Since he left office, former U.S. President, Bill Clinton, has dedicated almost all his life championing the cause of the poor, here in America and abroad.
From winning concessions for cheaper drugs from multinational pharmaceutical companies to manage HIV/AIDS – the No. 1 killer disease in poor countries – to fundraising in aid of victims of Hurricane Katrina and Tsunami earthquake, President Clinton has joined the league of men and women who always nurse the dream of a world without hunger and diseases.
Last week, President Clinton continued his efforts when he advised delegates at the BIO 2006 Convention in Chicago to fight the culture of fear that seems to dominate the debate about modern biotechnology.
We should be driven by science, evidence and argument, not by assertion and fear.
President Clinton, a staunch supporter of genetic engineering during his presidency (and even now), reminded the delegates that everything we do to build a world that will be fit for our children and grand children will depend upon continued advances in biotechnology.
Modern biotechnology, as President Clinton puts it, is a technology that cant...