Microbial Engineering for Therapeutics

This book highlights the recent advances in the field of microbial  engineering and its application in human healthcare. It underscores the  systemic and synthetic biology approaches for engineering microbes and  discusses novel treatments for inflammatory bowel diseases based on  engineered probiotics.

The book also reviews the different  options and methods for engineering microbes, ranging from recombinant  DNA technology to designing microbes for targeting specific sites and  delivering therapeutics. Further, it discusses genetically engineered  microorganisms for smart diagnostics and describes current approaches in  microbial gene editing using CRISPR-Cas9-based tools. Lastly, it  summarizes the potential applications of human microbiome engineering in  improving human health and explores potential strategies for scaling-up  the production of engineered microbial strains for commercial purposes,  as well as the challenges. Given its scope, this book is a valuable  resource for students, researchers, academics and entrepreneurs  interested in understanding microbial engineering for the production of  commercial products.