A New Biology for the 21st Century

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Publication Year:2009

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Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution; National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Summary	1-8	(skim)
Introduction: A Vision of the Future	9-10	(skim)
1: The New Biology's Great Potential	11-16	(skim)
2 How the New Biology Can Address Societal Challenges	17-38	(skim)
3 Why Now?	39-64	(skim)
4 Putting the New Biology to Work	65-86	(skim)
5 Recommendations	87-90	(skim)
References	91-94	(skim)
Appendix A: Statement of Task	95-96	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda	97-98	(skim)

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Now more than ever, biology has the potential to contribute practical solutions to many of the major challenges confronting the United States and the world. A New Biology for the 21st Century recommends that a "New Biology" approach--one that depends on greater integration within biology, and closer collaboration with physical, computational, and earth scientists, mathematicians and engineers--be used to find solutions to four key societal needs: sustainable food production, ecosystem restoration, optimized biofuel production, and improvement in human health. The approach calls for a coordinated effort to leverage resources across the federal, private, and academic sectors to help meet challenges and improve the return on life science research in general.

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