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Weight loss drug semaglutide shown to be safe and potentially more effective at higher dose – new findingsMartin Whyte

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South African entrepreneurs win at IATF Healthcare Hackathon

SAHIA to host two landmark health informatics events in October

SAHIA to host two landmark health informatics events in OctoberSouth African Health Informatics Association

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AstraZeneca announces R&D Postdoctoral Challenge winners

3 Nov 2022

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation discloses locally led R&D initiatives

24 Oct 2022

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Fourie Joubert and Annie Joubert, University of Pretoria 18 Oct 2022

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Patrick Aryee sets out to discover our world through biomimicry

Emily Stander 29 Sep 2022

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Study to unlock answers to diseases with unknown causes

23 Sep 2022

World Patient Safety Day

World Patient Safety Day

COHSASA 5 Sep 2022

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

Intercare 1 Sep 2022

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Pfizer to acquire Global Blood Therapeutics for $5.4bn

22 Aug 2022

Society for Advanced Cell Culture Modelling for Africa Conference 2022

Society for Advanced Cell Culture Modelling for Africa Conference 2022

SACCMA 16 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Peter Hsu, a nephrologist who practises at Netcare Milpark Hospital, was awarded his PhD following his completion of the largest known study on cardiovascular risk in chronic renal patients to date in South Africa.

Local study advances global understanding of CVD risk in renal patients

27 Jul 2022

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Bio-Gate sets its sights on orthopaedics

19 Jul 2022

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Calling all aspiring healthcare innovators

Regent Business School 13 Jul 2022

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company acquires MedicalBrief

Juta and Company 8 Jul 2022

Ayanda Swana, South Africa zone country head, Siemens Healthineers

Applications open for Innovative Think Tank Certification Programme

1 Jul 2022

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New Rooibos phytosome to be developed for skin health

14 Jun 2022

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Scientists sound alarm on badly run medical studies

James Stent 13 Jun 2022

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#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Katja Hamilton 20 May 2022

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Understanding the treatment of breast cancer in young women

Dr Fatima Hoosain 18 May 2022

Image supplied: 'Plastic Blood' campaign seeks to bring attention to microplastics found in human blood

'Plastic Blood' exposes microplastics found in human blood

8 Apr 2022

Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya

UJ to host its first ever SAMRC Extramural Research Unit

7 Apr 2022

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AstraZeneca launches global R&D postdoctoral challenge

17 Mar 2022

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Bizcommunity.com 10 Mar 2022

Necsa launches tender to replace ageing nuclear research reactor

Necsa launches tender to replace ageing nuclear research reactor

Wendell Roelf 7 Feb 2022

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FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

Source: Premier Alan Winde. The interior of the new NantSA vaccine plant opened in Cape Town at the same time as the launch of the AAAH coalition .

Cape Town unveils Africa's Access to Advanced Healthcare coalition

24 Jan 2022

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Treatment of Covid with antibiotics could add to the problem of drug resistance

Adam Mustapha 17 Jan 2022

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SAMRC sponsors landmark Covid-19 vaccine trial in collaborative bid to combat HIV

13 Jan 2022

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#BizTrends2022: The state of global mental healthcare at a crisis point

Katja Hamilton 6 Jan 2022

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#BizTrends2022: Introducing age reversal as South Africa's new therapeutic frontier

Katja Hamilton 5 Jan 2022

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#BizTrends2022: Pharma - innovating in medicine and boosting the economy

Bada Pharasi 5 Jan 2022

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