Poverty, Human Development, and Basic Biology

A propósito del correo enviado por J. Grego en la lista de correo de mi centro, se me ha ocurrido que quizá estaría bien difundir un editorial y un artículo que aparecen en el último número de PLoS Biology.

"Despite continued growth in the global economy, good health remains elusive for a large proportion of the world's population. Health inequalities between rich and poor countries are based on historical patterns of development and exploitation that leave millions of people starved of basic material and social amenities. In those rich countries where absolute poverty is largely absent, continuing health inequality is more difficult to understand. The discipline of biology has an important contribution to make in this regard. Studying the pathways responsible for translating social differences into biological differences and chronic disease is an intrinsically challenging pursuit."

Poverty, Human Development, and Basic Biology
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050295&ct=1
Biology and Health Inequality
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050267

Saludos.
Javi