Marine biotechnology in the twenty-first century problems, promise, and products

Dramatic developments in understanding the fundamental underpinnings of life have provided exciting opportunities to make marine bioproducts an important part of the U.S. economy. Several marine based pharmaceuticals are under active commercial development, ecosystem health is high on the public...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Marine Biotechnology: Biomedical Applications of Marine Natural Products, Marine Biotechnology Workshop: Biomedical Applications of Marine Natural Products (2001, Washington, D.C.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academy Press [2002], 2002
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a Dramatic developments in understanding the fundamental underpinnings of life have provided exciting opportunities to make marine bioproducts an important part of the U.S. economy. Several marine based pharmaceuticals are under active commercial development, ecosystem health is high on the public's list of concerns, and aquaculture is providing an ever greater proportion of the seafood on our tables. Nevertheless, marine biotechnology has not yet caught the public's, or investor's, attention. Two workshops, held in October 1999 and November 2001 (the 2001 proceedings are incorporated into this report) at the National Academies, were successful in highlighting new developments and opportunities in environmental and biomedical applications of marine biotechnology, and also in identifying factors that are impeding commercial exploitation of these products. This report includes a 2001 sessions addressing drug discovery and development, applications of genomics and proteomics to marine biotechnology, biomaterials and bioengineering, and public policy and essays contributed by the workshop speakers