From X-rays to DNA: How Engineering Drives Biology (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262019779 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. Engineering has been an essential collaborator in biological research and breakthroughs in biology are often enabled by technological advances. Only then, he argues, will we see the rapid advances in the life sciences that are critically needed for life-saving diagnosis and treatment.. These engineering breakthroughs take place away from the biology lab, and many years may elapse before the technology becomes available to biologists. Lee calls for new approaches to research and funding to encourage a tighte
About the AuthorDavid W. Jeffrey Drazen is Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.Phillip A. Sharp, awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1993, is Institute Professor at the Koch Center.Robert S. Lee is CEO of Lumicell Diagnostics, Inc., and has a research appointment at MIT's Koch Center for Integrative Cancer Research. Langer, awarded the 2002 Charles Stark Draper Prize, is an Institute Professor and a member of the Department of C
Langer, awarded the 2002 Charles Stark Draper Prize, is an Institute Professor and a member of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.. Lee is CEO of Lumicell Diagnostics, Inc., and has a research appointment at MIT's Koch Center for Integrative Cancer Research. Jeffrey Drazen is Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and Distinguished P