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The Promise of Biotechnology

CONTENTS
About This Issue
Introduction
Global Challenges and Biotechnology
The Transforming Power of Medical Biotechnology
Plant Biotechnology: Advances in Food, Energy, and Health
Designing Novel Materials and Molecular Machines
The International Rice Genome Sequencing Project: A Case Study
The Birth of Biotechnology: Harnessing the Power of DNA
U.S. Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology
Glossary of Biotechnology Terms
Bibliography
Internet Resources
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Acquaah, George. Understanding Biotechnology: An Integrated and Cyber-Based Approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004.

Bailey, Ronald. Liberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2005.

Barnum, Susan R. Biotechnology: An Introduction. 2nd ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 2005.

Chrispeels, Maarten J. and David E. Sadava. Plants, Genes, and Crop Biotechnology. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2003.

Colwell, Rita. Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science Research Subcommittee, 12 June 2003.
http://www.house.gov/science/hearings/research03/jun12/colwell.htm

Eicher, Carl K., Karim Maredia and Idah Sithole-Niang. Biotechnology and the African Farmer. Staff Paper 2005-08. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2005.
http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/pdf_view.pl?paperid=16821&ftype=.pdf

Farm Foundation. Economics of Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies. Issue Report; August 2005. Oak Brook, IL: Farm Foundation, 2005.
http://www.farmfoundation.org/Issue%20Reports/documents/August2005ISSUEREPORTFINAL.pdf

Fedoroff, Nina V. and Nancy M. Brown. Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2004.

Freidberg, Susanne. French Beans and Food Scares: Culture and Commerce in an Anxious Age. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2004.

Fumento, Michael. BioEvolution: How Biotechnology Is Changing Our World. San Francisco, CA: Encounter Books, 2003.

Goodsell, David S. Bionanotechnology: Lessons From Nature. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Liss, 2004.

Grace, Eric S. Biotechnology Unzipped: Promises and Realities. Rev. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2005.

Huang, Jikun, Scott Rozelle, Carl Pray and Qinfang Wang. "Plant Biotechnology in China." Science, vol. 295, 25 January 2002, pp. 674-676.

Kreuzer, Helen and Adrianne Massey. Biology and Biotechnology: Science, Applications, and Issues. Washington, DC: ASM Press, 2005.

Loffler, Alicia, ed. Kellogg on Biotechnology: Thriving Through Integration. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press; London: Kogan Page, 2005.

Miller, Henry I. and Gregory Conko. The Frankenfood Myth: How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution. New York, NY: Praeger, 2004.

Pray, Carl, Jikun Huang, Ruifa Hu and Scott Rozelle. "Five Years of Bt Cotton in China: The Benefits Continue." Plant Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, August 2002, pp. 423-430.

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The National Nanotechnology Initiative at Five Years: Assessment and Recommendations of the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel. Washington, DC: President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2005.
http://nano.gov/FINAL%5FPCAST%5FNANO%5FREPORT.pdf

Shetty, Kalidas, ed. Food Biotechnology. 2nd ed. New York: Dekker/CRC Press, 2005.

Shmaefsky, Brian. Biotechnology in the Farm and Factory: Agricultural and Industrial Applications. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, 2005.

Smith, John E. Biotechnology. 4th ed. Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Winston, Mark L. Travels in the Genetically Modified Zone. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 2004.

Wu, Felicia and William Butz. The Future of Genetically Modified Crops: Lessons From the Green Revolution. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004.
http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG161/

Zhao, Xiaojun and Shuguang Zhang. "Fabrication of Molecular Materials Using Peptide Construction Motifs." Trends in Biotechnology, vol. 22, no. 9, September 2004, pp. 470-476.

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