Contents : 1. Overview of biotechnology and molecular biology : 1.1 The structure of DNA; 1.2 Mendelian genetics; 1.3 How nucleic acids store and transmit information; 1.4 DNA probes; 1.5 Recombinant DNA technology; 1.6 Molecular biology of cancer; 1.7 Survey of recombinant pharmaceutical products; 1.8 Gene therapy and antisense nucleic acids; 1.9 Patents in biomedicine; 1.10 Antibody-related biotechnologies; 2. Glossary of biotechnology terms; 3. Biotechnology company profiles; 4. Tables and appendices;.