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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817018503321

Titolo

Serving science and society in the new millennium / / U.S. Department of Energy, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998

ISBN

0-309-18494-0

1-282-08187-X

9786612081873

0-309-52513-6

0-585-14934-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Disciplina

610/.72073

Soggetti

Medicine - Research - United States

Biotechnology - Research - United States

Life sciences - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Welcome""; ""A Celebration of 50 Years of Health and Environmental Research""; ""The Biological and Environmental Research Program at 50""; ""Keynote Address: Impact of Biotechnology and Environmental Research on Science and Society in the 21st Century""; ""Part I Enabling Research for Science and Technology: Biotechnology""; ""Biotechnology and the Human Genome Project""; ""Part II Biotechnology for a Healthy Citizenry""; ""Biologic Imaging: From Mouse Genome to Human Disease""

""Health-Effects Research at the Crossroads: Molecular-Based Tools for Biologic Dosimetry and Individual Susceptibility""""Part III Protecting the Environment""; ""Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Contemporary Budget, Historical Context, and Implications for the Future""; ""Restoring the Environment Via Bioremediation and Molecular Sciences: Prospects for Better Understanding and New Science-Based Solutions""; ""Science Policy and Society: Current Challenges, Future Priorities""; ""Part V Biological and Environmental Research Program Recognition Awards""