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Dropping the poppy habit
T. V. Padma reports on efforts to rebuild agricultural research in Afghanistan, and move farmers away from illegal poppy cultivation.
News
Egypt to host first Northern African nanotech centre
A partnership between Egypt and IBM will establish the first regional nanotechnology research centre in Cairo.
10 October 2008
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New authority and law to push Iraqi research
Iraq is to establish a scientific research authority to promote research, and is considering a law offering benefits to scientists.
UAE launches sight-saving initiative
19 September 2008
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Scientists decode first Arab genome
16 September 2008
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Features
Afghan agriculture: Dropping the poppy habit
Afghan farmers are weaning themselves off illegal poppy cultivation and branching out into other crops, reports T. V. Padma.
Therapeutic vaccines: a new hope for chronic diseases?
Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.
Editorial
Don't let price rises blow development off course
Commodity price rises are no substitute for long-term investment in infrastructure and capacity as a means of securing sustained development.
Opinions
Cancer in Africa needs a local approach
Cancer care in Africa faces the same challenges as general healthcare, but also needs local data and targeted solutions, says Twalib Ngoma.
Obesity researchers must understand how capitalism works
To stem the spread of obesity, we must study the web of commercial interests and strategies driving it, says Jonathan Wells.
