-133
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- Alok Singh, Michael A. Markowitz, Li-I Tsao
Pages 135-146
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- L. H. Sperling, L. W. Barrett
Pages 147-159
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- Balkrishna S. Jadhav, Deger C. Tunc
Pages 169-176
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Medical Diagnostic Applications
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- A. F. Azhar, A. D. Burke, J. E. DuBois, A. M. Usmani
Pages 177-183
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- J. E. Kennamer, A. D. Burke, A. M. Usmani
Pages 195-200
About this book
Some have predicted that the coming several decades will be the decades of "biotechnology," wherein cancer, birth defects, life span increases, cosmetics, biodegradation, oil spills and exploration, solid waste disposal, and almost every aspect of our material life will be affected by this new area of science. There will also be an extension of emphasis on giant molecules: DNA, enzymes, polysaccharides, lignins, proteins, hemoglobin, and many others. Biotechnology has been defined in various ways. In one sense, this field is older than human history and references to the human use of biotechnology-derived materials can be found in the oldest human writings, such as the Bible. In this book, biotechnology refers to the direct usage of naturally occurring materials or their uses as a feedstock, including the associated biological activities and applications of these materials. Bioactive polymers, on the other hand, are polymers which exert some type of activity on living organisms. These polymers are used in agriculture, controlled release systems, medicine and many other areas. The papers in this book describe polymers which essentially combine features of biotechnology and bioactivity.