''New Biotechnology'' is a

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and the official journal of the

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. It is published bimonthly by

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. The journal covers research, industrial, and commercial aspects of

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, in areas such as: healthcare and pharmaceuticals; food and agriculture; biofuels; genetic engineering and molecular biology; genomics and

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; nanotechnology; environment and biodiversity; biocatalysis;

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; and process engineering.

History

The journal was established in 1984 as ''Gene Analysis Techniques'' (). It changed names in 1991 (''Genetic Analysis: Biomolecular Engineering'', ) and 1999 (''Biomolecular Engineering'', ), before obtaining its current title in 2007.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

External links

* {{Official website, 1=http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/713354/description#description
''Gene Analysis Techniques''

''Genetic Analysis: Biomolecular Engineering''

''Biomolecular Engineering''
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