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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.
(Photo credit: WHO/P.Virot)
Opinions and Analysis
Even 'bad science' needs putting in context
Science journalists must help to root out misleading scientific claims, but not without sensitivity to culture and the limitations of science.
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
How scientists can join forces with indigenous people
18 October 2011
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Source: Nature
Policy Briefs
National and regional laws to protect IK related to genetic resources
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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Global legislation on indigenous knowledge
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.
News and Features
Egyptian scientists to make diabetes drug from bitter fruit
Egyptian scientists are developing a diabetes treatment from bitter gourd, but the jury is out on whether it could replace insulin.
Scientists pin down active chemicals in Chinese herbs
Researchers have created a database of the chemicals in 300 Chinese herbs used in traditional medicine.
Traditional medicine gains ground in African universities
15 September 2011
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