National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Committee on the Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health
The American chestnut, whitebark pine, and several species of ash in the eastern United States are just a few of the North American tree species that have been functionally lost or are in jeopardy of being lost due to outbreaks of pathogens and...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Committee on Strategies for Identifying and Addressing Potential
Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. Synthetic biology, which collectively refers to concepts, approaches, and to...Loe edasi...
Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s. After two decades of production, some groups and individuals remain critical of the technology based on their concerns about possible adverse effects on human he...Loe edasi...
Research on gene drive systems is rapidly advancing. Many proposed applications of gene drive research aim to solve environmental and public health challenges, including the reduction of poverty and the burden of vector-borne diseases, such as...Loe edasi...
Committee On Industrialization Of Biology, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
The tremendous progress in biology over the last half century - from Watson and Cricks elucidation of the structure of DNA to todays astonishing, rapid progress in the field of synthetic biology - has positioned us for significant innovation...Loe edasi...
Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Oct-2012, Paperback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309278317)
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The committee evaluated submissions received in response to a request for proposals (RFP) for Biomolecular Simulation Time on Anton, a supercomputer specially designed and built by D.E. Shaw Research (DESRES) that allows for dramatically increa...Loe edasi...
Committee on Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
In May 2007, the National Academies Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a public workshop on the topic of Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy, where government, academic, and industry representatives discussed promising research developments in solar-gen...Loe edasi...
Committee on the Impact of Biotechnology on Farm-Level Economics and Sustainability, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
Genetically engineered crops accounted for about 85 of soybean, corn, and cotton acreage in the US in 2009. This report draws on peer- reviewed literature to investigate the environmental, economic, and social impacts of genetically engineered (GE)...Loe edasi...
Steering Committee on Global Challenges and Directions for Agricultural Biotechnology: Mapping the Course, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Rese
Reports on an international workshop, Global Challenges and Directions for Agricultural Biotechnology: Mapping the Course, organized by the National Research Council in Washington, DC. This book focuses on the potential applications of biotech...Loe edasi...
Committee on Biomolecular Materials and Processes, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, Sol
The National Research Council of the National Academies has commissioned this report from the Committee on Biomolecular Materials and Processes (BMAP) on recent advances in biology and materials sciences, and how the merging of these two disciplines...Loe edasi...
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee, Board on Life Sciences, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, National Academy of Sc
Presents the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committees set of amendments to the Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. This report clarifies earlier recommendations and conclusions, including the criteria for determi...Loe edasi...
Committee on Marine Biotechnology: Biomedical Applications of Marine Natural Products, Ocean Studies Board, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, National Academy of Scienc
The National Research Councils Ocean Studies Board and the Board on Life Sciences ah hoc Committee on Marine Biotechnology summarize and integrate information from two workshops on marine biotechnology held in October 1999 and November 2001, and r...Loe edasi...
Committee on Environmental Impacts Associated with Commercialization of Transgenic Plants, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Feb-2002, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309082631)
The research project had two goals: to provide technical information to the agencies charged with deciding whether to allow commercializing a transgenic plant, and to bolster public confidence in the competence and integrity of those agencies. Most o...Loe edasi...
Committee on Biobased Industrial Products, Commission on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
After reviewing the potential benefits of the use of biobased industrial products over more commonly used petroleum benefits, this report examines the raw material resource base for products and explains the range of products and processing technolog...Loe edasi...
Committee on Bioprocess Engineering, Commission on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
Examines the status of bioprocessing and biotechnology in the United States; bioprocess technology, products, and opportunities; and challenges of the future and what must be done to meet those challenges. This book gives recommendations for ac...Loe edasi...
Board on Biology, Committee on Research Opportunities in Biology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jan-1989, Paperback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309039277)
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Biology has entered an era in which interdisciplinary cooperation is at an all-time high, practical applications follow basic discoveries more quickly than ever before, and new technologies--recombinant DNA, scanning tunneling microscopes, and...Loe edasi...
Committee on Scientific Evaluation of the Introduction of Genetically Modified Microorganisms and Plants into the Environment, Commission on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council, Natio
On issues connected with planned testing in the laboratory and field. The foci here are: plants and microorganisms, but not animals; environmental effects excluding human health effects; and field-test conditions only in the conterminous US. No index...Loe edasi...
Committee on the Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Agriculture, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Co
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Dec-1969, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309090858)
Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms examines biological methods that may be used with genetically engineered plants, animals, microbes, and fungi. Bioconfinement methods have been applied successfully to a few non-engineered or...Loe edasi...