Medical Research Wallpost Africa

Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
Elon Musk's brain-chip venture gets FDA stamp of approval

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[Katja Hamilton] Brain-machine interface implants may very soon be commonplace now that Elon Musk's passion project has received FDA approval for human clinical trials...

Posted 10 months ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa at coalface of genetics research

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.
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.
[Katja Hamilton] The 14th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG 2023) - hosted for the first time in Cape Town - kicked off to a great start this week...

Posted 1 year ago | Like
Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,
Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,
[Katja Hamilton] mRNA is the new platform for breaking new ground in the control and management of global diseases. With Afrigen - an SA biotech startup - having adopted this new technology as its formulation platform for vaccines, the world of medicine as we know it is about to change...

Posted 1 year ago | Like
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
Who wants to live forever? It's a matter of maintenance

Aubrey de Grey
Aubrey de Grey
[Nicci Botha] Thanks to lifestyle and medical advancements, the biblical prescription of three score and 10 - or 70 years - as the human lifespan has become a little blurred...

Posted 4 years ago | Like
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research
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[Nicci Botha] Until now, African scientists working on genomics haven't had access to a local storage platform for the immense amount of data their research generates...

Posted 5 years ago | Like
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
SA signs innovation agreement with Novartis

Minister of science and technology, Naledi Pandoor
Minister of science and technology, Naledi Pandoor
[Nicci Botha] A high-level MoU on medical research and development has been signed between the SAMRC, the DST and Novartis...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
J&J launches public health innovations space for Africa

Johnson & Johnson's new global public health innovation space in Cape Town
Johnson & Johnson's new global public health innovation space in Cape Town
[Nicci Botha] Johnson & Johnson has launched its global public health (GPH) strategy...

Posted 7 years ago | Like
Danette Breitenbach
SOUTH AFRICA
Shifting attitudes towards the body

Shifting attitudes towards the body
[Danette Breitenbach] Would you want to be a Cyborg in the near future? A Cyborg is defined as a human enhanced by technology; that is a person whose physiological functioning is aided by a mechanical or electronic device...

Posted 8 years ago | Like
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