About the Book

Cell Biotechnology

Cell Biotechnology is a comprehensive and authentic text, which sets forth the current understanding of cell biotechnology and explores the intriguing implications and possibilities of the great deal that remains unknown. Cell culture refers to the removal of cells from an animal or plant and their subsequent growth in a favourable artificial environment. The cells may be removed from the tissue directly and disaggregated by enzymatic or mechanical means before cultivation, or they may be derived from a cell line or cell strain that has already been established. The process by which the stem cell can become a specific cell type is called differentiation. Stem cell differentiation begins when they are exposed to certain biochemical cues - either physiological or experimental. Biochemical cues in different parts of the body stimulate stem cells to grow into the specific cells needed in that location. The maintenance of growth of cells dissociated from the parental tissue (such as kidney, liver) using the mechanical or enzymatic methods, in culture medium using suitable glass or plastic containers is called Primary Cell Culture. The primary cell culture could be of two types depending upon the kind of cells in culture. The book provides a clear sense of the excitement of cell biotechnology. CONTENTS : (1)Cell Biology (2)Cell Structure (3)Animal Cell Biotechnology (4)Animal Cell Culture (5)Cell and Tissue Engineering (6)Plant Cell (7)Stem Cell Technology (8)Gene Therapy and Heredity (9)Biotechnological Revolution and Genetics Engineering (10)Cell Membrane.