NewsBlog: Petition backs animal research Posted by Stephen Pincock [Entry posted at 21st April 2006 01:43 AM GMT] In the UK, the battle for people's hearts and minds over animal research continues apace. For a long time, opponents of animal research dominated the news but these days the tables seem to have turned. The latest thrust came yesterday when the Coalition for Medical Progress launched an online petition for those who see experiments on animals as being essential. As I write, after midnight... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Research gems in Botswana Posted by Stephen Pincock [Entry posted at 8th April 2006 04:32 PM GMT] Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, is a small city with roughly 200,000 residents. After Windhoek in Namibia where I was yesterday, it seems a little rough around the edges. I'm in town as part of a 10 day trip to Africa on behalf of The Scientist to talk to researchers about the state of science on the continent. The city... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Is bird flu in the UK? Posted by Stephen Pincock [Entry posted at 6th April 2006 01:34 PM GMT] British scientists are expected to reveal today (Thursday) whether a dead swan found on the Scottish coast was infected with H5N1 avian influenza, Scottish authorities said last night. Preliminary tests on the swan showed that it was infected with highly pathogenic H5 avian flu, but the exact strain is not yet known. With infected birds having turned up elsewhere in Europe, the UK has been anticipating the possible arrival of... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Namibia's academic appeal Posted by Stephen Pincock [Entry posted at 5th April 2006 04:50 PM GMT] I arrived in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia, this morning, as part of a 10 day trip to Africa on behalf of The Scientist to talk to researchers about the state of science on the continent. In no time, I was being whisked over to the University of Namibia by molecular biologist Kazhila Chinsembu. Chinsembu is originally from Zambia but has been at the University of Namibia for four years. As we drove... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: The state of science in South Africa Posted by Stephen Pincock [Entry posted at 4th April 2006 05:38 PM GMT] Sixty-one years ago, South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research was established by a parliamentary decree that specifically required it to undertake research that improves the wellbeing of the country's people. Given this, I wasn't really surprised, on visiting CSIR's sprawling campus on the outskirts of the city of Pretoria, to find biosciences... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Meeting key figure in African science Posted by Stephen Pincock [Entry posted at 4th April 2006 05:32 PM GMT] Today was the first day of a 10 day trip to Africa on behalf of The Scientist to talk to researchers about the state of science on the continent. On my inaugural stop, I visited John Mugabe, director of the science and technology council of the New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), whose office is in a research campus on the edge of Pretoria, South Africa. Mugabe is not a vociferous... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog

Stephen's blog Stephen Pincock Location: London, UK Who am I? Life Sciences Writer Previous months >>   October 2007 >>   June 2007 >>   May 2007 >>   March 2007 >>   September 2006 >>   August 2006 >>   July 2006 >>   June 2006 >>   May 2006 >>   April 2006 >>   March 2006 >>   February 2006 >>   January 2006