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Researchers link lipids to one third of myelomas
Yale Cancer Center researchers have identified a link between lipids and the origin of a third of all myelomas, a type of cancer affecting plasma cells... read


Dentistry
Dental assistants must register or face prosecution
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) wishes to remind dentists that all dental assistants must be registered with the Council by 31 March 2016 or face criminal prosecution of the dental assistants and the dentists who continue to employ unregistered dental assistants... read
Digital
Merck launches second digital health accelerator programme in Africa
Technology and pharma company Merck is open for applications to its second accelerator programme for digital health in Nairobi, Kenya this April... read
Food Crisis
DNA rice breakthrough raises 'green revolution' hopes
LOS BANOS, PHILIPPINES: Rice-growing techniques learned through thousands of years of trial and error are about to be turbocharged with DNA technology in a breakthrough hailed by scientists as a potential second "green revolution"... read
Medical Research
Research in the news: Yale study identifies new target for severe asthma, chronic inflammatory diseases

Ziba Kashef

Platelets, the colorless blood cells responsible for clotting, play a critical role in controlling inflammation, but their effect on the immune system is less clear. A new Yale-led study has identified a protein from platelets - Dkk-1 - that contributes to chronic inflammation and has also revealed the role of platelets in the immune response... read
Oncology
New hope for untreatable cancers
Life Healthcare Group has announced that it plans to extend its investment in Novalis Tx Radiosurgery system, which offers South African cancer patients access to cutting-edge radiation technology, to two more of its hospitals this year... read
Africa
Warehouse-in-a-Box to enhance pharmaceutical distribution network
Resolve, an Imperial Logistics group company, through its division Resolve Capacity, completed its latest Warehouse-in-a-Box in Abidjan, the capital of Côte d'Ivoire... read
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Building your profile in the business world
In this world, you ultimately receive exactly what your inward authentic self truly feels you deserve, no more and no less. Building your profile in business is very much about building your profile in life... read
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