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Fine-tuning TB technology
UCT researchers are tackling the challenges of capturing and identifying the live tuberculosis bacterium through microbiological and microscopy techniques.
01 Mar 2021
SA launches COVID-19 vaccination drive
On 17 February UCT researchers witnessed frontline healthcare workers, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize being vaccinated against COVID-19.
22 Feb 2021
Filling the African genome gap
Professor Ambroise Wonkam, director of Genetic Medicine of African Populations (GeneMAP), is intent on capturing the full scope of Africa’s genetic variation.
22 Feb 2021
Malnutrition: ‘a slow violence against our children’
At the launch of this year’s South African Child Gauge, Dr Tshepo Motsepe spoke about malnutrition and how it constitutes violence against children.
22 Feb 2021
UCT scientists to start Phase 1 clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
UCT researchers are expected to start the Phase 1 clinical trial of the hAd5 T-cell COVID-19 vaccine candidate this month.
18 Feb 2021
How the coronavirus mutates and the future of COVID-19
The recent appearance of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus causing COVID-19 infections) has raised questions about the nature and rates of mutations in viruses.
17 Feb 2021
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UCT surgeon performs holographic surgery
Professor Stephen Roche and a team from Groote Schuur Hospital recently performed a shoulder replacement surgery using mixed reality techniques as part of a global 24-hour event.
17 Feb 2021
Weighing up COVID-19 vaccines
UCT’s Professor Heather Zar looks at the different COVID-19 vaccines currently available and answers some of the public’s most pressing questions.
16 Feb 2021
CoronaWise: the Knowledge Translation Unit’s online COVID-19 resource
The Knowledge Translation Unit at the UCT Lung Institute has developed CoronaWise, an online platform that ensures COVID-19 resources are easily accessible to the public.
12 Feb 2021
Temporary victory for beneficiaries of child support grants
UCT’s Children’s Institute and the Legal Resources Centre have secured temporary victory in the fight to protect children without birth certificates from repeatedly losing their grants.
09 Feb 2021
UCT joins Wellcome Leap Global Network
A charter group of 21 world-class institutions is to set a new bar for fast-paced research and development.
05 Feb 2021
UCT’s cancer response – a multipronged approach
UCT researchers give insights into how their work contributes to a cancer-free future as we recognise World Cancer Day on 4 February.
04 Feb 2021
Health Sciences’ deputy dean dream team
UCT’s Health Sciences deanery is growing into a cohesive unit that is committed to serving the faculty in the spirit of social accountability.
02 Feb 2021
Lighting a candle for Mayosi’s legacy
Professor George Mensah delivered the inaugural Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture, which took place in honour of the Faculty of Health Sciences’ late dean.
29 Jan 2021
How to grow the local vaccine production industry
The issue of vaccine production has become a topic of hot debate following the approval of treatments for COVID-19.
25 Jan 2021
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COVID-19 vaccines for African countries?
Dr Benjamin Kagina, a senior research officer in UCT’s Vaccines for Africa Initiative, answers key questions about COVID-19 vaccines for African countries.
22 Jan 2021
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COVID-19: insights and lessons with Prof Marc Mendelson
Professor Marc Mendelson, the head of UCT’s Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital, recently delivered a Summer School lecture on COVID-19.
19 Jan 2021
Body donor programme fit and well despite COVID-19
Rigorous COVID-19 health and safety protocols have enabled UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences to maintain its body donor programme, essential to teaching anatomy to students and surgical registrars.
22 Dec 2020
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