eJournal USA: Economic Perspectives

Internet Resources

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
Download Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version
 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT

National Library of Medicine
National Center for Biotechnology Information

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

National Nanotechnology Initiative
http://www.nano.gov/

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of State
Bureau of International Information Programs

http://www.usinfo.state.gov/ei/economic_issues/biotechnology.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Toxic Substances Control Act Biotechnology Program

http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/biotech/index.html

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/biotechm.html

U.S. Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Web Site
http://usbiotechreg.nbii.gov

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

AgBioWorld
www.agbioworld.org

Agricultural Biology Communicators
U.S. Land Grant Colleges and Universities

http://agribiotech.info/

American Institute of Biological Sciences
http://www.actionbioscience.org/index.html

American Phytopathological Society
www.apsnet.org/media/ps/

Center for Global Food Issues
www.cgfi.com

Cornell University
www.nysaes.cornell.edu/agbiotech

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
www.cast-science.org

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
http://www.danforthcenter.org/

Foresight Nanotech Institute
http://www.foresight.org/

Information Systems for Biotechnology
www.isb.vt.edu

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
http://www.isaaa.org/

Iowa State University
http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/

National Agricultural Biotechnology Council
www.cals.cornell.edu/extension/nabc

Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
www.pewagbiotech.org

University of California Biotechnology Program
http://ucbiotech.org/

University of Maryland

INDUSTRY

AGBIOS
www.agbios.com/main.php

Biotech Knowledge Center
www.biotechknowledge.com

Biotechnology Industry Organization
http://www.bio.org/

Council for Biotechnology Information
http://www.whybiotech.com/

CropLife America
www.croplifeamerica.org

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
www.cgiar.org

EUROPA
(European Commission)

http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/biotechnology/index_en.htm

European Food Safety Authority
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/gmo/catindex_en.html

Food and Agriculture Organization
www.fao.org/biotech

International Food Policy Research Institute
www.ifpri.org/themes/biotech/biotech.htm

International Rice Research Institute
www.irri.cgiar.org

International Service for National Agricultural Research
www.isnar.cgiar.org/kb/Bio-index.htm

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37437_1_1_1_1_37437,00.html

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/biotech/en/

World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/genetic/index.html

The Promise of Biotechnology

The U.S. Department of State assumes no responsibility for the content and availability of the resources listed above, all of which were active as of October 2005.

The Promise of Biotechnology