?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Novel+Techniques+and+Their+Applications+to+Health+Foods%2C+Agricultural+and+Medical+Biotechnology%3A+Functional+Genomics%0Aand+Basic+Epigenetic+Controls+in+Plant+and+Animal+Cells&rft.creator=Baianu%2C+I.C.&rft.creator=Lozano%2C+P.&rft.creator=Prisecaru%2C+V.+I.&rft.creator=Lin%2C+H.C.&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.subject=Archives&rft.subject=Internet+Health&rft.description=Selected+applications+of+novel+techniques+for+analyzing+Health+Food+formulations%2C+as+well+as+for+advanced+investigations+in+Agricultural+and+Medical+Biotechnology+aimed+at+defining+the+multiple+connections+between+functional+genomics+and+epigenomic%2C+fundamental+control+mechanisms+in+both+animal+and+plant+cells+are+being+reviewed+with+the+aim+of+unraveling+future+developments+and+policy+changes+that+are+likely+to+open+new+niches+for+Biotechnology+and+prevent+the+shrinking+or+closing+of+existing+markets.+Amongst+the+selected+novel+techniques+with+applications+in+both+Agricultural+and+Medical+Biotechnology+are%3A+immobilized+bacterial+cells+and+enzymes%2C+microencapsulation+and+liposome+production%2C+genetic+manipulation+of+microorganisms%2C+development+of+novel+vaccines+from+plants%2C+epigenomics+of+mammalian+cells+and+organisms%2C+and+biocomputational+tools+for+molecular+modeling+related+to+disease+and+Bioinformatics.+Both%0Afundamental+and+applied+aspects+of+the+emerging+new+techniques+are+being+discussed+in+relation+to%0Atheir+anticipated%2C+marked+impact+on+future+markets+and+present+policy+changes+that+are+needed+for+success+in+either+Agricultural+or+Medical+Biotechnology.+The+novel+techniques+are+illustrated+with+figures+presenting+the+most+important+features+of+representative+and+powerful+tools+which+are+currently+being+developed+for+both+immediate+and+long+term+applications+in+Agriculture%2C+Health+Food+formulation+and+production%2C+pharmaceuticals+and%0AMedicine.+The+research+aspects+are+naturally+emphasized+in+our+review+as+they+are+key+to+further+developments+in+Biotechnology%3B+however%2C+the+course+adopted+for+the+implementation+of+biotechnological+applications%2C+and+the+policies+associated+with+biotechnological+applications+are+clearly+the+determining+factors+for+future+Biotechnology+successes%2C+be+they+pharmaceutical%2C+medical+or+agricultural.&rft.date=2004-06&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3691%2F1%2FApplBiotechnology8NU_kitfinalok.pdf&rft.identifier=++Baianu%2C+I.C.+and+Lozano%2C+P.+and+Prisecaru%2C+V.+I.+and+Lin%2C+H.C.++(2004)+Novel+Techniques+and+Their+Applications+to+Health+Foods%2C+Agricultural+and+Medical+Biotechnology%3A+Functional+Genomics+and+Basic+Epigenetic+Controls+in+Plant+and+Animal+Cells.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3691%2F