Genomics, Proteomics and Vaccines

Description

Genomics, Proteomics and Vaccines introduces the history of vaccinology and discusses how vaccines are expected to evolve in the future. Genomics is an evolving interdisciplinary field of study aimed at collecting, understanding and exploiting the biological information encoded in long stretches of DNA. Genome science embraces the Human Genome Project but extends beyond it into genome characterization of animals, crop plants, forest trees, fungi, bacteria, parasites and viruses. Proteomics is a rapidly emerging research area and this book reviews recent developments in proteomics and compares them with current genomics technologies. The book is presented in a concise yet easy to understand style. Vaccination is a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting people against harmful diseases, before they come into contact with them. It uses your body’s natural defenses to build resistance to specific infections and makes your immune system stronger. This book incorporates a multitude of recent examples from microbiology, plant science, and zoology, drawing together a scattered literature in the first synthesis of the new and exciting field of ecological genomics. It will be of particular interest to senior undergraduate and graduate level students, as well as researchers in the fields of ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and molecular biology.