Translating biotechnology to knowledge-based innovation, peace, and development? Deploy a science peace corps - An open letter to world leaders

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 415-420

  Hekim, Nezih ^a,b   Coşkun, Yavuz ^c   Sinav, Ahmet ^a   Abou Zeid, Alaa H ^d   Aǧirbaşli, Mehmet ^e   Akintola, Simisola O ^f   Aynacioǧlu, Şükrü ^c   Bayram, Mustafa ^c   Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ^g   Dandara, Collet ^h   Dereli, Türkay ^c   Dove, Edward S ⁱ   Elbeyli, Levent ^c   Endrenyi, Laszlo ^j   Erciyas, Kamile ^c   Faris, Jack ^k   Ferguson, Lynnette R ^l,m   Göǧüş, Fahrettin ^c   Güngör, Kivanç ^c   Gürsoy, Mervi ⁿ   Gürsoy, Ulvi K ⁿ   Karaömerlioǧlu, M Asim ^b   Kickbusch, Ilona ^o   Kiliç, Türker ^p   Kilinç, Metin ^c   Kocagöz, Tanil ^q   Lin, Biaoyang ^r,s   Llerena, Adrián ^t,u   Manolopoulos, Vangelis G ^v   Nair, Bipin ^w   Özkan, Bülent ^x   Pang, Tikki ^y   Şardaş, Semra ^e   Srivastava, Sanjeeva ^z   Toraman, Cengiz ^c   Üstün, Kemal ^c   Warnich, Louise ^aa   Wonkam, Ambroise ^h   Yakicier, Mustafa Cengiz ^q   Yaşar, Ümit ^ab   Özdemir, Vural ^c,w,ac   more..

^a SANKO UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ Technology Transfer Office ^*  (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k Fearey Group   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^m Nutrigenomics New Zealand   (New Zealand)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^o GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

^p BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^q ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^s ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^t UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^u RIBEF Ibero Latinoamerican Network of Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics   (Spain)

^v DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^w AMRITA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^x Silkroad Development Agency   (Turkey)

^y NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^z INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^aa STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^ab HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ac Data Enabled Life Sciences Alliance International DELSA Global   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; METAGENOMICS; NUTRIGENOMICS; PEACE CORPS; PHARMACOGENOMICS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; INVENTION; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; PEACE CORPS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903995319     PISSN: 15362310     EISSN: 15578100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/omi.2014.0079     Document Type: Article

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