The future role of molecular and cell biology in medical practice in the tropical countries.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011703

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The future role of molecular and cell biology in medical practice in the tropical countries.

British medical bulletin - 1 Jan 1998

Weatherall D

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Molecular and cell biology have a great deal to offer tropical medicine in the future. As well as helping to understand the population genetics and dynamics of both infectious and non-infectious diseases, they promise to provide a new generation of diagnostic and therapeutic agents, and to play a...

Topics

Developing Countries
Forecasting
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Engineering
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Malaria
Molecular Biology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sickle Cell Trait
Tropical Medicine
Vaccines

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