http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on traditional medicine and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/ China and Africa are working on plans to offer African scientists training, carry out joint research and transfer technology.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/china-africa-joint-medical-research-to-deepen-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineTue, 07 May 2013 18:21:08 GMTUnsustainable harvesting of caterpillar fungus or yarsagumba poses risks to conservation and livelihoods.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/-himalayan-viagra-harvesters-threaten-forest-resources.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineFri, 15 Feb 2013 06:39:43 GMTExtracts from plants are used widely to treat malaria in Benin, and their conservation should be promoted, says a study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/study-assesses-use-of-plants-in-antimalarial-therapies.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineTue, 29 Jan 2013 16:32:03 GMTResearchers in Malaysia and Ohio are investigating silvestrol, a potentially effective anti-cancer agent derived from indigenous trees.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/malaysian-and-us-institutes-collaborate-to-fight-cancer.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineThu, 08 Nov 2012 15:46:22 GMTS. Romi Mukherjee outlines human rights-based approaches to science, technology and development, and what they mean for policy and practice.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/features/linking-science-and-human-rights-facts-and-figures.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineWed, 26 Sep 2012 09:30:00 GMTDrought-resistant tea is on an agenda for natural product development and capacity building in Malawi and other southern African nations.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/drought-resistant-tea-highlighted-in-natural-product-research.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineTue, 11 Sep 2012 16:30:55 GMTScientists in China and the United States are using modern biotechnology to help prove that traditional medicine has a powerful pharmacological value.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/features/biotechnology-unveils-secrets-of-chinese-medicine--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineTue, 07 Aug 2012 12:33:12 GMTClimate change adaptation measures and sensitisation training are essential to life in rural Côte d'Ivoire, a workshop has heard.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/rural-dwellers-must-adapt-to-climate-change-says-workshop.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineMon, 16 Jul 2012 16:42:26 GMTResearchers in Kenya are making first steps towards domestication of medicinal Prunus africana trees, to avoid the species' extinction.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/threatened-medicinal-tree-should-be-domesticated--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_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/health/traditional-medicine/news/asia-pacific-may-benefit-from-marine-bio-prospecting.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_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/health/traditional-medicine/editorials/even-bad-science-needs-putting-in-context-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_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/health/traditional-medicine/opinions/redesign-trials-to-integrate-asian-western-medicine-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_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/health/traditional-medicine/news/egyptian-scientists-to-make-diabetes-drug-from-bitter-fruit.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_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/health/traditional-medicine/news/scientists-pin-down-active-chemicals-in-chinese-herbs.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_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/health/traditional-medicine/opinions/how-scientists-can-join-forces-with-indigenous-people-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineTue, 18 Oct 2011 17:50:33 GMTAn international biotechnology centre should begin operations in Nigeria early next year.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/african-biotech-centre-to-target-food-security-disease.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_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/health/traditional-medicine/news/traditional-medicine-gains-ground-in-african-universities.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineThu, 15 Sep 2011 17:46:19 GMTBotswana is developing a policy to document and safeguard traditional knowledge.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/traditional-medicine/news/botswana-to-develop-policy-to-protect-traditional-knowledge.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_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/health/traditional-medicine/news/presidential-award-for-ugandan-research-stirs-up-debate.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_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/health/traditional-medicine/news/indigenous-views-ignored-at-key-wipo-meeting.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_traditionalmedicineTue, 24 May 2011 17:02:57 GMT http://c96265.r65.cf3.rackcdn.com/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/