Health for All Agriculture and Nutrition, Bioindustry and Environment: Analyses and Recommendations 9783527314898, 352731489X

Table of contents :
Cover Page......Page 1
Read More About the Topic......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 352731489X......Page 5
The World Life Sciences Forum BioVision......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Contents (with page links)......Page 9
Module I Is the Investment in New Therapies Paying Off ?......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Author Biography......Page 17
1 New Frontiers in Cancer Treatment......Page 19
Author Biography......Page 41
2 Eradication of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Is it Possible and Cost-Beneficial?......Page 43
Author Biography......Page 55
3 Incentives in Policy Reforms Necessary to Stimulate Activity......Page 57
General Bibliography and Suggested Reading......Page 67
Module II Developing, Manufacturing and Using Vaccines: Which one is most Critical?......Page 71
Introduction......Page 73
Author Biography......Page 75
4 Developing Affordable Vaccines......Page 77
Author Biography......Page 85
5 Why “Affordable” Vaccines are Not Available to the Poorest Countries......Page 87
Author Biography......Page 101
6 Meeting the Challenges of Manufacture and Delivery of Affordable Vaccines......Page 103
General Bibliography and Suggested Reading......Page 115
Module III Bioethics: What is the Tradeoff Between Principles and People?......Page 119
Introduction......Page 121
Author Biography......Page 123
7 Are First-World Ethics Applicable to the Third World?......Page 125
Author Biography......Page 133
8 Does Biotechnology Serve Africa’s Needs?......Page 135
Author Biography......Page 147
9 New Vaccines with Global Impact: The Issue of Access......Page 149
General Bibliography and Suggested Reading......Page 161
Key Messages......Page 163
Author Biographies......Page 165
Synthesis and Recommendations......Page 171
Contents (with page links)......Page 174
Module I Agriculture: Livelihood, Politics and Sustainability......Page 178
Introduction......Page 180
Author Biography......Page 182
1 Agricultural Research to Improve Human Nutrition......Page 184
Author Biography......Page 198
2 How Can Agriculture and Trade Contribute to Sustainable Livelihoods for All?......Page 200
Author Biography......Page 206
3 Plant Biotechnology: A Contribution to Sustainable Agriculture......Page 208
General Bibliography and Suggested Reading......Page 216
Module II Access to Food for All......Page 220
Introduction......Page 222
Author Biography......Page 224
4 Four Theses on Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainable Development......Page 226
Author Biography......Page 236
5 Is GMO Over-regulation Costing Lives?......Page 238
Author Biography......Page 252
6 How to Make the Global Food Marketplace Work Better......Page 254
General Bibliography and Suggested Reading......Page 282
Module III Feeding 9 Billion People by 2050......Page 286
Introduction......Page 288
Author Biography......Page 290
7 Feeding the Nine Billion: The Challenge to Science......Page 292
Author Biography......Page 308
8 Feeding the Nine Billion: The Challenge to Society......Page 310
Author Biography......Page 322
9 Feeding the Nine Billion: The Challenge to the Marketplace......Page 324
General Bibliography and Suggested Reading......Page 336
Key Messages......Page 340
Author Biographies......Page 342
Synthesis and Recommendations......Page 348
Contents (with page links)......Page 352
Module I Industrial Biotechnology: Hopes, Fears and Challenges......Page 356
Introduction......Page 358
Author Biography......Page 360
1 The Challenges for Biotechnology Posed by Human-driven Changes......Page 362
Author Biography......Page 376
2 Social Acceptance of New Bioprocesses......Page 378
Author Biography......Page 384
3 White Biotechnology: Science, Fiction and Reality......Page 386
General Bibliography and Suggested Reading......Page 396
Module II Climate and Health......Page 400
Introduction......Page 402
Author Biography......Page 404
4 Climate and Health: Predicting the Spread and Risk of Infectious Disease......Page 406
Author Biography......Page 418
5 Climate Change and Human Health: the Sharp End of SustainabilityŽ......Page 420
Author Biography......Page 432
6 White Biotechnology … For the Benefit of Climate and the Environment......Page 434
General Bibliography and Suggested Reading......Page 442
Module III New Energy Development......Page 446
Introduction......Page 448
Author Biography......Page 450
7 How Can the Environment Benefit from Bioindustry Innovations?......Page 452
Author Biography......Page 462
8 New Energy Development: Competing Priorities of Food Security and Biofuels......Page 464
Author Biography......Page 478
9 Environmental Genomics......Page 480
General Bibliography and Suggested Reading......Page 496
Key Messages......Page 498
Author Biographies......Page 500
Synthesis and Recommendations......Page 504