Background: The completion of the Human Genome Project has increased the pace of discovery of genetic markers for disease. Despite tremendous efforts in fundamental research, clinical applications still lag behind expectations, partly due to the lack of effective tools to systematically search...

The deliberate release of transgenic crops is often taken to be an indicator of agricultural biotechnology development. However, less than 10% of the field trials world wide have been carried out in Developing Countries (DCs) and it seems that more than 80% of these were carried out by...