Dear friends, I'm looking for colleagues who want to write a book on current topics in biotechnology. I'm attaching the possible abstract of the book, in case any of you want to participate.
1. Proposed title of the book:
Research and drug development in human diseases- Recent advances in biotechnology
2. A one-page abstract outlining its key features and information about the intended audience:
The research in human diseases is a very active field in health sciences. The development of new drugs with improvements in efficacy as well as the reduction in side effects is desirable in drug development. In this regard, the research about of new bioactive compounds, which can be further modified to improve its medical performance is It is a topic of current research.
The fundamental aspect of the research work about new drugs includes the isolation and identification of organic molecules in different sources. This assignment can be drastically improved by the use of modern biotechnology techniques as the omic sciences, for example.
Also, the research in the application of the isolated compounds can be from different sources as natural, synthesis and in silico among others sources. Therefore, there are several biological models to study the new drugs. For example, the mourin model is useful to study the tissue and physiological functions. Others biological models as the chicken egg model is related to the antibody and vaccine research, as well as the fish model which is useful to study cell morphology. Although, the biotechnology is used for the development of new drugs recently.
For this manner, In the case of vector-transmitted diseases, the identification of the vector via biotechnology is crucial to the development of new drugs. Also, the climatic change facilitates the emergence of new diseases for example the chikungunya and Leishmaniasis diseases, inclusive in countries non-tropical.
In order to complete these preliminary studies of new drug development, further computer auxiliary models performed by pharmacokinetic studies contributes to our understanding the principal pathways of new drugs in the human system with biotechnology development in the implementation.
This book represents a small but representative effort to go a step ahead in this battle between disease and targets, with the use of biotechnology in the development and implementation of the new drugs. Additionally, this book is intended to give a varied context, which could be useful for health scientists, as well as science students interested to increase its knowledge in frontier research regarded with drug development, particularly in the biotechnology field.
3. Tentative table of contents.
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