A new biology for the 21st century
By: Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Life Sciences; National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9780309144889; 9780309144865
Subjects: Interdisciplinary research; Biology; Research; Methodology; History
Other titles: New biology for the twenty-first century
Description: "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."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94).

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: The new biology's great potential; title: How the new biology can address societal challenges; title: Why now?; title: Putting the new biology to work; title: Recommendations.