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Maria Lopez, 59, a tribal matriarch, assesses Royero's work with the eye of a seasoned businesswoman--and for good reason. She knows that if the plant has commercial value, Venezuelan law may soon give the Piaroa rights for compensation from drug companies, which would have to recognize what the community calls its intellectual property. In years past, says Lopez, "we always gave up our medicines without any economic gain for ourselves. We won't make that mistake again...
What, if anything, the participants hash out in Geneva will be closely watched as far away as Aska Aja, another Piaroa village upriver from Uruka Amahuaja. There, Royero recently met with a shaman, Jacinto Martinez, 62, whose wife had died hours earlier from an operable eye tumor. The tribe had no access to a surgeon--nor money to pay one. For years, Martinez has helped scientists identify plants near Aska Aja that treat everything from skin rashes to diarrhea. What he would like in return, he says, waving away flies from his wife's wrapped corpse, is some...
...pressure is on for the Harvard men’s basketball team. With the nation’s watchful eye waiting to see whether the Crimson will sink or swim under the leadership of new head coach Tommy Amaker, the young Harvard team will be looking to its underclassmen to step up to the challenge. Leading the way is sophomore standout Jeremy Lin. Lin, who is one of six returning sophomores on a team made up largely of this age group, is leagues ahead of his classmates in experience. Playing in all 28 of the Crimson’s games...
...average of 0.6 boards per game.A third element in Harvard’s favor is its place in the preseason media poll. Two years ago, a senior-laden Crimson squad was picked second in the league. With pressure on its shoulders and a bull’s-eye on its back, the team struggled down the stretch and finished with a 5-9 league record. With a sixth-place selection this time, neither the pressure nor the bull’s-eye are there.“We’re looking to come out and surprise...
...incident in Brisbane came as Scherf spent the 2006-2007 academic year studying abroad in Australia and training on her own with an eye toward the 2008 Olympics...