Roger Tatoud holds a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology (University Pierre & Marie Currie, Paris, France). He has worked in various places in Europe and North Africa as a teacher, scientist, volunteer for various charities and programme coordinator. Currently on a sabbatical in Thailand, Roger spends his time painfully studying the Thai language and reporting on the periphery.

Recent articles

To tackle Aids, empowering women will not work without "disempowering" men, says Roger Tatoud, as the sixteenth international Aids conference stresses women's role in combating the disease.

Affordable drugs are crucial for fighting AIDS in developing countries, but the United States puts their availability at risk through its harsh trade agreements. Will Thailand stop the US in its tracks, and help protect access to life-saving treatments for citizens worldwide?

Genetic testing and stem cell research are two areas of recent development which are receiving considerable public and political interest, and which have very important social, economic and political repercussions. But the scientific concepts at issue are poorly understood, which may well fatally distort the debate.

Copyright benefits publishers, service providers and biotech companies, but in this scientist’s view, it is a wicked obstacle to scientific progress.