Finding cures for tropical diseases: is open source an answer? - PubMed (original) (raw)

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

Stephen M Maurer et al. PLoS Med. 2004 Dec.

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

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