General Information Websites

Gene Therapy

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/genetherapy.shtml

The 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.html

Viral Membrane Fusion

http://learncoil-vmf.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/vmf

Biotechnology 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.affx

Amersham 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_gfp

Applied 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=a50

Becton 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.shtml

Stratagene 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.html

Nature 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