Harnessing genomics and biotechnology to improve global health equity.

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Published in Science on October 05, 2001

Authors

P A Singer1, A S Daar

Author Affiliations

1: Joint Centre for Bioethics and Departments of Medicine, Public Health Sciences, and Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. peter.singer@utoronto.ca

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