COVER -- CONTENTS -- ROLE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE -- WORLD WIDE MARKET AND WORK IN MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY -- VACCINE PRODUCTION - NEW DEVELOPMENTS -- ENZYMES IN DIAGNOSIS -- NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS : DIAGNOSTIC TOOL -- MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES : DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS -- BIOSENSORS IN CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS -- ANTIBIOTICS -- CHIRAL TECHNOLOGY -- ENZYMES IN THERAPY -- HORMONE THERAPY -- THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS -- HUMAN GENE THERAPY -- ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY (DNA MEDICINES) -- IMMUNOMODULATION AS THERAPY -- MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY -- BLOOD PRODUCTS -- DRUG DISCOVERY AND DRUG DESIGNING -- DRUG DELIVERY AND RELATED DEVELOPMENT -- BIOTECHNOLOGY AND CANCER -- TRANSGENIC PRODUCTION OF BIOPHARMACEUTICALS -- STEM CELL THERAPY -- FUTURE OF MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY.