Biotechnology is the term for a group of technologies that pursue the understanding the use of organisms and biological processes for health, social, environmental or economic applications or outcomes. Modern biotechnology includes techniques ranging from molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry and immunology through to biological applications of information technology. The present book provides and indepth analysis of the trends and principles of modern biotechnology. Researchers, academics, scientists, polity-planners and administrators will find this work informative and useful.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sujata K. Dass
Sujata K. Dass was born in a family of bureaucrats and social workers on July 19, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan. She joined Queens College of the City University of the New York for B.S. degree. She joined King College, Lucknow and completed her MBBS in 1988-89 and thereafter, completed her Ph.D. Medicine. She was Clinical Observer/Visiting Fellow in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Institute (Memorial Hospital) of Cornell University, New York during 1991-92. Dr. Sujata was a Research Fellow at The New York Presbyterian Hospital – Medical College of Cornell University, New York. She was appointed Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair Professor at the young Chair Professor at the young age of 36 years. She is a Visiting Faculty/ Fellow at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi since 1997 and currently working as Research Scientist in the Department of Medicine, V.P,. Chest Institute, University of Delhi. She is an eminent scientist and is recipient of DST Young Scientist Award and Award of Highest Honour of the Soka University, Japan. She has published several research papers in international journals of repute and has authored two books on ‘Food and Nutrition: Concepts and Measurements’ and ‘Community Participation in Health Management.’
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