All organisms are unique. Each having a set of genetic instructions for their build-up and maintenance. This set of genetic instructions is contained in genes that makeup a genome...
Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019
Some people suffer from repeated attacks of malaria. These can occur weeks to months or longer after contracting the disease...
Miles B Markus 17 Jan 2019
There's a critical need to invest in a research & development (R&D) industry that could create a pipeline of jobs for science graduates in Africa...
5 Dec 2018
Until now, African scientists working on genomics haven't had access to a local storage platform for the immense amount of data their research generates...
Nicci Botha 31 Oct 2018
There is a great need to focus on children with heart disease in Africa, an undeserved area of need...
15 Oct 2018
A new international partnership has committed funding for the discovery of new drugs for diseases endemic to Africa over the next two years...
29 Jun 2018
Conflicts do not spare health systems. From Afghanistanto the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the effects that wars and state fragility have on healthcare provision are all too visible...
Jean-Benoit Falisse and Serena Masino 20 Jun 2018
Clinical trials are the foundation of any new medicine. They allow scientists to test the efficacy and safety of a drug or therapy...
Swapan Kumar Patra 5 Jun 2018
Clinics, hospitals and entire countries are actively trying to attract medical tourists through costly advertisement campaigns and other promotional efforts. But what about the friends and family who accompany them?
Valorie A. Crooks 4 Jun 2018
The Ebola outbreak that has killed more than two dozen people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo could be as devastating as the one that hit West Africa several years ago, if left unchecked...
Salem Solomon 25 May 2018
Plans necessary to nurture the creative, skilled populations that will form the bedrock of knowledge-led economies in Africa, was discussed at the Next Einstein Forum in Rwanda this week...
29 Mar 2018
An open access multi-disciplinary journal to boost the global reach of research from Africa has been launched by the next Einstein Forum...
28 Mar 2018
Africa is home to about 16% of the world's population. That's 1.2 billion people. But the continent is disproportionately burdened by a double health challenge: infectious diseases and a recent increase in non-communicable diseases...
Michèle Ramsay 14 Mar 2018
Food microbiologist and food safety specialist Professor Lucia Anelich of Anelich Consulting is hosting a website to address public concerns about the recent Listeriosis outbreak...
7 Mar 2018