research and development

New Generation Aims to Plug Africa’s Research Deficit

By Busani Bafana
The tonnes of uncollected garbage piling up on the streets of her home in Cairo was a brain wave for Sherien Elagroudy.

Universities “Not Living up to Missions” on Global Health Research

By Carey L. Biron
A first-time ranking of 54 top research universities in the United States and Canada has found that a miniscule percentage of funding goes to neglected diseases, despite the outsized influence that public universities play in developing medicines for illnesses often ignored by the private sector.


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