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Medical Research

SA-Germany Genomic Surveillance Project enters new phase

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Medical Research

African Bioinformatics Institute looks to revolutionise continent’s research, infrastructure

13 Jun 2025

Source: © The 2025 EMEA Sabre Awards saw South Africa’s public relations and communications agencies, Retroviral and Razor PR, fly the flag high

PR & Communications

Retroviral and Razor PR fly the flag at the Sabre EMEA Awards

Danette Breitenbach 3 Apr 2025

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Healthcare

CPHI Middle East: Future of pharma takes centre stage

14 Nov 2024

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Pharmaceuticals

Tahaluf launches CPHI Middle East as region’s premier pharma event

25 Sep 2024

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HIV/AIDS

Significant progress has been made in controlling HIV in South Africa, report shows

23 Jul 2024

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Education & Training

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Issued by Stellenbosch University 6 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Nqobile Ndlovu, chief executive officer of ASLM and Tom Berkovits, senior director of Illumina Africa Middle East and Asia-Pacific during the MoU signing between The African Society for Laboratory Medicine and Illumina at the 6th Biennial ASLM2023 conference in Cape Town.

Medtech

ASLM and Illumina: Genomics empowers Africa's pandemic readiness

29 Dec 2023

Sustainable agriculture: A smart investment for farmers

Agriculture

Sustainable agriculture: A smart investment for farmers

9 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Stellenbosch University's new Biomedical Research Institute, home to Ceri, is the most advanced research facility of its kind on the African continent.

Infectious Diseases

Abbott partners with Ceri to address viral threats

2 May 2023

UP microbiologists discover rich diversity of life in Antarctica's cold, dry soils

Higher Education

UP microbiologists discover rich diversity of life in Antarctica's cold, dry soils

Issued by University of Pretoria 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.

Medical Research

South Africa at coalface of genetics research

Katja Hamilton 23 Feb 2023

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Hospital Groups

Mediclinic Southern Africa expands into precision medicine

2 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Brian Smith, technical consultant at Datacentrix.

Trends

#BizTrends2023: The rise of operational technology in the healthcare arena

Brian Smith 9 Jan 2023

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

Education & Training

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

Issued by University of Pretoria 16 Nov 2022

Public Health

Precision medicine spend to exceed $132bn globally by 2027

16 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. African scientists receiving training in genomics surveillance at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), South Africa.

Covid-19

Covid-19 variants in Africa were introduced from abroad, study finds

16 Sep 2022

9 UP academics nominated for NSTF/South32 Awards, SA's 'Science Oscars'

Higher Education

9 UP academics nominated for NSTF/South32 Awards, SA's 'Science Oscars'

Masego Panyane, Issued by University of Pretoria 12 Jul 2022

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Agro-processing

Coffee may become more scarce and expensive thanks to climate change - new research

Denis J Murphy 31 Jan 2022

Research Matters: A world of answers opens up on UP's new science communication platform

Higher Education

Research Matters: A world of answers opens up on UP's new science communication platform

Issued by University of Pretoria 3 Dec 2021

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Covid-19

Genomic surveillance key in Africa's Covid-19 fight

14 Sep 2021

Higher Education

Why UP researchers like rooibos, Nguni cows and 50 000-piece microbial puzzles

Issued by University of Pretoria 20 Aug 2021

Higher Education

Reimagining Universities

Issued by University of Pretoria 9 Jun 2021

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

Infectious Diseases

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

Maureen Miller 3 Jun 2021

Oncology

New DNA research could help combat cancers that are resistant to current standard treatments

19 May 2021

Remote training in bioinformatics to upskill scientists across Africa

Skills Training

Remote training in bioinformatics to upskill scientists across Africa

7 May 2021

Decades of disruption - technologies set to change our future

4th Industrial Revolution

Decades of disruption - technologies set to change our future

Howard Plaatjes 19 Feb 2021

Covid-19

How the coronavirus mutates and what this means for the future of Covid-19

Ed Rybicki, Anna-Lise Williamson, Don Cowan & Stephanie G Burton 17 Feb 2021

UCT doctoral candidates win L'Oréal-Unesco award

Higher Education

UCT doctoral candidates win L'Oréal-Unesco award

11 Dec 2020

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing can help scientific researchers. Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock

Medical Research

How South Africans can use their DNA to be good genomic citizens

Caitlin Uren 3 Dec 2020

UKZN and UniZulu researchers discover proteins to fight parasitic disease

Medical Research

UKZN and UniZulu researchers discover proteins to fight parasitic disease

24 Nov 2020

NWU research group contributes to international bird study

Higher Education

NWU research group contributes to international bird study

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 13 Nov 2020

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

Covid-19

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

Christian Happi & Ifeyinwa Aniebo 28 Oct 2020

Heritable genome editing not yet ready to be tried safely and effectively in humans

Ethics & Medicolegal

Heritable genome editing not yet ready to be tried safely and effectively in humans

10 Sep 2020

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

Covid-19

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

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

A researcher performs a CRISPR/Cas9 process at the Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine in Germany . Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 and gene editing: ethical and legal considerations

Sheetal Soni 25 May 2020

St Augustine's Hospital

Covid-19

Findings from St Augustine's Covid-19 outbreak

21 May 2020

Collaboration is crucial for scientists to tackle the COVID-19 epidemic. Getty Images

Covid-19

Coronavirus: never been a more compelling time for African scientists to work together

Salome Maswime, Collet Dandara & Sudesh Sivarasu 22 Apr 2020

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

Covid-19

Africa joins the race to trace Covid-19 with genomics

Peter van Heusden 20 Apr 2020

The work that’s done in research institutes and labs is crucial. nhungboon/Shutterstock

Covid-19

Investing in research is South Africa's best insurance policy against crises

Brenda Wingfield 9 Apr 2020

Plugging the IT skills gap in SA

4th Industrial Revolution

Plugging the IT skills gap in SA

Andrew Hoseck 31 Mar 2020

Many genetic abnormalities involve the oral and dental region of the face. Shutterstock

Dentistry

Dentists in South Africa aren't being taught genetics. Why they should

Manogari Chetty 11 Feb 2020

Medical Research

Africa's genetic material is still being misused

Keymanthri Moodley 9 Jan 2020

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Trends

#BizTrends2020: Where tech will take healthcare

Nicci Botha 8 Jan 2020

Lerato Mosiah, CEO: Health Funders Association

Trends

#BizTrends2020: The future of healthcare is now

Lerato Mosiah 6 Jan 2020

Medical Research

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

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

Genetic studies need to be more diverse.

Medical Research

Most genetic studies use only white participants - this will lead to greater health inequality

Karoline Kuchenbaecker Evangelos Vassos & Roseann Peterson 16 Oct 2019

Dr Tapiwa Chiwewe, research manager for IBM Research, South Africa

Medtech

#HASA2019: AI is a game changer in attaining universal health coverage

28 Aug 2019