Material genetically engineered

A number of potential risks are associated with plant-based pharmaceuticals these include allergen exposure to the public, pollen transfer to wild species, nontarget organism exposure due to persistence of genetically engineered material in the environment, interspecies gene flow, and contamination of nontransgenic crops intended for human consumption. The role of risk analysis with respect to the impact of plant-based biopharmaceuticals on human health and the environment are discussed in this chapter. 

The term artificially structured materials implies a construction similar to nanostructured materials on a somewhat larger, on the whole unspecified, scale. The terms biomaterials and genetically engineered materials are self explanatory. 

Human growth hormone (hGH) or somatotropin has returned to the limehght recently when genetically engineered material became more readily available and more applications for the drug opened up. 

Biologically derived products include fermentation products and genetically engineered materials. These products typically require sterile manufacturing areas. They require extensive air handling equipment and environmental controls. Ster-ilization/sanitation must be easily carried out. 

The book is written for postgraduate and advanced level undergraduate organic chemists and for chemists in industry, particularly those involved in pharmaceutical, agrochemical and other fine chemicals research. Biologists, biochemists, genetic engineers, material scientists and polymer researchers in university and industry will find the book a useful source of reference. 

In succeeding sections we will consider the different types of biopolymer, and how their properties reflect their polymeric nature. The major groups of biopolymers are proteins, polysaccharides and nucleic acids. The latter are not to be considered as polymer materials in the present context, although they are the source of genetically engineered materials. Several other green polymers... 

APHIS has approved the release of several veterinary biologies using genetically engineered materials. The Veterinary Services Divsion has developed a two stage procedure to conduct field... 

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The production of pharmaceuticals, the manufacture of enzymes or genetically engineered materials, and the cultivation of biological materials can expose personnel to biologically produced toxic agents. Some of the situations that may create biological heizards are familiar to chemical operators ... 

Besides the classical photothermoplasts, LC side-chain polymers with distinct phase changes also are well suited for holographic purposes, and biopolymers from genetically engineered bacteriorhodopsine (BR) have been discussed as a holographic material. 

Nucleic acids are the molecules of the genetic apparatus. They direct protein biosynthesis in the body and are the raw materials of genetic technology (see Genetic engineering). Most often polynucleotides are synthesized microbiologicaHy, or at least enzymatically, but chemical synthesis is possible. 

Biological processes are also being studied to investigate abiHty to remove sulfur species in order to remove potential contributors to acid rain (see Air pollution). These species include benzothiophene-type materials, which are the most difficult to remove chemically, as weU as pyritic material. The pyrite may be treated to enhance the abiHty of flotation processes to separate the mineral from the combustible parts of the coal. Genetic engineering (qv) techniques are being appHed to develop more effective species. 

Recombinant DNA, this is DNA containing new genetic material in an order different from the original. Genetic engineering can be used to do this deliberately to produce new proteins in cells. 

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