Traditional medicine is growing in popularity, yet standardised international regulation has still to be formulated, and the excessive use of medicinal plants can threaten biodiversity.
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Redesign trials to integrate Asian, Western medicine
New clinical trial designs can work for testing both Western and traditional medicines, argue Liang Liu and colleagues.
4 January 2012
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Source: Nature
18 October 2011
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Source: Nature
The past decade has seen the development and, in some cases, adoption of national legislation to protect indigenous knowledge (IK) in certain countries and regions. Manuel Ruiz identifies and analyses the issues raised by the best-known IK protection laws and policies.
11 March 2004
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Recent years have seen rising interest in the commercial exploitation of indigenous knowledge. But there are serious concerns over who benefits from this knowledge. Anju Sharma puts this debate into context by describing how the issue is being played out at the global level.
China-Africa joint medical research to deepen
China and Africa are working on plans to offer African scientists training, carry out joint research and transfer technology.
7 May 2013
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Unsustainable harvesting of caterpillar fungus or yarsagumba poses risks to conservation and livelihoods.
15 February 2013
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29 January 2013
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8 November 2012
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