Review of the hardback: '… provides a useful reference work for all budding biotechnologists.' Wendie Norris, British Society for Development Biology Newsletter

• 1. Introducing the animal cell as a bioreactor; 2. Yield of recombinant product: engineering cells for maximum expression; 3. The generation of biomass, medium design for animal cell culture, fermenter design for animal cell culture, suspension cultures, immobilized cells, process control; 4. Adjusting cellular metabolism for optimum product yield; 5. Downstream processing; 6. Regulatory aspects of using cells as bioreactors, viral contamination of animal cell derived pharmaceuticals; 7. Overview and conclusions; References; Index.

Review of the hardback: '… provides a useful reference work for all budding biotechnologists.' Wendie Norris, British Society for Development Biology Newsletter

• 1. Introducing the animal cell as a bioreactor; 2. Yield of recombinant product: engineering cells for maximum expression; 3. The generation of biomass, medium design for animal cell culture, fermenter design for animal cell culture, suspension cultures, immobilized cells, process control; 4. Adjusting cellular metabolism for optimum product yield; 5. Downstream processing; 6. Regulatory aspects of using cells as bioreactors, viral contamination of animal cell derived pharmaceuticals; 7. Overview and conclusions; References; Index.

Review of the hardback: '… provides a useful reference work for all budding biotechnologists.' Wendie Norris, British Society for Development Biology Newsletter

• 1. Introducing the animal cell as a bioreactor; 2. Yield of recombinant product: engineering cells for maximum expression; 3. The generation of biomass, medium design for animal cell culture, fermenter design for animal cell culture, suspension cultures, immobilized cells, process control; 4. Adjusting cellular metabolism for optimum product yield; 5. Downstream processing; 6. Regulatory aspects of using cells as bioreactors, viral contamination of animal cell derived pharmaceuticals; 7. Overview and conclusions; References; Index.