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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Professional | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 276 Pages | | Publication Date: | August 28, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 513,449th |
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Product Description
This self-teaching guide explains the basic concepts and fundamentals in all the major subtopics of biotechnology. The content advances logically from the basics of molecular and cellular biology to more complex topics such as DNA, reproductive cloning, experimental procedures, infectious diseases, immunology, the Human Genome Project, new drug discoveries, and genetic disorders. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 7 reviews)
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Good value for money! by kclam (Hong Kong, China)  4 Stars
March 30, 2009
This book is well written and good value for money. It provides a lively introduction to the red hot biotechnology for beginners. Complex concepts of cell structures and functions are clearly explained. The summary and quiz of each chapter are particularly useful. I enjoy most reading about the interesting topics of immunotherapy, stem cell, proteomics and various medical applications of biotechnology.
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Biotechnology Demystified by Sree (Binghamton, NY,USA) 4 Stars
March 07, 2009
Biotechnology is a term that is well heard of, but nor correctly understood. For those wanting to get closer without the pain of all the technical details, this is a perfect way to do it. A good buy for the knowledge that it offers.
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Good Review of Biotechnology by Maxim 4 Stars
December 24, 2008
This book presents a very good review and overview of biotechnology. The best feature of the book is that it's simple to understand. Biotechnology is still a rapidly developing field, and there are not many textbooks or reference books out there. This is one of the good biotechnology books that we have.
Recommended.
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Not quite demystified by Tom Fawcett (Mountain View, CA USA)  2 Stars
June 13, 2008
I have a very basic background in chemistry and biology so I was looking for a book to fill in the gaps; something short of a college textbook. I am only about 3 chapters through this but I'm disappointed in this book. The level of exposition is not too bad, but the book seems neither well written nor well edited. I've found typos, undefined notation, unexplained terms and just poor explanations. The figures don't seem very good for explaining the concepts and processes (eg, cell division) that really need good diagrams. In some cases they are borrowed from other books a little carelessly.
It's too bad -- I think this is a good topic and the author generally chooses an appropriate level of detail, but it just wasn't written carefully enough.
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What a disappointment by Dr. Renneberg Reinhard (Hong Kong, China)  1 Stars
December 28, 2007
Just to share my experience: Teaching myself biotechnology I had hoped to get a teaching help with this book and got quite confused after working it through. The MC questions are really misleading. It s a pity... Fortunately, I have had solid knowledge about biotech before reading.
The Series Editors should better ask leading professionals for a review before publishing.
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