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Human Genome Project

A programme to determine the sequence of the entire three billion (3x109) bases of the human genome. [WHO: Genomics and World Health] (NB Note superscript on exponential)

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Malaria drug boost

Copious amounts of artemisinin have been made from a lowly by-product of its extraction process
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Eradication success

Elements of India's successful polio strategy could work for other countries and diseases, writes Priya Shetty

Water security & climate change

A SciDev.Net spotlight explores the likely impacts of climate change on water security in the developing world
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Mini cures

Our latest Spotlight looks at whether nanotech can improve healthcare in developing countries