Genetic engineering involves the direct manipulation of genes. It is a common tool in both research and agriculture. Areas of research include medical engineering to produce vaccines against disease, pharmaceutical development, and the treatment of disease. In agriculture, genetic engineering is used to modify crops and domestic animals to increase their yields, ease of production, and nutrition. This important book covers new research and studies in genetic engineering in both areas—medicine and agriculture.

CONTENTS: Increased Hydrogen Production by Genetic Engineering of Escherichia coli • Use of the Red-Recombineering Method for Genetic Engineering of Pantoea Ananatis • Recombination-Mediated Genetic Engineering of a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Clone of Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara (MVA) Conserving, Distributing and Managing Genetically Modified Mouse Lines by Sperm Cryopreservation • c-MycERTAM Transgene Silencing in a Genetically Modified Human Neural Stem Cell Line Implanted into MCAo Rodent Brain • Evaluation of the Sensitization Rates and Identification of IgE-Binding Components in Wild and Genetically Modified Potatoes in Patients with Allergic Disorders • Genetically Modified Parthenocarpic Eggplants:Improved Fruit Productivity Under Both Greenhouse and Open Field Cultivation • Reconstitution of the Myeloid and Lymphoid Compartments After the Transplantation of Autologous and Genetically Modified CD34+ Bone Marrow Cells, Following Gamma Irradiation in Cynomolgus Macaques • Open Field Trial of Genetically Modified Parthenocarpic Tomato:Seedlessness and Fruit Quality • Design and Construction of a Double Inversion Recombination Switch for Heritable Sequential Genetic Memory • Transplantation of Genetically Engineered Cardiac Fibroblasts Producing Recombinant Human Erythropoietin to Repair the Infarcted Myocardium • Anti-Angiogenesis Therapy Based on the Bone Marrow-Derived Stromal Cells Genetically Engineered to Express sFlt-1 in Mouse Tumor Model • A Self-Inactivating Retrovector Incorporating the IL-2 Promoter for Activation-Induced Transgene Expression in Genetically Engineered T-cells • An Inducible and Reversible Mouse Genetic Rescue System• Hormone-Induced Protection of Mammary Tumorigenesis in Genetically Engineered Mouse Models • more • Index

Embryology is the study of embryos. It is the branch of biological science that deals with the formation and early development of an individual organism, from fertilization of the egg (ovum) to birth. This collection includes chapters on some of the most important topics in embryology today, such as cryopreservation of human embryos, in vitro generation of neurons from embryonic stem cells, embryonic transfer, transcriptional profiling, and more.

CONTENTS: What Makes Us Human? A Biased View from the Perspective of Comparative Embryology and Mouse Genetics • Maternal Diabetes Alters Transcriptional Programs in the Developing Embryo • Increased Expression of Heat Shock Protein 105 in Rat Uterus of Early Pregnancy and Its Significance in Embryo Implantation • Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome and Prophylactic Human Embryo Cryopreservation:Analysis of Reproductive Outcome Following Thawed Embryo Transfer • Neural Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells In Vitro:A Road Map to Neurogenesis in the Embryo • Defining Human Embryo Phenotypes by Cohort-Specific Prognostic Factors • Search for the Genes Involved in Oocyte Maturation and Early Embryo Development in the Hen • Ectopic Pregnancy Rates with Day 3 Versus Day 5 Embryo Transfer:A Retrospective Analysis • Transcriptome Analysis of Mouse Stem Cells and Early Embryos • Transcriptional Profiling Reveals Barcode-Like Toxicogenomic Responses in the Zebrafish Embryo • Release of sICAM-1 in Oocytes and In Vitro Fertilized Human Embryos • Three-Dimensional Analysis of Vascular Development in the Mouse Embryo • more • Index

Genetics is the study of genes and the information carried on individual genes. While genetics studies individual genes, Genomics looks at all the genes in an organism and how, together with environmental factors, they affect growth and development. Cutting-edge medical research uses Genomics to create individualized treatment plans. Using Genomics, doctors and scientists can, for example, determine the best ways to keep people at high risk for certain types of cancer from actually developing the disease. Proteomics is the study of proteins.