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A successful vaccine trial, new drugs, and improved understanding have given new hope to the HIV/AIDS research community.

The fruits of science and technology in developing countries can be useful to the West, but it does not always recognise them.

What will the Gates Foundation's links to a network of agricultural research centres mean for tackling hunger, asks Yojana Sharma?

The optimism felt by scientists at the fall of apartheid is fading as financial and social realities fail to match up to expectations.

Gill Samuels of the Global Forum for Health Research tells SciDev.Net why health innovation must include health systems research.

Ambitious reforms aimed at meeting the world's food demands lie ahead for the agency that networks agricultural research in poor regions.

Many HIV vaccines and microbicides have failed clinical trials and HIV researchers say the field needs to get back to basics.

The executive director of the Gates Foundation tells SciDev.Net why he is throwing conventional research proposals into the bin.

Sian Lewis charts the ups and downs in donor funding for higher education in developing countries over the last half century.

Fostering a research culture has put Uganda's Makerere University back on its feet and is inspiring others, says Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.

Following 40 years of persecution and governmental indifference, science and scientists are back on the Argentinian agenda.

Emerging economies have shown how knowledge can be harnessed to fuel long-term development, writes Calestous Juma.

Mozambique's science and technology minister, Venâncio Massingue, tells SciDev.Net how he hopes to ensure that science benefits everyone.

Big pharma drug companies are striking deals with Asian drug researchers to secure the future of the drug industry.

Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.

Priya Shetty explores the truths and the myths about chronic diseases in the developing world.

Leading geneticist Samir Brahmachari explains why India should kickstart a new open source approach to drug discovery for diseases like TB.

Prudence Mutowo, winner of a 2006 L'Oreal UNESCO fellowship, speaks to SciDev.Net about her experiences as a woman in science.

The Gulf States are investing in radical initiatives to strengthen science but results are not guaranteed, reports Waleed Al-Shobakky.

Plagued by debt and insufficient funding, Chinese universities struggle to rank alongside the world's best, write Hao Xin and Dennis Normile.