Regenerative medicine: New opportunities for developing countries

International Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 60-77

  Greenwood, Heather L ^a,b,c   Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla ^a   Perry, Gajen ^a,c,d   Renihan, James ^a,c   Singer, Peter A ^a,c,e,f,g   Daar, Abdallah S ^a,e,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^h McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine   (Canada)

ⁱ High Level Africa Biotechnology Panel   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Double burden; Gene therapy; Global health equity; Innovative capacity; Organ replacement; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH; TISSUE CULTURE;

GENE THERAPY; GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY; ORGAN REPLACEMENT; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

HARNESS;

EID: 33644895053     PISSN: 09636048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbt.2006.008964     Document Type: Article

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