1st Edition

Exploring Medical Biotechnology- in vivo, in vitro, in silico Biotechnology from Labs to Clinics and Basic to Advanced

Edited By Pratik Talukder, Ritesh Tandon, Uttam Pal Copyright 2024
316 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

316 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book on medical biotechnology offers a wide array of topics and cutting-edge research in the field featuring contributions from multiple authors, each specializing in their respective areas, making it highly valuable to science students and enthusiasts. The book provides comprehensive coverage on a diverse range of topics including sequence analysis, network pharmacology, drug discovery,... Read more

Sequence Analysis to Decipher Protein Functions in Health and Disease

Animesh Mondal

Network Pharmacology as a Potential Tool to Unlock the Treasure Trove of Pharmaeuticals in Natural Products

Pritam Biswas, Uttam Pal

Drug Discovery Approaches Targeting Dengue Protease

Rajdip Misra, Shubham Kundu, Anupam Maity, Uttam Pal, N.C. Maiti

Modern Computational tools for Vaccine Engineering

Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, Kamalesh Roy, Disha Bhattacharya, Amlan Das

Precision Medicine: Scope and Significance

Susmita Mukherjee, Sonali Paul

Use of CRISPR-Cas Technology in Medical Biotechnology

Krishnendu Sarkar

CRISPR-Cas9: Molecular Scissors in Medical Biotechnology

Sankha Banerjeea, Arunima Senguptab, Santanu Chakraborty

In Silico Drug Development: Overview with An Example

Sonali Paul, Nivedita Chatterjee, Asmeeta Sircar, Shimantika Maikap, Abhilasha Singh, Susmita Mukherjee

The Role of Neuro-imaging Biomarkers in Early Detection of Dementia and  Alzheimer’s Disease

Maitrayee Mukherjee

Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Shubham Kundu, Anupam Maity,Rajdip Misra,Uttam Pal, N.C. Maiti

Role of Medical Biotechnology Research in the Field of Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment

Nilay Nandi, Shashank Shekhar

The Clinical Manifestation and Molecular Orientation of Huntington Chorea

Pratik Talukder, Anushka Ghosh, Arpan Banerjee

The Clinical Manifestation and Molecular Orientation of Leishmaniasis

Pratik Talukder, Sounak Chanda, Suravi Datta

Molecular Pathogenesis of Ebola Virus

Pratik Talukder, Rajarshi Ray, Mainak Sarkar,Anirban Das, Baishakhi Sinha, Arundhuti Mukherjee, Srishti Chakraborty

Importance of Antioxidants in the Field of Medical Biotechnology

Tista Basu, Suranjana Sarkar

In Vitro Genetic Approaches to Identify Disease Gene Mutations

Pratik Talukder, Anushka Dutta, Suravi Datta

In Vitro Models for Studying Cancer Progression

Pratik Talukder, Sounak Chanda, Meghna Mishra, Baishakhi Sinha, Anushka Dutta, Ayan Adhikary

Immunotherapy: Adding A New Dimension to Cancer Therapy

Susmita Mukherjee, Shreya Banerjee, Chiranjeeb Dey, Sonali Paul

Analytical Tools to Identify Cancer Biomarkers from Extracellular Vesicles

S. Saroj, D. Paul, U. S. Poornima, T. Rakshit

RNA Interference (RNAi): A Boon to Medical Biotechnology

Shreya Das, Chandrani Dey, Santanu Chakraborty, Arunima Sengupta

Nanocarriers for Targeted Drug Delivery

Rajeswari Tiwari, Sumit Pramanik

Theranostic Applications of Nanomaterials in Human Health and Disease

Anupam Maity, Rajdip Misra, Shubham Kundu, Kaushik Bera, Pranga Prava Mandal, Uttam Pal, N.C. Maiti

Biography

Dr. Pratik Talukder obtained his PhD in Science from University of Calcutta, India. Currently Dr. Talukder is working as an Associate Professor in the department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata (UEMK). He is a university rank holder in his postgraduate degree. He is the recipient of the prestigious national postdoctoral fellowship of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. He is from the background of molecular biology, biophysics, bioinformatics and tissue culture. He has published many research and reviewed articles in several journals of international repute. He has published more than 50 research and review articles in several peer reviewed journals of international repute and book chapters. He is the assistant editor of the journal - ‘Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology’. He has also received research project grants from the Govt. of India. He is also a member of the European union FRACTION PROJECT for Pedagogy in Higher education,

Uttam Pal obtained his PhD in Science from Jadavpur University, India. He is a university rank holder in his postgraduate degree from the University of Calcutta and a recipient of INSPIRE Fellowship. Dr. Pal served as a scientist working on translational research at the Technical Research Centre of SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, India. His research interests are computational drug discovery and in silico design and characterization of nano biomaterials for medical applications. He has developed binding specificity and drugability indices within the concept of molecular docking. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London and several other scientific societies. He has published many research and review articles and reviewed articles for several journals. Additionally, he currently serves as a guest associate editor for the Frontiers in Chemistry and Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology journals.

Dr. Tandon is a Scientist in National Institute of Health (NIH, USA). He was formerly an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at UMMC. He contributes significantly to research, teaching and service. Dr. Tandon is recognized internationally for his research on herpes viruses. His research is supported by several extramural and intramural grants and he serves on AHA as well as NIH grant review study sections. He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA). He directs the Graduate Virology Course at UMMC and team teaches three other Microbiology courses. Dr. Tandon also holds a joint assistant professor position in the Department of Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Mississippi. He has published many research and reviewed articles in several journals of international repute.