Finding cures for tropical diseases: is open source an answer?

Stephen M Maurer; Arti Rai; Andrej Sali

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0010056

Finding cures for tropical diseases: is open source an answer?

PLoS Med. 2004 Dec;1(3):e56. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0010056.

Authors

Stephen M Maurer¹, Arti Rai, Andrej Sali

Affiliation

¹ Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. maurer@econ.berkeley.edu

Abstract

The Tropical Disease Initiative will be a Web-based, community- wide effort where scientists from the public and private sectors join together to discover new treatments

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / economics
Developing Countries*
Drug Costs
Drug Industry / economics*
Humans
Internet
Interprofessional Relations
Private Sector
Research Support as Topic
Tropical Medicine / economics*
Tropical Medicine / trends