Molecular biology | Bizcommunity

Molecular biology | Bizcommunity

News

Image credit: Danielle Hammond on

Aesthetic Medicine

How climate change is rewriting the skincare playbook

Justine Liebenberg 11 Sep 2025

New species of rain frog discovered in South Africa

Environment & Natural Resources

New species of rain frog discovered in South Africa

Bertie Jacobs, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 12 Jun 2025

Healthcare

Living with multiple chronic conditions cuts lives short – but Africans are overlooked in research

Isaac Kisiangani, Michele Ramsay, and Michelle Kamp 8 Apr 2025

Jamie Williams, Head of White Wine, Nederburg

Viticulture & Oenology

Jamie Williams appointed head of Nederburg’s white wine team

4 Jul 2024

Source: South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

Healthcare

UCT academic appointed SAMRC president and CEO

3 May 2024

Source: Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine.

Tuberculosis

Researchers developing cellphone app that detects TB

25 Mar 2024

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Environment & Natural Resources

Doctoral study can help prevent spreading of bovine TB in African buffaloes

Issued by Stone 6 Apr 2023

Generative AI like ChatGPT reveal systemic issues beyond the tech industry

4th Industrial Revolution

Generative AI like ChatGPT reveal systemic issues beyond the tech industry

Jordan Richard Schoenherr< 6 Mar 2023

Cardiology

Cardiovascular disease is on the rise in South Africa

24 Aug 2022

Society for Advanced Cell Culture Modelling for Africa Conference 2022

Medical Research

Society for Advanced Cell Culture Modelling for Africa Conference 2022

Issued by SACCMA 16 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Thato Mabudusha Schermer, co-founder and chief executive officer at Zoie Health.

Healthcare

#WomensMonth: Digital women's health and wellness clinic - created by women, for women of Africa

Katja Hamilton 16 Aug 2022

Medical Research

New Rooibos phytosome to be developed for skin health

14 Jun 2022

#StartupStory: Zoie Health - a digital health clinic for women

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Zoie Health - a digital health clinic for women

Evan-Lee Courie 2 Mar 2022

Source: ©angellodeco

Ethics & Medicolegal

Limits for human embryo research have been changed: this calls for public debate

Sheetal Soni 1 Jul 2021

Biodegradable cigarette butts a potential source of toxic pollution

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Biodegradable cigarette butts a potential source of toxic pollution

19 Mar 2021

TB study sheds light on disease development

Tuberculosis

TB study sheds light on disease development

2 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

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

Nederberg spotlights its female winemakers, viticulturist this Women's Month

Viticulture & Oenology

Nederberg spotlights its female winemakers, viticulturist this Women's Month

13 Aug 2020

alexandersr/shutterstock

Covid-19

Rwanda's Covid-19 pool testing: a savvy option where there's low viral prevalence

Leon Mutesa 3 Jul 2020

Information sessions for SA students wanting to study in the US

Higher Education

Information sessions for SA students wanting to study in the US

25 Jun 2020

SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient and imaged using a transmission electron micrograph.
NIAID

Covid-19

What we do and do not know about Covid-19's infectious dose and viral load

Marta Gaglia & Seema Lakdawala 2 Jun 2020

Stray cows rest on a New Delhi street during a one-day civil curfew to combat coronavirus. Cattle may have been central to a coronavirus outbreak in 1890. Yawar Nazir/Getty Images

Covid-19

A brief history of the coronavirus family - including one pandemic we might have missed

Burtram Fielding 25 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Medical Research

'Ageotypes' provide window into how individuals age

Hanae Armitage 31 Jan 2020

Fulbright scholarship applications open

Higher Education

Fulbright scholarship applications open

17 Jan 2020

Pharmaceuticals

We are using computer models to fight drug resistance

Ozlem Tastan Bishop 13 Dec 2019

The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem.
CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY

Infectious Diseases

A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

Patricia L Foster 18 Sep 2019

Electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the cause of TB. Photo: NIAID via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Tuberculosis

South African researchers develop quicker way to detect drug resistance

Elsabé Brits 11 Jul 2019

IBM expands quantum computing program to Africa

Data & Analytics

IBM expands quantum computing program to Africa

13 Jun 2019

Mycobacterium tuberculosis under the microscope.

Tuberculosis

SU researchers study resistance to 'protect' new TB drug

3 Jun 2019

Professor Soraya Bardien, Dr Handri Walters, Professor Leslie Swartz, Professor Jonathan Jansen and Professor Jimmy Volmink

Medical Research

Tackling the issue of race in research

24 May 2019

Fulbright Scholarship open for applications

Higher Education

Fulbright Scholarship open for applications

4 Feb 2019

Medical Research

Construction starts on SU's Biomedical Research Institute

28 Jan 2019

Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

IP Law

Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

Daniel Mak 5 Dec 2018

SU female scientists outperform at 2018 WISA

Education

SU female scientists outperform at 2018 WISA

27 Aug 2018

A new way to equip Africa's science labs: get students to build their own

Primary & Secondary Education

A new way to equip Africa's science labs: get students to build their own

Louise Bezuidenhout 6 Aug 2018

African mothers in science need more support. Providing it is actually easy

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

African mothers in science need more support. Providing it is actually easy

Bernard Slippers and Smeetha Singh 23 Jan 2018

Mouse study shows how alcohol may cause cancer

Medical Research

Mouse study shows how alcohol may cause cancer

4 Jan 2018

Nick Goldman - mathematician, genome scientist and member of the management team at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

Events & Conferencing

#BCXDisrupt: "No-one can safeguard themselves against the next big thing"

Leigh Andrews 14 Nov 2017

Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker columnist and best-selling author - image credit: .

Marketing

Some of the world's biggest influencers at BCX Disrupt Summit

8 Nov 2017

Researchers use genome data to find MDR TB-fighting compounds

Medical Research

Researchers use genome data to find MDR TB-fighting compounds

24 Aug 2017

Entries for 2018 Bayer Foundation Fellowship programmes now open

Higher Education

Entries for 2018 Bayer Foundation Fellowship programmes now open

29 Jun 2017

Medical Research

Research shows significance of ecogeography in Khoisan genetics

8 Sep 2016

By Martin Stübler, CC BY-SA 4.0,

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

How science can genetically strengthen endangered plants and agriculture

Muhammad Nakhooda 24 Jun 2016

[Design Indaba 2016] The cutting edge of the cutting edge

Design Indaba

[Design Indaba 2016] The cutting edge of the cutting edge

Terry Levin 22 Feb 2016

Blocking TB vitamin production may be key to treatment

Tuberculosis

Blocking TB vitamin production may be key to treatment

28 Jan 2016

Pro-Plas Africa Conference to focus on impact of plastic on planet

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Pro-Plas Africa Conference to focus on impact of plastic on planet

23 Nov 2015

Scan Display to build infrastructure for 2nd World Congress on Healthy Ageing

Events & Conferencing

Scan Display to build infrastructure for 2nd World Congress on Healthy Ageing

Issued by Scan Display 2 Jun 2015

In evolution, 'house of cards' model wins

Medical Research

In evolution, 'house of cards' model wins

Bill Hathaway 13 May 2015