G8 must encourage biotech cooperation for Africa
G8 leaders must encourage cooperation in biotechnology to address Africa's food shortages, writes Calestous Juma.
Source: The Japan Times
4 July 2008 | EN
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G8 leaders must encourage cooperation in biotechnology to address Africa's food shortages, writes Calestous Juma.
Source: The Japan Times
4 July 2008 | EN
For its own international credibility, Indian science must be seen to deal with scientific misconduct, says N. Raghuram.
3 July 2008 | EN
Researchers are putting women's lives at risk by being too cautious about trialling drugs during pregnancy, say Nicholas J. White and colleagues.
Source: PLoS Medicine
Africa needs a Green Revolution, including local research into genetically engineered crops for small farmers, says Robert Paarlberg.
Source: Harvard International Review
A regional strategy and a focus on capacity building would strengthen Gulf investments in S&T, say Wael K. Al-Delaimy and Hilal A. Lashuel.
11 June 2008 | EN
Doruk Ozgediz and Robert Riviello make the case for devoting more resources to easily treated surgical conditions in Africa.
Source: PLoS Medicine
10 June 2008 | EN
Kenya should establish a nanotechnology curriculum to get ahead of the game, say Macharia Waruingi and Jean Njoroge.
Source: Business Daily Africa
6 June 2008 | EN
Calestous Juma argues that G8 countries should support provision of cheap, fast Internet access in Africa — particularly to universities.
Source: Daily Yomiuri Online
South Africa's rating system for researchers belongs to the past, but its administrators are reluctant to change, says Michael Cherry.
29 May 2008 | EN
Public-private partnership organisations have failed to include African researchers on an equal basis, say T. J. Tucker and M. W. Makgoba.
Source: Science
Developing-world scientists should make every effort to pursue careers at home – and their governments should help them, says Mohamed Hassan.
African malaria research networks have helped scientists combat the disease, but they need more stable support and longer-term funding, says Thomas Egwang.
14 May 2008 | EN
Renewed political commitment means China and India could set the pace for bilateral South–South collaboration, say Purnima Rupal and Dinesh Abrol.
By tapping into the increase in developing country scientists, US innovators could reinforce their market positions, says G. Pascal Zachary.
Source: The New York Times
Thousands of traditional crop species could help break dependence on a few global food crops, and offer valuable environmental services, says Monty Jones.
17 April 2008 | EN
Weaknesses in HIV research design have hindered progress in identifying prevention strategies, say Stephen W. Lagakos and Alicia R. Gable.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
The UN has underestimated the technological challenges of stemming carbon emissions, say Roger Pielke Jr, Tom Wigley and Christopher Green.
Source: Nature
Peter J. Hotez believes the establishment of a new financing mechanism is vital for the control and eradication of neglected diseases.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Amy C. Morrison and colleagues outline key preventative measures for controlling the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads disease.
Source: PLoS Medicine
With the worldwide growth of resistance, new antibiotics are increasingly needed. But R&D can be expensive and time-consuming, says James Love.