FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J TI Biotechnology AF Dahinden, Urs AU Dahinden, U SO Public Understanding of Science VL 11 BP 87 EP 92 PY 2002 AB Biotechnology is one of the key technologies of the twenty-first century. Nevertheless, it has been the subject of national and international controversies. The discussions on promotion versus restriction of biotechnology started from its inception 30 years ago, but took place mainly in small groups of scientists and expert policy makers who were establishing rules for self-regulation within science. Recently, the controversies concerning biotechnology have passed the boundaries of these restricted expert circles and it has become an important issue in public arenas such as the mass media and among the general population. DI 10.1088/0963-6625/11/2/001 C1 Department of Communication, University of Zurich, Switzerland. u.dahinden@ipmz.unizh.ch ER