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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Primate research centres in China are increasingly attracting Western researchers, reports David Cyranoski.
Source: Nature
4 November 2004
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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
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Martin Enserink looks at ethical issues thrown up by controversial research on Tanzanian plague victims.
Source: Science
19 December 2003
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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