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Biotechnology  Yr 12

Medical and veterinary sciences both have a number of techniques and processes designed to manage and improve the health of humans and animals.
These research suggestions and websites might help you with your essay on research on the human need or demand for the techniques listed below and the biology relating to the technique.

Subject headings, keywords
Biotechnology                 cloning                  genetic engineering           infertility    nanotechnology              heart surgery          gene profiling                   ethics              angioplasty                    gene therapy          body part replacements     MRI                 intensive care                kidney dialysis        
gene cloning to produce insulin                     
pregnancy scanning in sheep                   
skin cancer surgery on cats  
parasite control in dogs     

Dewey Numbers
570-752.87, 612, 030 REF


  Reference:
World Book encyclopedias

Information file:  Genetics, genetic engineering, medicine, health,

On-line databases and websites:
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/
Login to Epic databases - user name darfieldhs, password 22darfieldhs
Scroll down to 'Science' and go into the Discovering Collection and Proquest Science. Use keywords and select 'full text' to got articles online.

Websites:  (Enter keywords into search boxes as needed)

http://highschoolbiology.otago.ac.nz/biotech.html (Otago Uni site with biotech links)
www.biozone.co.nz  (Biolinks - Biotechnology)
www.sciam.com  (science journal - enter keywords in search box)
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=25794   (enter keywords to search for articles)
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=25787  (stem cell)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11021241&dopt=AbstractPlus (extracts from articles from the National Institute of Health) (Problems and perspectives for clinical organ xenotransplantation)
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1992/gen_screen1.html  (genetic screening/ethics)
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/transfer_and.html
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=bodymr&bhcp=1 (MRI)
http://www.peteducation.com/default.cfm (vet techniques)
http://www.lic.co.nz/main.cfm (AB in cattle)
www.askjeeves.com (keyword: biotechnology)
www.library.christchurch.org.nz (enter keywords in search box)
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/Kudiseases/pubs/hemodialysis/#top (kidney dialysis)
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/therapy/genetherapy (gene therapy)
http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/fall95/implant.htm (body part replacements)
http://www.landcorp.co.nz/operations/technology.aspx (sheep scanning)