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The Cuban cure

biotechnology, politics, and global science

by Simon Reid-Henry

BiotechnologyScienceHistoryScience, historyCuba, history, 1959-History, 20th Century

How did Cuba, a politically and geographically isolated country make such impressive advances in biotechnology? Drawing on a unique ethnography, and blending the insights of anthropology sociology and geography, this book shows how Cuba came to compete with US pharmaceutical giants - despite a trade embargo and crippling national debt.

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