General Information Websites
Gene Therapy
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/genetherapy.shtmlThe Protein Data Bank
View structures and download coordinate files.
http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/The Protein Knowledge Database
Compare sequence information.
http://www.expasy.org/sprot/Green Fluorescent Protein
http://www.ascb.org/teachers/green.htmlViral Membrane Fusion
http://learncoil-vmf.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/vmfBiotechnology Company Websites
New Drugs
Trimeris makes a peptide that can inhibit viral membrane fusion of HIV-1.
http://www.trimeris.com/science/Genentech makes an antibody (Herceptin) that binds to the surface of breast cancer cells and inhibits the growth of tumors.
http://www.gene.com/gene/research/ http://www.gene.com/gene/products/education/Imclone makes antibodies that inhibit tumor growth
http://www.imclone.com/content.php?pg=research.html
Equipment and Diagnostics
Affymetrix makes GeneChipsTM
http://www.affymetrix.com/index.affx http://www.affymetrix.com/technology/index.affxAmersham makes equipment and diagnostic products
This webpage focuses on Green Fluorescent Protein
http://www4.amershambiosciences.com/aptrix/upp00919.nsf/Content/drugscr_applications%5Cdrugscr_applic_technol%5Cdrugscr_gfpApplied Biosystems makes equipment used in genomics and proteomics studies
http://www.appliedbiosystems.com/ http://www.appliedbiosystems.com/catalog/myab/StoreCatalog/products/ApplicationsHierarchy.jsp?hierarchyID=102&category1st=a50Becton Dickenson Biosciences is manufacturer of laboratory equipment and diagnostic products. Clontech is a subsidary that provides fluorescent protein products (modifications of green fluorescent protein)
http://www.bdbiosciences.com/clontech/gfp/index.shtmlStratagene is a biotechnology company that offers products for cloning and analysis
http://www.stratagene.com/homepage/Listings of Biotechnology Companies
CATO listing of Biotechnology companies
(many of these are pharmaceutical companies)
http://www.cato.com/biotech/bio-co.htmlNature Biotechnology Listing
http://guide.nature.com/companies.html
An example of Market Research: Biotechnology in Cancer
(Please note that the actual report is a commercial product. This page is included to give you an idea of the kind of activity and interest that exists in this field).
http://www.mindbranch.com/page/catalog/product/2e6a73703f636f64653d52322d38343726706172746e65723d30.html