Does biobanking hold the key to achieving universal health?
The data generated through biosamples is a key resource for the digital transformation of health systems, he suggested. World revenue for biobanking will surpass $53 billion in 2027, according to Zatloukal, who underlined one of the key challenges facing biobanking: the drug industry is required to provide funding, yet patients remain reluctant to …
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What is a knowledge economy? - SciDev.Net
Apr 15, 2015 · The growing access to digital technologies could fundamentally transform developing economies. The move from hunter-gathering to the age of farming and the dawn of the Industrial Revolution 12,000 years later mark seminal transitions in human history, lifestyle and wellbeing. Now in the digital age, our civilisation may be in …
How do I write a scientific paper? - SciDev.Net
Jul 2, 2013 · Tips on how to present the results of a study, and give it the best chance of publication. Adapted with permission from a text developed by the Applied Ecology Research Group at the University of Canberra Australia, and prepared with the aid of 'How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper' by Robert Day (ISI Press, Philadelphia, 1979). A scientific paper is a written report describing original ...
Traditional medicine for modern times: Facts and figures
Jun 26, 2015 · Box 1: Artemisinin: traditional medicine’s blockbluster drug Artemisinin, which is extracted from Artemisia annua (Chinese sweet wormwood), is the basis for the most effective malaria drugs in the world.. Long-used in China, the medicine was first noticed by Western researchers in the 1980s. But its worldwide use wasn’t endorsed by the WHO until 2004, largely because of scepticism ...
Integrating modern and traditional medicine: Facts and figures
May 27, 2010 · Box 1.Artemisinin: traditional medicine's blockbluster drug; Artemisinin, which is extracted from Artemisia annua or Chinese sweet wormwood, is the basis for the most effective malaria drugs the world has ever seen.. Western researchers first became aware of the compound in the 1980s, though it had long been used in China to treat malaria.
Traditional knowledge and modern science - SciDev.Net
Apr 25, 2003 · Greater efforts are needed to integrate the insights of traditional knowledge into modern science, as applied to practices ranging from medicine to environmental management. This requires redefining our concept of the 'scientific world view'.
How to report from visits and field trips - SciDev.Net
Sep 12, 2012 · Journalist Tan Shiow Chin shares tips for getting the best out of visits to scientists in their natural habitats.. Field trips are a crucial — and exciting — aspect of science journalism. They let you see where science is done, whether in a laboratory at your local university, an international research institute or even on scientists' field trips and projects.
Countries must prepare for and adapt to cyclone impacts
Sep 9, 2008 · Preparing for cyclones can save lives, but to save livelihoods nations must also help people adapt to cyclones’ impacts, says Saleemul Huq.. Linking short-term disaster preparedness to longer-term strategies for adapting to climate change offer vulnerable parts of the developing world significant synergies.
Banana fibre can fix marine oil spills, says study - SciDev.Net
Oct 11, 2012 · Rao added, however, that banana fibres may not be effective in dealing with oil spills that contain certain chemical pollutants. "Banana fibres will not be able to withstand the corrosive effect of some chemicals," Rao explained.