Interviews From Havana - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology in Cuba

Despite its small size and limit resources, Cuba is known worldwide for its scientific and medical research. In today's program host Cristina Escobar interviews Luis Herrera, director of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, one of Cuba's most successful scientific centers and the largest and most important in Latin America. They discuss the center's history, functioning, major accomplishments and products, and the challenges it faces with the U.S. blockade, Cuba's economic panorama, and the globalized pharmaceutical industry. teleSUR