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SA firms urged to tackle indoor air qualityLynne Kuter

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), shown here as tiny purple spheres, causes the disease known as AIDS. Mark Ellisman and Tom Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research

A cure for HIV? Feasible but not yet realised

Allison Webel 8 Mar 2019

Anti-rejection drugs increase skin cancer risk in multiple kidney transplant patients

6 Mar 2019

Photo: Kim Cloete

Community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections

Kim Cloete 5 Mar 2019

Andrii Vodolazhskyi/Shutterstock

Cancer growth in the body could originate from a single cell - target it to revolutionise treatment

Michael P Lisanti 21 Feb 2019

Will innovative trends help to further boost SA's vitamins industry?

Will innovative trends help to further boost SA's vitamins industry?

Insight Survey 18 Feb 2019

Antibody could increase cure rate for blood, immune disorders

Antibody could increase cure rate for blood, immune disorders

14 Feb 2019

Professor Bernardo Rapoport

Breakthroughs in immuno-oncology provide new treatment options

13 Feb 2019

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

7 Feb 2019

Set of genes predicts severity of dengue

Set of genes predicts severity of dengue

4 Feb 2019

Is medicine cure? Treatment? Healing? Understanding? Or a bit of all those things. Kenishiroti/Shutterstock

What is medicine? Why it's so important to answer this question

1 Feb 2019

New osteomyelitis treatment without antibiotics

New osteomyelitis treatment without antibiotics

31 Jan 2019

Global evidence suggests that alcohol advertisements increase adolescents’ favourable attitudes towards drinking. Shutterstock

How easy access to alcohol, and adverts, affect women in South Africa

Leslie London & Neo Morojele 30 Jan 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Construction starts on SU's Biomedical Research Institute

28 Jan 2019

Are genetics a factor in individual injury risk profiles?

Are genetics a factor in individual injury risk profiles?

24 Jan 2019

Risk of suicide - as well as depression - found in the genome

Risk of suicide - as well as depression - found in the genome

24 Jan 2019

Yale scientists examine how an immune system protein helps suppress HIV

Yale scientists examine how an immune system protein helps suppress HIV

Ziba Kashef 23 Jan 2019

Gregory Scherrer and his collaborators have identified in mice an ensemble of cells that seems to specifically function as an on-off switch for pain aversion.
Paul Sakuma

Researchers discover the brain cells that make pain unpleasant

18 Jan 2019

New sensor monitors blood flow after vascular surgery

17 Jan 2019

Why does malaria recur? How pieces of the puzzle are slowly being filled in

Miles B Markus 17 Jan 2019

Around 18% of previously treated TB cases are drug resistant. Shutterstock

How we used computers to figure out drugs that can beat drug-resistant TB

Ruben Cloete 16 Jan 2019

Professor Sally-Ann Cryan

Breakthrough in TB treatment

8 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

7 Jan 2019

An image of a string adhesion between the liver and the intestine. The cell nuclei are stained white.
Jonathan Tsai

Surgical adhesions can be treated, prevented in mice

Krista Conger 4 Jan 2019

Michelle Monje and her colleagues found that the chemotherapy drug methotrexate can affect three major types of brain cells, resulting in a phenomenon known as "chemo brain."
Steve Fisch

Study: Understanding chemo brain

Erin Digitale 2 Jan 2019

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

19 Dec 2018

There’s a significant variation in pain sensitivity and tolerance. Shutterstock

Unpacking pain: what causes it and why it's hard to measure

Antonia Wadley & Peter Kamerman 19 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

18 Dec 2018

Babies to order. Andrew Crotty/Shutterstock.com

Those designer babies everyone is freaking out about - it's not likely to happen

A Cecile JW Janssens 14 Dec 2018

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Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), shown here as tiny purple spheres, causes the disease known as AIDS. Mark Ellisman and Tom Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research

A cure for HIV? Feasible but not yet realised

Allison Webel 8 Mar 2019

Anti-rejection drugs increase skin cancer risk in multiple kidney transplant patients

6 Mar 2019

Photo: Kim Cloete

Community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections

Kim Cloete 5 Mar 2019

Andrii Vodolazhskyi/Shutterstock

Cancer growth in the body could originate from a single cell - target it to revolutionise treatment

Michael P Lisanti 21 Feb 2019

Will innovative trends help to further boost SA's vitamins industry?

Will innovative trends help to further boost SA's vitamins industry?

Insight Survey 18 Feb 2019

Antibody could increase cure rate for blood, immune disorders

Antibody could increase cure rate for blood, immune disorders

14 Feb 2019

Professor Bernardo Rapoport

Breakthroughs in immuno-oncology provide new treatment options

13 Feb 2019

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

7 Feb 2019

Set of genes predicts severity of dengue

Set of genes predicts severity of dengue

4 Feb 2019

Is medicine cure? Treatment? Healing? Understanding? Or a bit of all those things. Kenishiroti/Shutterstock

What is medicine? Why it's so important to answer this question

1 Feb 2019

New osteomyelitis treatment without antibiotics

New osteomyelitis treatment without antibiotics

31 Jan 2019

Global evidence suggests that alcohol advertisements increase adolescents’ favourable attitudes towards drinking. Shutterstock

How easy access to alcohol, and adverts, affect women in South Africa

Leslie London & Neo Morojele 30 Jan 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Construction starts on SU's Biomedical Research Institute

28 Jan 2019

Are genetics a factor in individual injury risk profiles?

Are genetics a factor in individual injury risk profiles?

24 Jan 2019

Risk of suicide - as well as depression - found in the genome

Risk of suicide - as well as depression - found in the genome

24 Jan 2019

Yale scientists examine how an immune system protein helps suppress HIV

Yale scientists examine how an immune system protein helps suppress HIV

Ziba Kashef 23 Jan 2019

Gregory Scherrer and his collaborators have identified in mice an ensemble of cells that seems to specifically function as an on-off switch for pain aversion.
Paul Sakuma

Researchers discover the brain cells that make pain unpleasant

18 Jan 2019

New sensor monitors blood flow after vascular surgery

17 Jan 2019

Why does malaria recur? How pieces of the puzzle are slowly being filled in

Miles B Markus 17 Jan 2019

Around 18% of previously treated TB cases are drug resistant. Shutterstock

How we used computers to figure out drugs that can beat drug-resistant TB

Ruben Cloete 16 Jan 2019

Professor Sally-Ann Cryan

Breakthrough in TB treatment

8 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

7 Jan 2019

An image of a string adhesion between the liver and the intestine. The cell nuclei are stained white.
Jonathan Tsai

Surgical adhesions can be treated, prevented in mice

Krista Conger 4 Jan 2019

Michelle Monje and her colleagues found that the chemotherapy drug methotrexate can affect three major types of brain cells, resulting in a phenomenon known as "chemo brain."
Steve Fisch

Study: Understanding chemo brain

Erin Digitale 2 Jan 2019

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

19 Dec 2018

There’s a significant variation in pain sensitivity and tolerance. Shutterstock

Unpacking pain: what causes it and why it's hard to measure

Antonia Wadley & Peter Kamerman 19 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

18 Dec 2018

Babies to order. Andrew Crotty/Shutterstock.com

Those designer babies everyone is freaking out about - it's not likely to happen

A Cecile JW Janssens 14 Dec 2018

Professor Musa Mhlanga

Unravelling how immune genes work

13 Dec 2018

Necsa board replaced

10 Dec 2018

Genetics may be the key to new epilepsy therapies

Genetics may be the key to new epilepsy therapies

10 Dec 2018

Nthabiseng Mokoena. Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

UFS researcher one step closer to treating HIV/Aids

7 Dec 2018

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018

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

23 Nov 2018

MediFin announces its Top Loyalty Partners for 2018

MediFin announces its Top Loyalty Partners for 2018

Medifin Financial Services 21 Nov 2018

Jamani Caillet/EPFL

Spinal implant breakthroughs are helping people with paraplegia walk again

19 Nov 2018

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