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The NHI could make South Africa a leader in digitised healthcare

Healthcare

The NHI could make South Africa a leader in digitised healthcare

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 10 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Britain and South Africa agree health partnership on second day of state visit

Alistair Smout 25 Nov 2022

UP part of study that finds men of African descent at higher risk of prostate cancer

Healthcare

UP part of study that finds men of African descent at higher risk of prostate cancer

Issued by University of Pretoria 16 Nov 2022

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Healthcare

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

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

Human, animal transmission

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Human, animal transmission

Issued by University of Pretoria 7 Mar 2022

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Healthcare

SA health body sees threefold higher risk of reinfection from Omicron

Promit Mukherjee 3 Dec 2021

Healthcare

Omicron gets around some, not all immunity

2 Dec 2021

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Healthcare

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Maureen Miller 3 Jun 2021

Mark Ainsworth, head, coronavirus research, Schroders

Healthcare

How much of a threat is the India variant?

28 May 2021

Genetic make-up of destructive crop pest unravelled

Agriculture

Genetic make-up of destructive crop pest unravelled

Stephanie Achieng' 26 Mar 2021

Study: SA variant could have emerged in E Cape after first wave

Healthcare

Study: SA variant could have emerged in E Cape after first wave

18 Mar 2021

Professor Christian Happi, director of the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, displays one of the most advanced automated acid extractors being used in the laboratory. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Nigeria needs innovation and science investment to help control Covid-19

Christian Happi & Ifeyinwa Aniebo 28 Oct 2020

Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus. African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease

Healthcare

Nigerian scientists have identified seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2: why it matters

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

Dr Keith Cloete

Healthcare

Signs that Western Cape is over its Covid-19 peak

Nicci Botha 30 Jul 2020

Genomic sequencing can help in understanding viruses. Gio.tto/Shutterstock

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Africa joins the race to trace Covid-19 with genomics

Peter van Heusden 20 Apr 2020

It’s important for scientists to have the most thorough understanding of HIV. Shutterstock

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What the discovery of a new HIV strain means for the pandemic

Linda-Gail Bekker 7 Feb 2020

David A. Litman/Shutterstock

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Genetic secrets of almost 2,700 cancers unveiled by landmark international project

Melissa Southey 6 Feb 2020

Healthcare

We are using computer models to fight drug resistance

Ozlem Tastan Bishop 13 Dec 2019

Healthcare

What we've learnt from building Africa's biggest genome library

Deepti Gurdasani, Ayesha Motala, Pontiano Kaleebu & Segun Fatumo 4 Dec 2019

Healthcare

Genome sequencing reveals new HIV strain

7 Nov 2019

Mycobacterium tuberculosis under the microscope.

Healthcare

SU researchers study resistance to 'protect' new TB drug

3 Jun 2019

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

Healthcare

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops

Agriculture

Tweaking just a few genes in wild plants can create new food crops

James Hereward and Caitlin Curtis 25 Oct 2018

Euan Ashley. Photo: Steve Fisch

Healthcare

Hundreds of patients with undiagnosed diseases find answers

18 Oct 2018

AI: The Florence Nightingale of the 21st century?

Healthcare

AI: The Florence Nightingale of the 21st century?

Simon Kos 22 Aug 2018

The risk of listeriosis lingers

Retail

The risk of listeriosis lingers

Catia Folgore 17 Jul 2018

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

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WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

10 Apr 2018

Rainbow Chicken polony cleared of deadly listeria bacteria

Retail

Rainbow Chicken polony cleared of deadly listeria bacteria

Katharine Child 28 Mar 2018

Tiger Brands gives update on Listeria testing results

Retail

Tiger Brands gives update on Listeria testing results

20 Mar 2018

Professor Glenda Gray, president of the SAMRC

Healthcare

The continent's first genomics centre paves the way for Afrocentric medicine

15 Feb 2018

Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi

Healthcare

Listeria contaminated abattoir to remain closed

9 Jan 2018

Defective product risk is an increasing peril for companies

Marketing & Media

Defective product risk is an increasing peril for companies

5 Dec 2017

Professor Vanessa Hayes, head of the Human Comparative and Prostate Cancer Genomics Laboratory at the Garvan Institute

Healthcare

Exposing the prostate cancer genome through mapping

21 Apr 2017

DNA rice breakthrough raises 'green revolution' hopes

Healthcare

DNA rice breakthrough raises 'green revolution' hopes

15 Feb 2016

Survival of the fittest: how brain tumours adapt through complex ecosystems

Healthcare

Survival of the fittest: how brain tumours adapt through complex ecosystems

Darren Ó hAilín 8 Jul 2015

The dawn of medical cities

Healthcare

The dawn of medical cities

John Raspin 26 Mar 2015

[FutureTech] Insight into technology's role in your life - now and in the future

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[FutureTech] Insight into technology's role in your life - now and in the future

Leigh Andrews 15 Oct 2014

Researchers decode genome of African coelacanth

Maritime

Researchers decode genome of African coelacanth

23 Apr 2013

Skin cells reveal DNA's genetic mosaic

Healthcare

Skin cells reveal DNA's genetic mosaic

Karen N. Peart 19 Nov 2012

Study will help our genetic understanding of dangerous new viruses

Healthcare

Study will help our genetic understanding of dangerous new viruses

13 Nov 2012

Genome sequencing identifies variants possibly linked to childhood asthma

Healthcare

Genome sequencing identifies variants possibly linked to childhood asthma

22 Oct 2012

Healthcare

Ten new diabetes gene links offer picture of biology underlying disease

5 Sep 2012

Cancer genes differ in different parts of a tumour

Healthcare

Cancer genes differ in different parts of a tumour

15 Mar 2012

Healthcare

New test can precisely pinpoint food pathogens

27 Oct 2011

Healthcare

New diagnostic tool proves cost-effective in identifying rare genetic disorders

24 Aug 2010

Healthcare

Research may puzzle out HIV transmission by sexual contact

20 Aug 2010

Healthcare

New research project aims at understanding the genetic origins of childhood cancers

28 Jan 2010

Healthcare

Can IT fuel the race to the $1,000 human genome?

22 Apr 2008

Healthcare

Chinese scientists sequence first volunteer's genome

8 Jan 2008