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Science and Islamist politics: a culture clash?

The rising profile of Islamist political parties in the governments of Muslim countries is likely to further restrict academic freedom in these countries, reports Ehsan Masood.

Source: Nature

3 November 2006 | EN

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'Academic moonlighting': China's hunt for glory

Hao Xin reports on China's controversial payouts that lure academic 'stars' based abroad back to China for a few months.

Source: Science

22 September 2006 | EN | 中文

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Indian vaccine trial raises spectre of new disease

A new vaccine for Japanese encephalitis is to be tested in Indian children — to the dismay of critics, reports K. S. Jayaraman.

5 July 2006 | EN

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Cholera and typhoid vaccines on trial in India

Paroma Basu reports on the challenges of vaccinating 60,000 people against cholera and typhoid in one of the world's largest clinical trials.

Source: Nature

10 August 2005 | EN

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Clinical trials in India: testing times ahead

T. V. Padma reports on the challenges facing India's government as the country attracts a growing number of foreign researchers wanting to conduct clinical trials.

Source: Nature

10 August 2005 | EN

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Primate research moves to China

Primate research centres in China are increasingly attracting Western researchers, reports David Cyranoski.

Source: Nature

4 November 2004 | EN | 中文

Geneticists, Native Americans and a lawsuit

Rex Dalton reports on how a study of diabetes in an isolated Native American tribe has led to a US$75 million lawsuit, with the tribe suing the scientists and their institutions.

Source: Nature

29 July 2004 | EN

Ethics and antiterrorism

Martin Enserink looks at ethical issues thrown up by controversial research on Tanzanian plague victims.

Source: Science

19 December 2003 | EN

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Drug trials without the drugs?

Jon Cohen explores the practical knock-on effects of obliging those who carry out clinical trials in the developing world to continue providing drugs after research has ended.

Source: Science

26 May 2003 | EN

China's struggle for medical ethics regulations

Ole Döring reviews the state of medical ethics in China, and asks whether introduction of regulations is at odds with the country's social and moral reality.

Source: Nature Reviews Genetics

10 March 2003 | EN | 中文

Novartis kicks off institute for neglected diseases

Dennis Normile reports that Swiss drug giant Novartis is setting up a private non-profit institute in Singapore dedicated to discovering better treatments for neglected diseases.

Source: Science

7 February 2003 | EN

Ethical and social considerations of stem cell research

Anne McLaren investigates the ethical questions raised by stem cell research and argues that any use of stem cells should be subject to scientific and ethical review.

Source: Nature

2 November 2001 | EN

Biology's last taboo

Will gene therapy ever extend to inducing changes in humans that can be inherited down through generations? Jonathan Knight considers the technical challenges and the ethical arguments.

Source: Nature

18 October 2001 | EN