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Source: @LightUpScience/Twitter. Richard Slayman is seen here with the surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital who performed his transplant, led by Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD and Nahel Elias, MD.

Man survives pig kidney transplant

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SABS tackles declining male fertility in sub-Saharan Africa

12 Mar 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

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Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, Professor Nicolas Meda and Minister of Health of Rwanda, Dr Diane Gashumba

Addressing neglected tropical diseases

4 Dec 2018

He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong, Nov. 28, 2018. He made his first public comments about his claim of making the world’s first gene-edited babies.
AP Photo/Kin Cheung

How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby - and what health worries may ensue

George Seidel 3 Dec 2018

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Surgery, not antibiotics, should remain first-line treatment for appendicitis

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MediFin announces its Top Loyalty Partners for 2018

MediFin announces its Top Loyalty Partners for 2018

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Spinal implant breakthroughs are helping people with paraplegia walk again

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Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

16 Nov 2018

Yellow mongoose probably don’t come to mind when thinking of scavengers - but they have been found to scavenge and scatter body parts. Jonathan Pledger/Shutterstock

How scavengers can help forensic scientists identify human corpses

Victoria Gibbon 15 Nov 2018

Study: Indentifying those who die at sea

Study: Indentifying those who die at sea

12 Nov 2018

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Wiida Fourie-Basson 5 Nov 2018

SU study will look at synthetic blood products

SU study will look at synthetic blood products

1 Nov 2018

Study: More black South Africans are donating blood

Study: More black South Africans are donating blood

31 Oct 2018

First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

Nicci Botha 31 Oct 2018

Most people are infected with the herpes simplex virus by the time they reach old age. Spectral-Design/Shutterstock.com

Alzheimer's disease: mounting evidence that herpes virus is a cause

Ruth Itzhaki 29 Oct 2018

Corporate content should be part of your DNA

Corporate content should be part of your DNA

Bizcommunity.com 24 Oct 2018

Study: Escalating civil cases against private hospitals due to nursing malpractice

Study: Escalating civil cases against private hospitals due to nursing malpractice

24 Oct 2018

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

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The WHO recommends HIV viral load testing to monitor people on ARVs. Shutterstock

How innovation can help end the Aids epidemic by 2030

Glenda Gray 23 Oct 2018

What's needed to do a better job of pre-empting disease outbreaks

William B Karesh 22 Oct 2018

Euan Ashley. Photo: Steve Fisch

Hundreds of patients with undiagnosed diseases find answers

18 Oct 2018

Dr Justus Apffelstaedt

Genetic profiling improves breast cancer prognosis and treatment

Justus Apffelstaedt 18 Oct 2018

Listeriosis risk lingers in rural, informal trade

Listeriosis risk lingers in rural, informal trade

17 Oct 2018

Elizabeth Oduwele

Getting to the bottom of vaccine hesitancy

Michelle Rotchford-Galloway 17 Oct 2018

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

16 Oct 2018

The best Biz summer holiday (content) package ever!

The best Biz summer holiday (content) package ever!

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Associate Professor Liesl Zühlke. Photo: UCT

Award to fund paediatric heart disease research in Africa

15 Oct 2018

Source: ; ; Graphics by Insight Survey

Are probiotics boosting SA's digestive health industry growth?

Insight Survey 15 Oct 2018

Professor Marla Trindade

UWC research identifies 130 new skin viruses

12 Oct 2018

James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, 2018 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine. Niklas Elmehed. Copyright: Nobel Media AB 2018

James Allison and Tasuku Honjo: deserving winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

Sheena Cruickshank 9 Oct 2018

Pioneering HIV+ transplant opens up a pool of new donors

Pioneering HIV+ transplant opens up a pool of new donors

5 Oct 2018

Inaugural SA Health Excellence Awards call for nominations

Inaugural SA Health Excellence Awards call for nominations

3 Oct 2018

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Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, Professor Nicolas Meda and Minister of Health of Rwanda, Dr Diane Gashumba

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Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

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Yellow mongoose probably don’t come to mind when thinking of scavengers - but they have been found to scavenge and scatter body parts. Jonathan Pledger/Shutterstock

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Study: Indentifying those who die at sea

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Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

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Study: More black South Africans are donating blood

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First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

Nicci Botha 31 Oct 2018

Most people are infected with the herpes simplex virus by the time they reach old age. Spectral-Design/Shutterstock.com

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Dr Justus Apffelstaedt

Genetic profiling improves breast cancer prognosis and treatment

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Listeriosis risk lingers in rural, informal trade

Listeriosis risk lingers in rural, informal trade

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Professor Marla Trindade

UWC research identifies 130 new skin viruses

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James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, 2018 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine. Niklas Elmehed. Copyright: Nobel Media AB 2018

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Pioneering HIV+ transplant opens up a pool of new donors

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Inaugural SA Health Excellence Awards call for nominations

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Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

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Micorocoil localisation in treating early-stage lung cancer

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Micro-TESE surgery results in SA's first successful pregnancy

18 Sep 2018

Anti-ageing drugs are coming - an expert explains

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Getting the balance right in detecting diabetes

Jorisna Bonthuys 10 Sep 2018

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Conflict and its toll on child health

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Drug shows promise for progressive MS

4 Sep 2018

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Putting Nigerian neuroscience research under the microscope

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CSIR female researchers breaking ground in healthcare

CSIR female researchers breaking ground in healthcare

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Radical transformation needed to achieve UHC

Radical transformation needed to achieve UHC

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