About this book
Papers presented at a conference held by the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, in Italy, 1992.
Contents
The Children's Vaccine Initiative, Technologic Opportunities and Management Challenges, Philip K. Russell; Developments with Anti-Malarial Vaccines, Anthony A. Holder; Transfer of Technologies in Molecular Biology to Developing Countries, Recombinant Vaccines and Rapid Diagnostic Kits for Diseases in the Developing World, Tilahun Yilma; Rotavirus Vaccination - Current Status. A Brief Summary, Harry B. Greenberg; New Ways of Making Drugs, RNA and Peptides by Selection and Molecular Design, G. Cassani; Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention by the Biesenthal Vaccine Initiative, Erhard Geissler; Beyond Model Systems, New Strategies - Methods and Mechanisms for Agricultural Research, Richard A. Jefferson; Policies and Programmes of the World Bank in Biotechnology, G.J. Persley; Biotechnology and Agriculture - What's at Stake for Developing Countries?, Carliene Brenner; Public and Private Sector Partnership Through ISAAA for the Transfer of Plant Biotechnology Applications, David W. Altman, Clive James; Agricultural Biotechnology for Sustainable Productivity (ABSP). A US Agency for International Development Initiative, Joel Cohen, Judith Chambers, et al; Agrobiotechnology in the Developing World, Trends - Issues and Policy Perspectives, Walter R. Jaffe, Eduardo J. Trigo; Marshalling Information for Development, A Southern Advantage, Kenneth S. Warren; Trends in Biotechnology Information and Networks, Implications for Policy, Tefko Saracevic and Martin Kesselman; Bioinformatics Changing the Face of Information, Jack Franklin; Management of Genuine Biological Data as a Requisite for Biotechnology R&D in Developing Countries, Louis J. Rechaussat; Species Diversity Knowledge Systems, the ILDIS Prototype for Legumes, Frank A. Bisby; Initiatives by CAB International in Information Dissemination to Developing Countries, P.R. Scott; Development of the Information Resource for the Release of Organisms into the Environment, B.H. Kirsop; Making Multimedia Training Aids Accessible to Users, a New United Kingdom Initiative, Gilbert Howe; Environmental Pollution, Biotechnological Approaches, A.M. Chakrabarty; Promise and Fulfilment, the Importance of Technology Transfer, Vivian Moses; Biotechnology for Developing Countries, the Case of the Central American Isthmus, Pedro E. Leon; Bio/Afrique, an Experiment in Commercial Biotechnology Development in Africa, Harvey Bialy; the Commercialisation of Biotechnology, the Shifting Frontier, Marion Leopold; Capability-Building in Biotechnology by Developing Countries, Lessons from a Plant Biotechnology Project in India, Raymond A. Zilinskas.
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