title: The future role of molecular and cell biology in medical practice in the tropical countries.
abstract: 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 major role in the development of new vaccines and other approaches to the control of disease in tropical communities.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weatherall
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005544:Forecasting; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000235:genetics; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000639:trends*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000235:genetics; D014330:Tropical Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines