The Neuro Research Group (NRG), headed by Prof Ben Loos, combines cell biology, cell physiology, microscopy and biochemistry approaches to dissect and investigate the relationship and role of protein degradation through macroautophagy and cell death susceptibility in neurodegeneration and gliomas.

​A complex cellular process called autophagy is the topic of a major new textbook which encapsulates over 30 years of research in this growing field of study...

​​​​Memantine is one of the main drugs prescribed for patients with mild to severe Alzheimer's disease. Yet, despite an 8.5% increase worldwide in the use of...

​Mai Wageh, a PhD-student from McMaster University in Canada, recently spent six weeks in Prof. Kathy Myburgh's lab at Stellenbosch University (SU) to gain...

The emerging field of extracellular vesicle (EV) research in biology, physiology and biotechnology was again the focus of attention when South African...