Like the first edition, this new edition presents all key aspects, theoretical and practical, of industrial biological processes, techniques, equipment, products, as well as ethical and regulatory issues. The coverage has been expanded to include additional important areas of pharmaceutical and biologics bioprocess technology such as the production of vaccines, biopharmaceuticals and the methods used to manufacture biomaterials - biofabrication--used in microfluidics, tissue engineering, biosensors, bioelectronics, bioarrays and bionanotechnology. The encyclopedia is a key reference for scientists, technologists, and students working in the broad area of industrial biotechnology.