Novel Frontiers in the Production of Compounds for Biomedical Use
Editors: van Broekhoven, A., Shapiro, Fred, Anné, Jozef (Eds.)
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The present book entitled “Novel Frontiers in the Production of Compounds for Biomedical Uses” can perhaps be placed in its best perspective by the Shakespearean character in The Tempest who exclaimed" What’s past is prologue”. Indeed, this compilation of some of the outstanding presentations in the field of biomedicine made at th the 9 European Congress on Biotechnology (Brussels, Belgium, July 11-15, 1999) not only reflects the achievements of the recent past, but provides a privileged glimpse of the biotechnology that is emerging in the first decade of the new Millennium. It is becoming increasingly apparent that biotechnology is offering biomedicine novel approaches and solutions to develop a sorely needed new generation of biopharmaceuticals. This is all the more necessary because in recent years, new diseases have emerged with extraordinary lethality in all corners of the globe, while age-related chronic illnesses have filled the gap wherever biomedicine has made successful inroads. The rise of antibiotic resistance also poses major threats to public health. Thus, as disease patterns evolve, the rational development of new drugs is becoming urgent, not only for the clinical outcome of patients, but also in optimising the allocation of scarce health care resources through the use of cost-effective productions methods. It is in response to all these challenges that biotechnology offers new strategies that go beyond the more traditional approaches. By the mid-1990’s, the number of recombinant products approved annually for therapeutic use reached double digits. With the advent of the genomics revolution.
- Table of contents (26 chapters)
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The Genomics Approach: Is it Really the Solution?
Pages 15-22
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The Contribution of Genomics to the Discovery of New Antibiotics
Pages 23-31
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The Antibiotic Gallidermin-Evolution of a Production Process
Pages 35-55
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Resistance to β-Lactams, a Self-Regenerating Problem
Pages 57-83
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Resistance to aminoglycoside Antibiotics: Function meets structure
Pages 85-98
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Novel Frontiers in the Production of Compounds for Biomedical Use
- Editors
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- A. van Broekhoven
- Fred Shapiro
- Jozef Anné
- Series Title
- Focus on Biotechnology
- Series Volume
- 1
- Copyright
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-306-46885-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/0-306-46885-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-7923-6747-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-5628-3
- Series ISSN
- 1569-268X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VI, 454
- Topics
