Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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This group covers medical biotechnology.
This group has five fields:

100401 Gene and Molecular Therapy
100402 Medical Biotechnology Diagnostics (incl. Biosensors)
100403 Medical Molecular Engineering of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
100404 Regenerative Medicine (incl. Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering)
100499 Medical Biotechnology not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:
a) Biomaterials are included in Group 0903 Biomedical Engineering.
b) Genetic modification of plants, microbes or animals for agricultural purposes is included in Group 1001 Agricultural Biotechnology.
c) Genetic modification of plants, microbes or animals for environmental purposes is included in Group 1002 Environmental Biotechnology.
d) Genetic modification of plants, microbes or animals for industrial purposes is included in Group 1003 Industrial Biotechnology.
e) Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology is included in Group 1007 Nanotechnology.
f) Medical biochemistry and metabolomics is included in Group 1101 Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics.
g) Assisted reproduction technologies are included in Group 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine.
h) Pharmacogenomics is included in Group 1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
i) Ethical use of biotechnology is included in Group 2201 Applied Ethics.