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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Research reveals Pacific Ocean threats and solutions - SciDev.Net
May 27, 2009 · The study divided the Pacific Ocean into seven regions, revealing threats and potential solutions for each. Widely applicable solutions include capacity building in ocean management, efforts to adapt to climate change and reduce overfishing, and using information technologies to monitor and share information, says Noah Idechong, a COS ...
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.
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 ...
Philippine struggle to make the grade in STEM education
Dec 5, 2022 · Asia Pacific countries need to work harder to make STEM education attractive, say experts. [MANILA] The Philippines, despite numerous attempts to improve its educational outcomes, has instead become an educational laggard, taking the ignominious distinction of getting low rankings in three different global evaluations that scored students’ performance in science, technology, engineering and ...
Integrating modern and traditional medicine: Facts and figures
May 27, 2010 · Mushrooms are used to treat a wide range of illnesses in traditional medicine in China, Japan, Eastern Europe and Russia. Opiates. Analgesic. Unripe poppy seeds. Traditional Arab, Chinese, European, Indian and North African medicines as pain relief and to treat range of illnesses including diarrhoea, coughs and asthma. Quinine.
Nanotechnology for clean water: Facts and figures - SciDev.Net
Apr 16, 2009 · Nanotechnology could help give millions clean drinking water. David J. Grimshaw outlines the potential, the progress and some of the risks.. Technology has long been important in providing clean drinking water and irrigation for food crops.Indeed, people have had water technology for thousands of years — the Romans were using aqueducts as conduits for drinking wateraround 300BC.