As part of a series of biotechnology publications by the United Nations University`s Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), aimed at "providing information on the challenges, opportunities, and risks of this expanding technology for sound decision- and policy-making", a book and two reports by A. Sasson have now been released. The reports, entitled "Industrial and environmental biotechnology: Achievements, prospects and perceptions" and "Food and nutrition biotechnology: Achievements, prospects and perceptions", are freely available on the web. See http://www.ias.unu.edu/publications/details.cfm/articleID/703 or contact [email protected] for more information.

02/10/2005