Opis: From X-Rays to DNA - Lee W. David

Engineering has been an essential collaborator in biological research and breakthroughs in biology are often enabled by technological advances. Decoding the double helix structure of DNA, for example, only became possible after significant advances in such technologies as X-ray diffraction and gel electrophoresis. Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis improved as new technologies including the stethoscope, the microscope, and the X-ray developed. These engineering breakthroughs take place away from the biology lab, and many years may elapse before the technology becomes available to biologists. In this book, David Lee argues for concurrent engineering the convergence of engineering and biological research as a means to accelerate the pace of biological discovery and its application to diagnosis and treatment. He presents extensive case studies and introduces a metric to measure the time between technological development and biological discovery.

Investigating a series of major biological discoveries that range from pasteurization to electron microscopy, Lee finds that it took an average of forty years for the necessary technology to become available for laboratory use. Lee calls for new approaches to research and funding to encourage a tighter, more collaborative coupling of engineering and biology. Only then, he argues, will we see the rapid advances in the life sciences that are critically needed for life-saving diagnosis and treatment.

Szczegóły: From X-Rays to DNA - Lee W. David

Tytuł: From X-Rays to DNA
Podtytuł: How Engineering Drives Biology
Autor: Lee W. David
Wydawnictwo: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262019774
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2014
Ilość stron: 234
Format: 15.5x23.5cm
Oprawa: Twarda z obwolutą
Waga: 0.535 kg

Recenzje: From X-Rays to DNA - Lee W. David