Biotechnology, the science and the business / [edited by] Vivian Moses and Ronald E. Cape.

Chur [Switzerland] ; New York : Harwood Academic Publishers, [1991], ©1991.

xiii, 596 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

The science and the business : an introduction / V. Moses, R.E. Cape -- Managing a biotechnology business / Katherine A. Russell -- Financing biotechnology companies / M.O. Ostrach -- Biotechnology startups / G.B. Rathmann -- Patents : paradigms in collision / L.L. Greenlee -- Intellectual property and technical know-how / D.M. Gaythwaite -- Public perceptions of biotechnology / U. Fleising -- The regulation of biotechnology in the United States and Europe / R.B. Nicholas, B. Ager -- Communication / Anita Crafts-Lighty -- The "new biology" / Jennifer Van Brunt -- Polymerase chain reaction : development of a novel technology in a corporate environment / Ellen Daniell -- Protein engineering / D.L. Oxender, T.J. Graddis -- Fermentation technology, bioprocessing, scale-up, and manufacture / Y. Chisti, M. Moo-Young -- Feedstocks / G. Hamer, T. Egli -- Process economics / N.J. Haritatos -- The established industries / D.G. Springham -- Industrial chemicals : fermentation and immobilized cells / S.L. Neidleman -- Industrial enzymes / D.A. Cowan -- New materials / D. Brown -- Biosensors : "a marriage of biochemistry and microelectronics" / M. Gronow --Bioelectronics: "biochips" / V. Moses -- Healthcare / D.K. McCormick -- Seeds of change : applications of biotechnology to agriculture / A.J. Dines -- Pesticides : biological and chemical agents as insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides / J.L. Garraway -- The impact of biotechnology on the food industry / R. Jeffcoat -- The flavour and fragrance industry / P.S.J. Cheetham -- Waste treatment and pollution clean-up / R.J.F. Bewley, R. Sleat, J.F. Rees -- Biomass / C.A. Batt -- Oil production and processing / V. Moses -- Metal recovery and processing / Melanie J. Brown -- Microbiological desulphurisation of coal / S. Maloney, V. Moses.

Includes bibliographical references and index