http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:00:57 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk02.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk02.m4v William Folk and Quinton Johnson (of the University of the Western Cape) have orchestrated a large collaboration of over a dozen colleagues from universities in South Africa and the United States to create a virtual center that seeks to understand traditional healing practices in South Africa. 3 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:04:24 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk03.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk03.m4v The team has completed phase one of the project, which involved establishing the administrative structure for TICIPS and conducting a small-scale clinical trial of the safety of the South African plant Sutherlandia in healthy adults. The next step will involve trying to find scientific evidence about the plant’s safety. 3 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:06:03 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk04.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk04.m4v The outcomes of this study will define a process by which these plants can be studied and evaluated. Folk hopes that others will be able to carry on with similar studies to begin to learn and inform the public about these plants. 3 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:07:21 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk06.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk06.m4v Some of the challenges of this project have included building trust with traditional healers, but the American team members have benefited from the deep trust that has developed between the South African colleagues and traditional healers. Folk’s team has budgeted for compensation, preferred in the form of cattle, for traditional healers. 3 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:41:11 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk07.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/folk/ipod/folk07.m4v In its second year, TICIPS has three out of four projects underway. The highest priority is a human clinical trial that will take place in a hospital outside of Durbin, South Africa. 3 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:10:47 GMT