%0 Journal Article
%T A historical perspective and prospects of biomedical research on parasitic diseases
%A SIM£żES-BARBOSA Augusto
%A SIM£żES BARBOSA Constan£ża
%A SIM£żES BARBOSA Frederico
%J Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de S£żo Paulo
%D 2001
%I Instituto de Medicina Tropical
%X We all hope that biotechnology will answer some social and economical unavoidable requirements of the modern life. It is necessary to improve agriculture production, food abundance and health quality in a sustainable development. It is indeed a hard task to keep the progress on taking into account the rational use of genetic resources and the conservation of biodiversity. In this context, a historical perspective and prospects of the biomedical research on parasitic diseases is described in a view of three generations of investigators. This work begins with a picture of the scientific progress on biomedical research and human health over the last centuries. This black-and-white picture is painted by dissecting current advancements of molecular biology and modern genetics, which are outlined at the meaning of prospecting achievements in health science for this new millenium.
%K Public health
%K Biotechnology
%K Genome sequencing
%K Parasitic diseases
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652001000400006