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From X-rays to DNA :

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0262318385

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0262318393

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1461952182

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9780262318389

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9780262318396

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0262019779

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9780262019774

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From X-rays to DNA :

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how engineering drives biology /

First Statement of Responsibility

David W. Lee, with Jeffrey Drazen, Phillip A. Sharp, and Robert S. Langer.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts :

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The MIT Press,

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[2014]

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©2014

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1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) :

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illustrations

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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An opportunity for greater discovery -- Concurrent engineering and science -- Engineering and the engineer -- Discovery of chromosomes and the submicrometer microscope -- DNA: gels, paper, and columns -- Structure of DNA and proteins: X-ray diffraction -- Observing DNA and protein in action: radioisotope labels -- Transcription and electron microscopy -- Protein and DNA automated sequencing -- Concurrent versus nonconcurrent engineering -- The engineers and scientists of concurrent engineering -- Institutions and teams for concurrent biology engineering -- Concurrent engineering in the clinic -- Unmet needs: mapping and understanding cell signaling -- Unmet needs: cancer example -- Summing up.

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"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."

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MIT Press

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MIT Press

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OverDrive, Inc.

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8893

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9780262318389

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DA55191E-BC0A-4970-B84E-E72C45A188BC

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From X-rays to DNA

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9780262019774

Biomedical engineering.

Medical instruments and apparatus-- Technological innovations.

Medicine-- Research-- History.

Surgical instruments and apparatus-- Technological innovations.

Biomedical Engineering.

Biomedical engineering.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Holism.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Reference.

MEDICAL-- Alternative Medicine.

MEDICAL-- Atlases.

MEDICAL-- Essays.

MEDICAL-- Family & General Practice.

MEDICAL-- Holistic Medicine.

Medical instruments and apparatus-- Technological innovations.

MEDICAL-- Osteopathy.

Medicine-- Research.

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Lee, W. David,1946-

Drazen, Jeffrey M.,1946-

Langer, Robert S.

Sharp, Phillip A.

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20200822104546.0

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