biotechnology books and magazines

The Biotechnology Institute provides a variety of publications and other media to bring biotechnology to life in the classroom!

General

Shoestring Biotechnology

Co-published with the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), this laboratory manual provides low-cost, practical, teacher-tested activities for high- schools and two-year colleges to...

Biotechnology:  A Comprehensive Curriculum Guide For a One Semester Course at the High School (Grades 11, 12) or Community College Level

The question from many teachers who wish to start a biotechnology course is "where do I begin?" This manual offers high school and community college educators with a detailed "road map" on how to...

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Your World

Agricultural Biotechnology: A World of Potential

In this issue of Your World, we look at agriculture biotech crops—the science involved, the benefits possible, and the concerns people have toward them. All over the world, farmers are choosing to...

No. 1
Vol. 18
Biotechnology and AIDS

Follow the trail of scientific discovery from identifying a deadly new disease, like AIDS, to treating and trying to prevent it. Articles include: "Discovering the Cause of AIDS," "The...

No. 2
Vol. 9
Nanobiotechnology: A Radically Small Revolution

In the book Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls into a hole and comes out in a place where characters act very differently from what she expects. In some ways, the science called...

No. 1
Vol. 17
How Biotech Can Help Those with Rare Diseases

This issue features a very rare illness, progeria, that causes young children to age very quickly. Often these children die from the same things that kill old people—stroke or heart...

No. 2
Vol. 16
Biofuels:  Energy for Your Future

Policymakers have been talking for years about measures to cut back how much petroleum we use. Interest has spiked recently, with government and private companies coming together to push...

No. 1
Vol. 16
A World of Change: Biotech-Derived Animals, Microbes and Plants

Genetic exchange takes place in nature all the time. Humans have been employing biotechnology—using living organisms to solve problems and create products—for thousands of years in...

No. 2
Vol. 15
Obesity

Biotechnology is spending time and money on trying to figure out why kids and adults are heavier, on average, than previous generations. Heavy teens often become heavy adults, and...

No. 1
Vol. 15