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Brazil: Fertile ground for science?
Can Brazil use its booming economy and abundant natural resources to become a life sciences juggernaut, asks Gene Russo.
FEATURE | 1 November 2009 | ES
Q&A: Clean technologies with Yvo de Boer
Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.
Q&A: Advocating open source drugs
Leading geneticist Samir Brahmachari explains why India should kickstart a new open source approach to drug discovery for diseases like TB.
Turning plants into pills in Kenya
Traditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.
FEATURE | 13 December 2007 | EN
China's malaria wars: the battle over monotherapy
The debate goes on over China's ongoing production of malaria monotherapy, which is thought to promote drug resistance. Jane Wu reports.
Shanghai surprise: China’s pharma breakthrough
By setting up a comprehensive R&D centre in China, Swiss drug giant Novartis breaks a longstanding trend. Richard Stone and Hao Xin report.
Sweet science: Sri Lanka's rural treacle industry
Anuradha Alahakoon reports from rural Sri Lanka on how simple, effective science has boosted traditional methods of harvesting sap from 'treacle trees'.
FEATURE | 7 June 2006 | EN
Agreeing to disagree: Andean trade deals with the US
As three Andean nations forge ahead with free trade agreements with the United States, Lisbeth Fog reports on the implications for healthcare, research and regional stability.
Innovation in South Africa: too much, too soon?
Are South Africa's science policy choices hindering its drive to commercialise research and speed development? Sonja van Renssen reports.
FEATURE | 6 April 2006 | EN
Pairing public and private to tackle neglected diseases
Mary Moran argues that profits are not the only way to spur research into neglected diseases; non-profit public-private partnerships have much to offer.
India's biotech sector: boom or bust
India's biotechnology sector is thriving, but K. S. Jayaraman asks whether simply increasing investment will be enough to sustain it.
FEATURE | 5 August 2005 | EN
Translating ancient knowledge into new drugs is hard
Using India's indigenous knowledge system to develop new drugs is far from easy, reports T. V. Padma.
FEATURE | 3 August 2005 | EN
Making sense of patent rules for plant varieties
Bonwoo Koo and colleagues review intellectual property legislation on plants and their products.
FEATURE | 22 November 2004 | EN
China seeks more disclosure on foreign-held patents
Paul Mooney reports on efforts by Chinese drug manufacturers to tighten the criteria applied to patent applications by foreign companies.
FEATURE | 27 August 2004 | EN
African farmers to reap benefits of technology transfer
Victor Bwire describes how small-scale farmers across Africa can access high yielding crops under a special arrangement linking the needs of farmers with better farming methods and technologies.
FEATURE | 2 July 2004 | EN
Quality control for India's herbal drugs
Vibha Varshney describes the difficulties faced by those assessing the quality of herbal medicines in India, and the need for legislation to standardise these products.
Natural substances vs patentable inventions
Linda J Demaine and Aaron X Fellmeth describe a test that can be used to distinguish products of nature from patentable inventions.
FEATURE | 30 May 2003 | EN
Foundation helps Africa exploit crop technology
Erik Stokstad reports that a foundation to be opened later this year will help African scientists gain access to new technologies.
FEATURE | 21 March 2003 | EN
Novartis kicks off institute for neglected diseases
Dennis Normile reports that Swiss drug giant Novartis is setting up a private non-profit institute in Singapore dedicated to discovering better treatments for neglected diseases.
FEATURE | 7 February 2003 | EN
Solving the riddle of basmati rice
Leena Chakraborty and Nitin Sethi investigate what makes basmati a clear winner among grains and India a loser in international trade.
FEATURE | 22 January 2003 | EN
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