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News & Analysis

Latest News

• $115M stem cell research facility planned for San Diego (AP)
• Takeda Bids $8.8B for US' Millennium (AP)

Research Tools

Associations

• ABA Section of Science and Technology Law
• Biotechnology Industry Organization Covers industry statistics, issues and initiatives.

Government Resources

• Agricultural Biotechnology From the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Features laws and regulations, permitting and notification.
• Human Genome Project Information Features information on the Human Genome Project, including ethical, legal and social issues.
• National Center for Biotechnology Information National resource center for molecular biology information. Includes molecular and literature databases, genome maps, and more.
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Information regarding patents and trademarks, including links to forms, fee information, news, legal materials, statistics, and related Web sites.

Laws

• Biotechnology Case Law and Regulation From Louisiana State University School of Law. Includes cases and regulations on antitrust, consent, cloning, liability and more.
• Patents Codes U.S. Code, Title 35
• Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 37

Web Sites

• biojudiciary.org Jurist's Guide to 21st Century Biotechnology. Includes a glossary and patent resources.

Westlaw Databases

• BioBusiness (DIALOG) (BIOBUS)
• BioBusiness - Current (DIALOG) (BIOBUS-C)
• BIOSIS Previews - Current (DIALOG) (BIOSIS-C)
• BIOSIS Previews 1969 to Present (DIALOG) (BIOSIS)
• BIOSIS Previews 1993 to Present (Dialog) (BIOSIS93)
• Drugs of the Future (Dialog) (DRUGFUT)
• Gene Therapy Weekly (GENT)