Biotechnology links
Please note: Links provided do not necessarily reflect the ideology of Dr. Metz or Campbell University, but are provided as a resource for interested students. Links may contain material that is emotionally, intellectually, and/or spiritually troubling to certain people. Use at your own risk.
Online Journals
Nature Biotechnology (Journal dedicated to biotechnology research...my personal favorite....searchable archive online)
PNAS Online (Journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online...full text...good place to look for biotech-related articles)
Bioinformatics (Journal publishes original research articles on bioinformatics)
Information sites
Bioinformatics.org (bioinformatics site with useful definitions, resources, links on the topic)
Human Genome Project Information (sponsored by the Dept. of Energy)
The National Human Genome Research Institute (sponsored by NIH)
GeneMap99 (searchable human chromosome database)
Hypertextbook chapter on recombinant DNA (includes sections on PCR and DNA fingerprinting; animations)
Hypertextbook chapter on genetic engineering
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Animation Library (excellent animations of PCR, and other molecular biology techniques)
Polymerase chain reaction animation (Shockwave plugin required)
Polmerase Chain Reaction (a college instructor's simple PCR animation)
Animation of plant transformation using Agrobacterium (Shockwave plugin required)
Federal Register Online (keep up with government rulings on biotechnology and just about everything else as well!)
Biotechnology Information Source (USDA site providing biotechnology information to the educated consumer)
North Carolina Biotechnology Center (information and support for the state's biotechnology industry)
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center (offers genetic testing for heriditary cancers)
GeneCare Medical Genetic Center (in Chapel Hill, offers prenatal genetic testing and paternity testing)
Moral and Ethical Issues in Gene Therapy
Buy your own micromanipulator for single cell gene transfer!
Transgenic art (see the world's first glow-in-the-dark bunny, courtesy of a jellyfish gene!)
Cloning a chocolate cow (also, click the link to play the clone-'o'-matic arcade game!)
Companies
Affymetrix (leader in gene chip technology)
Genzyme Transgenics (engineering goats for better living)
Monsanto's Roundup Ready website (advertising their genetically engineered herbicide-resistant soybeans)
Monsanto's Naturemark Potatoes website (advertising their genetically engineered insect-resistant potatoes)
Novartis Seeds (produces improved crops through conventional plant breeding and biotechnology)
Operon Technologies (will synthesize any DNA sequence you want...up to 10,000 nucleotides)
Paradigm Genetics (a Triangle-based plant genomics corporation)
Biotechnology and Food
Aventis Press Release on Starlink Corn (The engineered corn that resulted in the Taco Bell taco shell recall)
Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (discusses the socio-political impact of biotechnology in developing countries)
U.S. FDA Center for Food Safety (information from our government concerning the safety of engineered food products)
United Nations Report on Biotechnology and Food Safety
The Turning Point Project (newly formed organization focused on raising issues of modern lifestyle and technology)
Greenpeace's "Not ready for Roundup" anti-Roundup Ready crop site
Genetically Engineered Foods - A Serious Health Hazard (Canadian Natural Law Party's position on engineered foods)
Organic Consumers Association (formerly the "Food Purists" - are fighting for labeling of biotech foods)
Genetic Food Alert (warning consumers of the dangers of biotech foods)
Purefood.org (Campaign to label food containing genetically engineered products)