http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on traditional medicine and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/ Researchers in Kenya are making first steps towards domestication of medicinal Prunus africana trees, to avoid the species' extinction.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/threatened-medicinal-tree-should-be-domesticated--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineFri, 27 Apr 2012 12:47:49 GMTAsian and Pacific countries are home to a vast diversity of marine wealth, which experts say should be shared with indigenous communities.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/asia-pacific-may-benefit-from-marine-bio-prospecting.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineFri, 02 Mar 2012 14:52:34 GMTScience journalists must help to root out misleading scientific claims, but not without sensitivity to culture and the limitations of science.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/editorials/even-bad-science-needs-putting-in-context-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineFri, 13 Jan 2012 17:21:49 GMTNew clinical trial designs can work for testing both Western and traditional medicines, argue Liang Liu and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/opinions/redesign-trials-to-integrate-asian-western-medicine-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineWed, 04 Jan 2012 17:21:54 GMTEgyptian scientists are developing a diabetes treatment from bitter gourd, but the jury is out on whether it could replace insulin.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/egyptian-scientists-to-make-diabetes-drug-from-bitter-fruit.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineMon, 28 Nov 2011 16:53:14 GMTResearchers have created a database of the chemicals in 300 Chinese herbs used in traditional medicine.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/scientists-pin-down-active-chemicals-in-chinese-herbs.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineMon, 31 Oct 2011 16:50:49 GMTSeveral collaborations between researchers and indigenous communties are underway, but more needs to be done, says Henry P. Huntington.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/opinions/how-scientists-can-join-forces-with-indigenous-people-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineTue, 18 Oct 2011 17:50:33 GMTAn international biotechnology centre should begin operations in Nigeria early next year.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/african-biotech-centre-to-target-food-security-disease.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineTue, 20 Sep 2011 15:05:59 GMTA WHO study has found that African governments are giving traditional medicine increasing support.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/traditional-medicine-gains-ground-in-african-universities.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineThu, 15 Sep 2011 17:46:19 GMTBotswana is developing a policy to document and safeguard traditional knowledge.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/botswana-to-develop-policy-to-protect-traditional-knowledge.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineWed, 24 Aug 2011 17:14:44 GMTA presidential award for research into using the soapberry plant to kill mosquitoes has stirred up debate over funding of Uganda's science.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/presidential-award-for-ugandan-research-stirs-up-debate.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineWed, 29 Jun 2011 17:18:10 GMTIndigenous groups say they were sidelined at talks on a traditional knowledge treaty at the World Intellectual Property Organization.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/indigenous-views-ignored-at-key-wipo-meeting.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineTue, 24 May 2011 17:02:57 GMTChina and India should set up a mechanism to boost traditional medicine innovations for diseases of the poor, a conference has heard.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/china-india-should-boost-traditional-medicine-innovation--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineMon, 23 May 2011 17:57:49 GMTSelon une étude africaine, il faut urgemment prendre des mesures pour la conservation de certaines plantes vitales utilisées dans la médecine traditionnelle.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/antimalarial-plants-in-danger-of-extinction-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineThu, 21 Apr 2011 15:54:11 GMTIndia plans to make a portion of its indigenous knowledge library open access, to enable the development of drugs for diseases of the poor.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/india-to-make-some-traditional-knowledge-free-access.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineFri, 01 Apr 2011 17:25:46 GMTA high-level partnership has launched a 'grand challenge' for innovations to reduce deaths of newborns and mothers.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/innovation-challenge-to-cut-childbirth-deaths-launched.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineTue, 15 Mar 2011 16:49:56 GMTDeveloping countries should turn down the UN biodiversity convention proposals to nationalise genetic resources, argue Indian scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/opinions/conserve-biodiversity-without-state-ownership.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineWed, 16 Feb 2011 16:41:01 GMTThe South African government is funding safety and efficacy trials of an HIV treatment developed from the 'cancer bush' Sutherlandia.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/-i-sutherlandia-i-plant-begins-hiv-drug-safety-trials.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineThu, 10 Feb 2011 17:59:12 GMTFunding has emerged for Malawi's S&T commission, which aims to cut the country's dependence on basic agriculture.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/malawi-s-science-commission-finally-takes-shape.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineThu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:58 GMTThe development of an obesity drug from the hoodia cactus has been put on hold after pharmaceutical company Phytopharm pulled out.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/traditional-medicine/news/san-people-s-cactus-drug-dropped-by-phytopharm-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_traditionalmedicineMon, 20 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