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- Access to Excellence www.accessexcellence.org/AB/BC
Articles on history of biotechnology.
- Agricultural and environmental biotechnology annotated dictionary filebox.vt.edu/cals/cses/chagedor/glossary.html
Glossary of biotech terms
- American Society of Gene Therapy www.asgt.org
Provides news links, position statements, and some course materials
- Bio.com www.bio.com
The Features section offers good backgrounders on drug development issues. Great updates on research and industry news.
- Biotechnology Industry Organization www.bio.org
Provides biotech news, statistics, regulatory policies and research
- Food and Drug Administration 101: Human Gene Therapy. http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/genetherapy022608.html
Provides basic information for consumers, including definition, mechanism, and potential uses of gene therapy.
- Genetics Home Referencewww.ghr.nlm.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine's reference for the layperson on genetic diseases and terminology.
- MEDLINEplus medlineplus.gov
A consumer health library from the National Library of Medicine.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
NCBI provides databases, tools for analyzing genome data. See >Educational resources for primer on biotech topics. See >Genomic biology for great resources on the human genone.
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DoE) www.ornl.gov/hgmis/medicine/genetherapy.html
Great gene therapy resource. Links to ethics statements, publications, education resources, and research on gene therapy.
- PHRMA www.phrma.org/newmedicines/biotech
Good articles on biotech drugs in pipeline.
- Science Magazine www.sciencemag.org/feature/plus/sfg/education/index.shtml
List of 10 best education websites on functional genomics
- Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center www.swbic.org
Provides access to biotech information and services. Great tutorials.
