Biotechnology from A to Z

William Bains

The accessible guide to terms, topics, and ideas in biotechnology       

Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-852498-6

 

Biotechnology from A to Z

Links to some further information on the science behind biotechnology

Growing like Topsy since the last edition is Wikipedia, the free on-line encyclopedia written by its readers. A superb resource, its principle is that it is rather variable in depth and quality. Any well referenced entry is likely to be accurate and informative.

Other sources of scientifically reliable information include:

The technical journals Nature Biotechnology, Trends in Biotechnology, and for more general audiences New Scientist and the Institute of Biology and their journal The Biologist and all provide good information on the science.

Web sites with high science news (mostly culled from press releases) content include

GeneRef.com - news and comment on 'omics, Regenerative Medicine, Food and Agriculture, Vaccines and Therapeutics, Biotech Manufacturing and Processing, Nanotechnology, Bioethics, Biotech Policy, Regulation, and Legal Issues and others.

Signals Magazine, an on-line journal focusing on company news but also with reviews of topics in therapeutic biotechnology

Legal bit. While I made tried to make sure that the links from these pages are up to date, and link to high quality sites and information, neither William Bains nor Oxford University Press can accepts any liability for the timeliness or accuracy of any information outside these pages.