http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on genomics and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/ Participants at Forum 2012 have heard impassioned calls for African researchers to solve African health problems.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/african-scientists-urged-to-solve-african-health-problems.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsWed, 25 Apr 2012 10:43:29 GMTEmerging resistance to artemisinin means efforts to track genetic markers and regulate the drug's use must step up, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/opinions/biomed-analysis-tackling-drug-resistant-malaria-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsThu, 19 Apr 2012 17:30:54 GMTRural communities aren't taking up cleaner, more efficient cookstoves as quickly as anticipated, a study in Pakistan has found.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/study-investigates-household-choices-on-improved-cookstoves.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsThu, 19 Apr 2012 16:12:15 GMTResearchers say the frontline drug artemisinin is losing its effectiveness in Thailand and Myanmar, with implications for containment.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/artemisinin-resistance-emerged-on-thai-myanmar-border-years-ago-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsFri, 13 Apr 2012 16:49:58 GMTEarly results from the release of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in Brazil are 'positive', say dengue researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/brazil-tests-gm-mosquitoes-to-fight-dengue.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsTue, 10 Apr 2012 12:53:59 GMTDenis Kyetere, executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, outlines his vision for the continent's farmers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/features/q-a-denis-kyetere-on-innovative-technologies-for-africa-s-farmers--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsThu, 05 Apr 2012 11:48:48 GMTImproving health for the poor depends on nurturing local innovations — and learning how to deliver them, argue Abdallah Daar and Peter Singer.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/opinions/taking-life-saving-innovations-from-lab-to-village-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsThu, 15 Mar 2012 15:40:35 GMTPakistani virologists have mapped the genetic structure of polioviruses along the violent Afghan-Pakistan border.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/polio-transmission-continues-on-pakistan-afghanistan-border.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsThu, 15 Mar 2012 14:50:44 GMTDozens of NGOs have issued a joint statement urgently calling for the emerging field of synthetic biology to be internationally regulated.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/ngos-call-for-international-regulation-of-synthetic-biology.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsThu, 15 Mar 2012 12:53:48 GMTFinding Kenya's 'super chicken' and extending the shelf-life of pineapple juice are two innovations by African women AWARD fellows.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/african-women-scientists-praise-fellowship-scheme.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsFri, 09 Mar 2012 14:31:08 GMTResearchers estimate that up to a third of the Bangladeshi population is genetically susceptible to arsenic-related cancer.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/scientists-identify-genetic-vulnerability-to-arsenic-related-cancers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsWed, 07 Mar 2012 13:02:42 GMTAbu Dhabi University is to host a major biotechnology incubator to take Arab discoveries through to the market.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/biotech-incubator-launched-for-arab-researchers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsFri, 02 Mar 2012 14:22:29 GMTA genetic screening study may help design better sleeping sickness drugs and avoid growing drug resistance.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/sleeping-sickness-drug-resistance-mechanism-identified.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsWed, 15 Feb 2012 17:21:26 GMTA review of experimental GM insect releases points to 'scientific deficiencies' and lack of openness in regulatory approvals.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/gm-mosquito-risk-assessments-deficient-says-review.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsTue, 14 Feb 2012 10:32:49 GMTScientists at the International Barcode of Life conference have added fungi to a rapidly growing list of applications for DNA barcoding.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/fungi-join-the-dna-barcode-club-as-the-technique-booms.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsThu, 01 Dec 2011 15:30:18 GMTResearchers have combined genetic and location data to track typhoid fever — a technique that could be used for other diseases.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/genes-and-gps-used-to-map-spread-of-typhoid.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsWed, 26 Oct 2011 16:12:26 GMTMuch progress has been made in genomics research, says Stephen Baker, but the impact on public health is limited in the developing world.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/opinions/build-on-genomic-advances-to-benefit-the-poor.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsTue, 25 Oct 2011 18:02:18 GMTHealth systems in developing nations aren't ready for the diseases that accompany ageing, writes Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/opinions/biomed-analysis-don-t-overlook-the-ageing-epidemic--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsThu, 20 Oct 2011 17:13:48 GMTHealthcare policies and research strategies in developing countries must adapt to the new big killers, says Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/opinions/biomed-analysis-take-charge-of-chronic-disease-epidemic-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsFri, 23 Sep 2011 17:37:01 GMTThe discovery of six new genes for a common form of diabetes among South Asians could offer clues for better treatment.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/genomics/news/new-genes-for-diabetes-in-south-asians-found.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_genomicsMon, 12 Sep 2011 10:17:33 GMT 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