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Recent years have seen growing international debate about the ethics of conducting medical research in the developing world, with concern that research participants have been exploited in the past.
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Opinions and Analysis
Time to turn words into deeds on health research
African ministers have committed themselves to a set of actions to boost health research in their countries. Now they must implement them.
Risk-averse researchers put mothers' lives at risk
Researchers are putting women's lives at risk by being too cautious about trialling drugs during pregnancy, say Nicholas J. White and colleagues.
News and Features
South African court bans trial of 'vitamin HIV cure'
The Cape Town High Court has banned two doctors from conducting unauthorised trials of vitamins they claim cure HIV/AIDS.
Clinical trials in Africa receive funding boost
A new funding announcement means that African scientists will be able to mastermind their own medical research projects.
South Asia News in brief: 1–15 March 2008
20 March 2008
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