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From diversity to delivery: the case of the Indian Genome Variation initiative.
Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Oct 2008
Hardy Billie-Jo, Séguin Béatrice, Singer Peter A, Mukerji Mitali, Brahmachari Samir K, Daar Abdallah S
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India currently has the world's second-largest population along with a fast-growing economy and significant economic disparity. It also continues to experience a high rate of infectious disease and increasingly higher rates of chronic diseases. However, India cannot afford to import expensive technologies and therapeutics nor can it, as an emerging economy, emulate the health-delivery systems of the developed...
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