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Yahoo!
December 2, 2002.
HAVANA, 2 (AP) -- Exchanges between scientists in Cuba and the United States
are growing as researchers try to make a political statement while furthering
science.
During a weeklong conference that ended Friday, several U.S. researchers
lectured at Havana's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology while
their Cuban counterparts presented research on topics like genetically
engineered fish and test-tube fertilization.
The Cuban government has financial partners around the world. But Cuba
cannot deal directly with U.S. firms because of Washington's four-decade-old
embargo on trade, so scientists exchange ideas and work mostly out of altruism.
Earlier this year, five Cuban scientists were the country's first to attend
the prestigious annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science in Washington D.C. Carlos Borroto, vice director of the Havana
biotech center, estimated about 600 U.S. scientists visited Cuba last year on
official missions. | 
