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Collaboration key to developing world genomics research
Poor countries need support to participate in genomics research, say Josefina Coloma and Eva Harris in PLoS Medicine.
Agricultural genetics could help ensure food security
Translating genetics research is easier in agriculture than medicine, says a Nature Genetics editorial, and existing technologies can be used.
OPINION | 4 June 2009 | EN
The Cartagena Protocol: the debate goes on
Tewolde Egziabher and other SciDev.Net readers join the debate on the relevance of the UN biodiversity convention's Cartagena Protocol on genetically modified organisms.
OPINION | 12 May 2006 | EN
Feeding the 600 million: the next step for genomics?
Peter Raven and colleagues argue that it is time to sequence the genome of cassava, a crop vital to the health and livelihoods of half a billion people.
OPINION | 30 January 2006 | EN
Pharmacogenetics need to go under the microscope
David Weatherall says that pharmacogenetics — or tailor-made medicine — could be the future, but needs to be evaluated carefully before we depart from traditional diagnostic techniques.
OPINION | 15 December 2005 | EN
South African bioscience needs cash injection
Wilmot James argues that South Africa could take part in high-level biological research — as long its government provides promised funding.
OPINION | 18 October 2005 | EN
Genome data should stay 'open access'
Although easy access to scientific information can pose security risks, the benefits of such openness far outweigh any potential danger, argues this editorial in The Lancet.
OPINION | 24 September 2004 | EN
Genomics: challenges and opportunities in India
Kannan Sivaprakasam argues why India should not let the genomics revolution pass it by, and explains how the nation stands to gain from actively encouraging investment in genomics.
OPINION | 22 March 2004 | EN
Going global with the fruits of genomics
David J. Weatherall urges genomic technologists to take a global view of disease — or risk widening the North-South healthcare gap.
OPINION | 24 October 2003 | EN
The need for genomics networking in Latin America
José Luis Ramírez and David Holmes argue that countries in Latin America must develop close collaboration in genomics and proteomics if they are to reap the benefits that these new disciplines offer.
Genomics: top priority for health in poor nations
Ala' Alwan and Bernadette Modell argue that most developing nations urgently need to incorporate genetic approaches such as DNA diagnosis into their health services.
OPINION | 17 January 2003 | EN
Call for global effort in malarial post-genomics
A Nature editorial argues that a global post-genomics research effort to combat malaria could deliver far-reaching solutions.
OPINION | 9 January 2003 | EN
Southern scientists key to cutting bioterror threat
Jerome Singh and Peter Singer argue that supporting developing world scientists may be the best way to prevent bioweapons attacks against the United States.
OPINION | 12 December 2002 | EN
Genomics: the cure for Third World disease?
The application of genomics to diseases affecting developing nations may have huge medical and economic benefits, and might even prevent armed conflict, say Samuel Broder et al.
OPINION | 10 September 2002 | EN
Genomics for North-South collaboration
Claire Fraser argues that international cooperation on sequencing projects is already creating a new paradigm for North-South collaboration in scientific research in the interests of development.
OPINION | 22 July 2002 | EN
Sowing the seeds of a better future
Johnjoe McFadden argues that genetically modified crops are of crucial significance to developing countries, and should not be undermined by western lobbyists.
OPINION | 24 April 2002 | EN
The importance of rice
Donald Kennedy argues that the lives of hundreds of millions of people worldwide who depend on rice could be improved as a result of the publication of the rice genome.
OPINION | 5 April 2002 | EN
Harnessing genomics and biotechnology to improve global health equity
Peter A. Singer and Abdullah S. Daar argue that genome-related biotechnology should be used to improve health in developing countries.
OPINION | 30 October 2001 | EN
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