If you are taking the course for credit or for a letter grade, you must complete the assignment. Write a 2 to 3 page summary of a scientific research article on a topic related to the course. Choose an article that reports original research, not a review article. Suitable journals to find articles include Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Genetics, and Genome Research.
Describe (1) the background or justification for the research, (2) the objective of the research, (3) the methods used, (4) the results, (5) the conclusions, and (6) your own thoughts on the validity and utility of the results. Please hand in a copy of the article with your summary.
Sharon Walker: Biotechnology Demystified
McGraw-Hill, First edition - ISBN-10: 0-07-144812-8
William Stansfield: Schaum’s Outline of Molecular and Cell Biology
McGraw-Hill, First edition (September 1, 1996) - ISBN-10: 0070608989
Files: Molecules of Life
National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Consumer health information from NLM http://medlineplus.gov/
Files: Laboratory Methods, Lab Methods Microarrays
Files: Cancer, HIV, Immunology
Files: Modern Medicines, FDA, Personalized Medicine
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/
ClinicalTrials.gov http://clinicaltrials.gov/
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