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Science, medicine and research in the developing world: a perspective

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As part of the Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development, Frances Gotch and Jill Gilmour describe the development of laboratory capacity to support HIV vaccine trials as a model for technology transfer in the developing world.

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This article is dedicated to the memory of Anthony Kalanyi Kebba (1970-2007), a champion of African science.

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Gotch, F., Gilmour, J. Science, medicine and research in the developing world: a perspective. Nat Immunol 8, 1273–1276 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1531

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