Animal Cell Technology: Challenges for the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Joint International Meeting of the Japanese Association for Animal Cell Te (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789048152599)

Animal cell technology is a growing discipline of cell biology which aims not only to understand structures, functions and behaviors of differentiated animal cells but also to ascertain their abilities to be used in industrial and medical purposes. The goal of animal cell technology includes accomplishments of clonal expansion of differentiated cells with useful ability, optimization of their culture conditions, modulation of their ability to produce medically and pharmaceutically, important proteins, and the application of animal cells to gene therapy and artificial organs. This volume gives the readers a complete review of present state of the art in Japan. The Proceedings will be useful for cell biologists, biochemists, molecular biologists, immunologists, biochemical engineers and other disciplines related to animal cell culture, working in either academic environments or in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

Author: Kouji Ikura
ISBN-10: 9048152593
ISBN-13: 9789048152599
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 12/07/2010
Pages: 452
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d