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A new frontier: Technologically driven non-invasive products boosting SA’s analgesics market

A new frontier: Technologically driven non-invasive products boosting SA’s analgesics marketInsight Survey

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A new frontier: Technologically driven non-invasive products boosting SA’s analgesics market

A new frontier: Technologically driven non-invasive products boosting SA’s analgesics market

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Calls for South Africans to register as stem cell donors

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How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Stone 25 Jun 2024

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Inspiring South African youth in STEM

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Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Stellenbosch University 21 May 2024

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2024 BHF Titanium Award winners

9 May 2024

Source: South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

UCT academic appointed SAMRC president and CEO

3 May 2024

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SA firms urged to tackle indoor air quality

Lynne Kuter 25 Apr 2024

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

8 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Lungelo Ntobongwana, acting chief officer of the SABS.

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

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

Don't miss the inaugural Hospital Show at the Sandton Convention Centre!

Don't miss the inaugural Hospital Show at the Sandton Convention Centre!

COHSASA 19 Feb 2024

Multi-strain products supporting South Africa’s probiotics market culture

Multi-strain products supporting South Africa’s probiotics market culture

Insight Survey 22 Nov 2023

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Asthma crisis: South Africa leads in overreliance on reliever pumps

2 Nov 2023

Nominations open for the South African Health Excellence Awards

Nominations open for the South African Health Excellence Awards

Clinix Health Group 20 Oct 2023

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus is pictured in Seattle, Washington, US 5 May 2021. Reuters/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Gates gives $40m to boost access to mRNA vaccines in Africa

Jennifer Rigby and Wendell Roelf 9 Oct 2023

Restonic Ezintsha Sleep Clinic to pioneer South African sleep research and treat sleep disorders

Restonic Ezintsha Sleep Clinic to pioneer South African sleep research and treat sleep disorders

Restonic 2 Oct 2023

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South African poultry industry in crisis: Urgent appeal for importation of HPAI vaccines

29 Sep 2023

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Biovac and EuBiologics partner for meningitis vaccine tech transfer

28 Sep 2023

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Latest stats spark urgent $45m long Covid response

27 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Tygerberg Hospital has exceeded its life expectancy by two decades hence the need for a new Central Hospital in the Western Cape.

Western Cape's new Central hospital unveiled with focus on academic services

Katja Hamilton 19 Sep 2023

Source: Elmar Gubisch [www.[123rf.com 123rf]] The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), will declare Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, as a “possible carcinogenic to humans” this month

Aspartame under the spotlight as WHO declares it a "possible carcinogenic to humans"

Danette Breitenbach 3 Jul 2023

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

Africa's understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

University of Pretoria 28 Jun 2023

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Abbott's uninterrupted streak: 398th consecutive quarterly dividend declared

22 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Andrew Miller, is the national treasurer at the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa.

Genetic medicine divide: Why SA lags behind the rest of the world

Andrew Miller 30 May 2023

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Elon Musk's brain-chip venture gets FDA stamp of approval

Katja Hamilton 26 May 2023

Zarcare: The future of healthcare in South Africa

Zarcare: The future of healthcare in South Africa

Zarcare 26 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Imke Erasmus, general manager of VitalAire Diabetes.

Advanced pharmacotherapies and technologies continue to improve diabetics' lives every day

6 Apr 2023

Adapting to innovation in the healthcare sector beyond just tech

Adapting to innovation in the healthcare sector beyond just tech

Kevin Aron, Stone 17 Mar 2023

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Green light for Cape Health Technology Park

28 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation delivered her keynote address at the opening of the 14th International Congress of Human Genetics at the CTICC this week.

South Africa at coalface of genetics research

Katja Hamilton 23 Feb 2023

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