Shivsanjeevi Sripathi – författare

Biotherapeutics refer to therapeutic approaches with the active substance extracted or produced from a biological source. This book is one of the first in compiling select biotherapeutics-based systems viz. mAbs, ADCs, cytokines, growth factors and nucleic acids backed by research studies. This paves the way for part 2 listing the remaining technologies with research-backed data. This research-backed book presents insights and developments for several issues that plague humanity including case studies of COVID-19.

Pandemics have not been recent. Apart from the Spanish flu and the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the ability of pathogens to target humanity is a repeated pattern over time. For instance, what was first reported in late 2019 and brought the globe to a standstill in 2020, COVID-19 is firmly etched in the minds of the survivors. Research has always pointed out vaccines as being the cornerstone approach to quelling epidemics and pandemics: along the lines of the adage "better safe than sorry". This book comes at this crucial juncture when our conquest of land and overpopulation is resulting in waves of epidemics. The book starts with groundwork entailing the impact of vaccines, their production and costs and also discusses the ethical aspects of vaccine research and also vaccines for "neglected diseases".

Temples have been constructed by sages, kings and people to serve as a channel where one can experience the divinity that has been consecrated. When our phone batteries lose charge they go out-this requires us to charge them by connecting them to a source of power. They are then back in action. Our lives in today's world and our karma makes us also lose our aim, mood or in other words our "battery" goes out. Temples and mantras then serve as the sources of power-in this case what we call as Shakti that can be seen as Ganesha or Shiva or Devi or Vishnu or Hanuman. Such temples also are centers of art, culture and economic growth sustaining the material and spiritual life of people. This book would be a compilation of sacred geometries and temple centers-a brief snapshot of the architecture, history and science of the spots. The temples will be given as per the directions: north, south, east and west with the temples grouped under each direction. The aim is to enable any seeker/traveler to gain access to select well-known and relatively lesser-known temples in India along with valid pointers. This will be the first such book presenting this data in this format.

This book on biodiversity encompasses concepts and research findings on this topic. The CBD or Convention on Biological Diversity defines biological diversity as "the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part: this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems." This book comes at a time when the threats to biodiversity are enormous given the extensive destruction of nature under the name of "development." In addition to statistics, interesting organisms and facts with research findings, this book also briefly covers the threats and solutions to mitigate the threats.

This book covers the essentials of a few types of blood cells and goes on to discuss the number of these cells both under healthy conditions and during disease (can we say in sickness and health?). Results from research papers have been shared to enable a reader to see that the data is backed by actual findings. An important aspect is then covered-blood transfusion. This becomes very important in today's scenario given the pandemic. In fact, the Red Cross issued a statement of dire shortage during the pandemic, which seems to have spilled over after the pandemic. Many of these chapters have included the relevance of artificial intelligence (AI) given the booming interest and emergence of this field.