Chapter 6 Links
Pharmaceutical Products of DNA Technology
Pharmaceutical Products
Diabetes
Insulin
Escherichia coli
Viruses
Vaccines
- Vaccines
- A complete discussion on all vaccines.
- DNA
Vaccines
- The direct introduction by needle injection or particle
bombardment into host organism tissues of a plasmid DNA (or an
RNA) which is able to cause expression of an antigenic protein
directly within the transfected cells. A hot research topic.
- Biotechnology
and Vaccine Development
- An article on the historical development of vaccines and
information on different types of vaccines.
- First
Vaccine for Chickpox
- Background on this relatively new vaccine, from the
voluminous educational resources of the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA).
Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical Companies
- Genentech, Inc.
- Discovers, develops, manufactures and markets human
pharmaceuticals for significant unmet medical needs. Genentech
is also very interested in and supportive of biology education
- as evidenced by their terrific
Access Excellence
site - check it out!
- Eli Lilly and Co.
- A research-based pharmaceutical corporation working to
create and deliver health care solutions by combining
pharmaceutical innovation, the best of existing pharmaceutical
technology, and disease-prevention.
- Genetics Institute,
Inc.
- A biotechnology firm pioneering in the development of
innovative protein-based therapeutics for the treatment of
serious human medical conditions.
- Invitrogen
- Another biotech firm with a neat website, especially the
Anatomy
of a Vector page. Cool graphics and a nice introduction
to what makes up a vector.