Bioinformatics is a new computer software technology that makes research findings on genetic engineering publicly available to t

Bioinformatics is the name given to the computer software technologies that are being devised to manage information overload. The field includes everything from storage to classification, analysis and distribution of gene and protein sequence data. Bioinformatics tools have moved genetic research out of the laboratory and transferred it to computer databases for use by anyone with access to the Internet.

Asking for a WTO focused on its trade mission is not to neglect the importance of the other problems the institution has been asked to deal with. But the balance that many countries expect to see in the economic global governance agenda should not be pursued solely at the WTO. The international community should create effective ad-hoc instruments to confront the other challenges.