From X-rays to DNA : how engineering drives biology

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Lee, W. David, 1946- (Author), Drazen, Jeffrey M., 1946- (Author), Sharp, Phillip A. (Author), Langer, Robert S. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Subjects
Biomedical engineering.
Medicine > Research > History.
Medical instruments and apparatus > Technological innovations.
Surgical instruments and apparatus > Technological innovations.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262318389
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • An opportunity for greater discovery
  • Concurrent engineering and science
  • Engineering and the engineer
  • Discovery of chromosomes and the submicrometer microscope
  • DNA: gels, paper, adn columns
  • Structure of DNA and proteins: X-ray diffraction
  • Observing DNA and protein in action: radioisotope labels
  • Transcription and electron microscopy
  • Protein and DNA automated sequencing
  • Concurrent versus nonconcurrent engineering
  • The engineers and scientists of concurrent engineering
  • Institutions and teams for concurrent biology engineering
  • Concurrent engineering in the clinic
  • Unmet needs: mapping and understanding cell signaling
  • Unmet needs: cancer example
  • Summing up.

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