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Brain injury and infection in children
Dr Ursula Rohlwink, with UCT's Division of Neurosurgery, has focused her work on children with traumatic brain injury and the neuro-infection TB meningitis.
28 Nov 2019
HIV factor in kidney transplants: research sheds new light on risks
UCT’s Dr Elmi Muller and colleagues looked at the longer-term outcomes of HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive renal transplantation.
27 Nov 2019
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Ocean’s potential to bolster food security
By more effectively managing ocean resources and harnessing marine aquaculture, we could see the oceans provide more food than they currently are.
27 Nov 2019
Safeguarding the judiciary
New research and guidelines from UCT could lead to more transparent selection of judicial officers in southern Africa.
27 Nov 2019
Women in Global Health
Silindile Ngcobo, a PhD candidate in biomaterials at UCT’s Department of Surgery, recently took part in the 2019 Women in Global Health Conference in Rwanda.
22 Nov 2019
Inside growing brains
Safe and non-invasive techniques for visualising the brain have changed the way we study children’s development, particularly in high-risk contexts.
22 Nov 2019
Co-creating a locally relevant web
Dr Melissa Densmore’s research into bandwidth-constrained communities in and around Cape Town tackles difficult questions about what the internet should look like in Africa.
22 Nov 2019
The highest energy light from a gamma-ray burst detected
UCT astronomers are part of an international team that have taken the next step towards understanding extreme stellar explosions.
21 Nov 2019
Misuse threatens antibiotics effectiveness
World Antibiotic Awareness Week celebrates the contribution that antibiotics have made to global public health and calls for action to ensure their continued usefulness.
21 Nov 2019
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Fixed lines needed to bridge the digital divide
Few South African households have access to the internet at home, but relying solely on mobile networks to solve this disparity is not enough.
20 Nov 2019
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UCT prof leads ground-breaking pollen monitoring campaign
The Division of Allergology and Immunology at UCT’s Lung Institute is leading a multidisciplinary project that examines the levels of pollen across South Africa.
20 Nov 2019
Mining for the future
The Minerals to Metals Initiative at UCT is working with the mining industry to help it become more people- and planet-centred.
20 Nov 2019
Two UCT subjects in top 100
UCT is among the top 100 globally for clinical, pre-clinical and health, and social sciences in the 2020 Times Higher Education Rankings by subject.
19 Nov 2019
Collaboration pushes frontiers of anti-malaria drug regimes
UCT and Medicines for Malaria Venture are collaborating in order to discover and develop medicines to help tackle the burden of the disease.
19 Nov 2019
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San and Khoi claim benefits from rooibos
UCT Associate Professor Rachel Wynberg argues that the benefit-sharing agreement with the rooibos industry offers restorative justice but is not without problems.
19 Nov 2019
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Flows in the global fertility market
Associate Professor Amrita Pande’s latest research looks at the global fertility industry and its labourers making babies in the 21st century.
18 Nov 2019
Brain gain
Exploring the human brain and meeting neuro-health challenges in Africa is the goal of the University of Cape Town’s new Neuroscience Institute.
15 Nov 2019
South Africa's struggle to manage wildlife ranching
A lack of clear regulations on the private game farms has meant that their operations haven’t been directed towards being more socially or environmentally sustainable.
15 Nov 2019
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