Top ten biotechnologies for improving health in developing countries.

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Published in Nat Genet on October 01, 2002

Authors

Abdallah S Daar1, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Douglas K Martin, Alyna C Smith, Shauna Nast, Peter A Singer

Author Affiliations

1: Program in Applied Ethics and Biotechnology, Joint Centre For Bioethics, Department of Public Health Sciences, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 1 L4, Canada.

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