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Biotechnology

 
  AgNIC -  http://agnic.umd.edu/
The AgNIC alliance is "a voluntary alliance of the National Agricultural Library (NAL), land-grant universities and other agricultural organizations, in cooperation with citizen groups and government agencies". This site provides a selective guide to quality agricultural biotechnology information on the Internet.
  Beyond Discovery -  http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/
Presents case studies tracing the origins of recent technological and medical advances.
  BioAlabama http://www.bioalabama.com/
The site of the Biotechnology Association of Alabama.  In addition to membership information, site includes news and events information on the state and national levels.
  Biosafety Info Network and Advisory Service -  http://binas.unido.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Published by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, this site includes international regulations as well as lists of experts and other biotechnology information.
  Biotechnology Regulatory Sources -  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/index.html
A page from the USDA's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service. This site provides information on regulations, permits, regulatory activities, and information and resources regarding genetically engineered organisms.
  CATO Research Biotechnology Directory -  http://www.cato.com/biotech/
Thousands of resources from around the world and organized by subject.
  Chemical and Other Safety Information -  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/index.html
"Please use this as a source of general information about safety and the potential hazards of chemicals, not as a definitive statement of the hazards associated with any particular chemical or a reliable interpretation of safety law."  The site includes some MSDS sheets.
  European Federation of Biotechnology -  http://www.efbpublic.org/
Briefing papers, fact sheets, conference papers, and other biotechnology research.
  The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology -  http://www.icgeb.trieste.it/
General information about the United Nations Center and includes links to the library and program data.
  National Center for Biotechnology Information -  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information."
  NCBI Coffee Break -  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
From the National Center for Biotechnology Information, this is a collection of short reports on recent biological discoveries, with each report incorporating interactive tutorials that show how "bioinformatics" tools are used as a part of the research process.