Interesting web sites related to agricultural
biotechnology
Basics of Biotechnology
- Biotechnology
Educational Leaflets from ABA
- A very useful collection of introductiory articles on
different areas of biotechnology, with an Australian slant
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- A
Primer on Biotechnology
- A short article giving an overview of the scope of
biotechnology, with an emphasis on preparing for a career in
biotechnology
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- Primer
on Molecular Genetics (Department of Energy)
- A review of molecular genetics with an emphasis on mapping the
human genome; useful material on the details of DNA structure
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- Biotechnology
Timeline
- A timeline of biotechnology starting with the brewing of beer
about 4,000 years ago, a subject dear to my heart!
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- ISU
Biotechnology Program
- Iowa State University has a significant program aimed at
providing information about biotechnology to the public. The link
to Educational Resources takes you to the
Biotechnology
Information Series which reviews some of the major topics in
agricultural biotechnology. These are somewhat dated but still
useful.
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- About
Biotechnology from Amgen
- A brief introduction to biotechnology from one of the larger
biotechnology companies which is focused on pharmaceuticals.
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- BIO
intro to Food & Ag biotech
- An introduction to biotechnology from the Biotechnology
Information Organization, a business-sponsored trade organization
that promotes biotechnology
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- The
Royal Society: Review of GM plants
- A review of the scientific background to plant biotechnology
and the issues that surround these technologies, from a British
perspective. Interesting given the recent public reaction in
Britain and eslewhere in Europe.
Biotech news
Ag magazines
On-line versions of a few agriculture magazines, which have some
articles about production practices as well as marketing of GM crops.
- Welcome
to Homefarm
- from the south, especially useful for information on Bt cotton
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- ProgressiveFarmer.com:
Today
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- Farm
Journal Today
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Newsletters
- Information
Systems for Biotechnology: Agbiotech Online
- A good source of information and has a monthly newsletter you
can subscribe to
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- The
Bowditch Group, Inc. Homepage
- A consulting company that publishes a weekly newsletter that
emphasises commercial aspects of biotechnology
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- The
Next Biotech Harvest
- An interesting article from Technology Review (Sept. 98) about
ag biotech
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- Biotech
Goes Wild
- Another article from Technology Review (July 99) dealing with
more of the riskd and regulation of ag biotech
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- Welcome
to AgBiotechNet
- A good source of information including access to many
publications on intellectual property rights and the potential
impact of biotechnology on agriculture in less developed
countries.
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- "What's
Up in Biotechnology"
- A review of biotechnology from Peggy Lemaux, an extension
specialist in biotechnology at the University of Claifornia at
Berkeley.
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- Biotechnology
Industry Information from Inverizon International Inc.
- Some useful statistics on ag biotech
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- Biotech,
Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical News
- Geared toward the pharmaceutical sector and focusing on
company news from a Wall Street perspective
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- Virus
resistant papaya from APSnet
- Excellent review of virus resistant transgenic papaya now
being grown in Hawaii. Great pictures
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- The
Royal Society: review of GM potato study
- A scientific review of a study that purported to show that
rats fed on a diet of transgenic potatoes suffered a number of
severe complications. This study was one of the factors that has
led to the very poor public opinion of GM foods in the United
Kingdom.
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Science magazines
- AgBioForum
- agbiotech journal
- An on-line journal discussing agricultural biotechnology
issues
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- New
Scientist magazine
- British weekly science magazine with plenty of coverage of the
GM food issue
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- New
Scientist issue on GM foods
- Special issue on GM foods
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- Science Daily
- an on-line source for science news in a format for the layman
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Other sites with lots of links
- National
Biotechnology Information Facility at NMSU
- A good starting place to look for information
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- The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biotechnology
- same as above
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- Agbiotech
Link Central
- The name says it all!
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- Useful
Biotechnology Websites
- from Virginia Tech University
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- Public
Perception of Biotechnology
- also from Virginia Tech
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- Food
Biotechnology
- From IFIC, a food trade organization, I believe
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- The
Biotechnology Information Center
- From the National Agriculure Library of USDA. Unfortunately,
many of the pages have not been updated in a few years, so some
sections are less useful than they could be.
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Biotech regulation
- Royal
Society: biotech reg. in UK
- review of regulations in the UK
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- USDA
APHIS home page on regulation of transgenic (GM) crops
- Informative site on USDA's role in regulating GM crops
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- EPA-TSCA
Biotechnology Program
- EPA site, but information hard to find. Does this indicate how
slow EPA has been to formulate clear regulations?
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- Food
Biotechnology: Federal Regulations & Labeling
- From IFIC, a food trade organization, I believe. Easy to
follow.
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- FDA/CFSAN
Biotechnology site
- FDA site, much better than EPA's.
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- Biotechnology
Information at OECD
- Biotech views and information from the Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Biotech & Seed companies
- Florigene
- GM flowers are us
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- DNAP
Holding Corp
- Small biotech company, I believe now owned by ELM, a Mexican
conglomerate that owns a large fraction of theworlwide vegetable
seed industry
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- The
Monsanto Agricultural Sector
- The Monsanto site for all ag products
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- Monsanto
RR bean review
- info on Roundup Ready crops
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- NatureMark
Potatoes
- Bt potatoes from Monsanto
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- DEKALB
Genetics
- now part of Monsanto
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- Biosource
Technologies
- making high value proteins in plants, not active last time I
checked
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- Welcome!-Metabolix
home
- Plants as a source of plastics
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- Mycogen
- now part of Dow Agrosciences, with an emphasis on Bt
technology
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- Agritope
- Focused on extending post-harvest shelf life
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- Pioneer
Hi-Bred
- now part of DuPont
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- Novartis
- Swiss-based multinational
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- Garst
Seed Company
- part of Advanta, formerly Zeneca
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- Genentech
Access Excellence
- FromGenentech, the About Biotech section provides some
excellent graphics of basic molecular biology activities (DNA
structure, transcription of RNA, translation of proteins)
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- AgrEvo
Homepage
- The home of Liberty Link herbicide tolerant crops
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- Asgrow
- I think this is now also part of Monsanto
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Biotech discussion
- Nuffield
report on GM crops: ethical and social issues
- A good review of this subject, from a UK perspective
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- FAO
report on agricultural biotechnology
- from a UN agency
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- Biotechnology
and Ethics: A Blueprint for the Future
- A workshop on the ethics of biotechnology
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- Agriculture
and Biotechnology Program - Union of Concerned Scientists
(UCS)
- An excellent site that puts forward some alternative views
about the direction of agiculture
Biotech courses
- Biotechnology,
Society and the Environment (ScAg 1500)
- A course at the University of Minnesota
- Biotechnology
course from Iowa State
- with lots of on-line materials
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Patents and Intellectual Property Rights
- Biotechnology
Patents
- from USDA-NAL, but not up to date
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- IBM
Patent Server Home Page
- Searchable database of US patents. A little overwhelming!
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- Book
- Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology
- A book available on-line
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- Plant
patent overview
- An introduction to plant patent law
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- AgBiotech
patent page
- links to pages dealing with basic patent information
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Activist sites
- Genetic
Engineering
- A German campaign to ban GM foods
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- Norfolk
Genetic Network News
- A group that publicises links between scientists, government
officials and biotech companies in the UK, as well as highlighting
concerns about the use of GM foods and working to ban these
products
- Greenpeace
UK Homepage
- pro-organic food, anti GM foods
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- The
Prince of Wales - Online Forum
- HRH's web site condemning ag biotech
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- Union
of Concerned Scientists
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