Despite U.S. Embargo, Cuban Biotech Booms

Despite U.S. Embargo, Cuban Biotech Booms

Beginning in the early 1960s, biotechnology and medical research became a top priority of the Cuban government, which invested over ...
Bioprospecting: The 'Promise' and Threat of the Market

Bioprospecting: The ‘Promise’ and Threat of the Market

Bioprospecting is a relatively new name for a well-established practice. The term was coined by sustainable development advocates in the ...
Good Medicine: Brazil's Multifront War on AIDS

Good Medicine: Brazil’s Multifront War on AIDS

Brazil is often singled out as an outstanding example of a developing nation with a successful program to slow the ...
Drug Companies' Walking Test-Tubes

Drug Companies’ Walking Test-Tubes

Just as automakers and apparel manufacturers have fled the stringent labor and environmental laws of developed countries to set up ...