Whatever Happened to Classical Chemistry?

The contributions of classical chemistry to biotechnology are sometimes forgotten, and its advances are less recognized than those of recombinant DNA technology for the production of therapeutic proteins. The hard work of thousands of scientists and researchers in the solution chemistry of proteins has quietly supported the evolution of biotechnology. Many advances in biotechnology were based on well-established principles of classical organic and inorganic chemistry. In Application of Solution Protein Chemistry to Biotechnology, Roger L. Lundblad provides a practical review of classical chemistry with specific examples of its most important accomplishments as they relate to biotechnology.