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Is post-traumatic stress disorder in your genes?
Can post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) be passed down through generations in shared family genes? Could a simple blood test tell if you're genetically predisponsed to this? These are questions a researcher at Stellenbosch University (SU)...
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Back pain can be prevented and managed
Back pain is an extremely common problem that affects all populations around the world. Research has shown that one in two adults and one in three children or adolescents in Africa will suffer from back pain at any given time. However...
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New species of killifish from Kenya already critically endangered
A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has been described in the journal Zootaxa. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning “pertaining to the forest", is also the...
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Dietetics researcher acknowledged by national body
Dr Lisanne du Plessis says her entire life has been in preparation for what she is doing now. "I remember how, as a child, I looked on while my mother, a nurse in her younger days, gave TB medication to a woman and her son. She would first...
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Doctors reach out to children at risk of skin cancer
A team of specialists from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University (SU) and Tygerberg Hospital visited the Athlone School for the Blind (ASB) ahead of World Cancer Day (4 February) to coach learners on...
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PhD student awarded for cancer research
Megan Mitchell, a PhD student in the Department of Physiological Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU), walked away with the prestigious Wyndham award for the best oral presentation at the annual conference of the Physiology Society of...
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Genetic research can help improve medical treatment
New knowledge generated through genomic research (the study of an organism's genes and their functions) will continue to deliver effective drugs and bring hope for a cure of the treated conditions. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof...
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Stem cell research gets ‘boost’ from NRF
Stem cell research at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) recently received a major boost in the form of a R1,93 million grant awarded to Dr Mari van de Vyver from the Division of Endocrinology...
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Popular M-programme attracts hundreds of students from Africa
On March 14, Victoria Ndarukwa, a medical laboratory scientist from Zimbabwe, became the 100 th Matie to receive a Master of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology from Stellenbosch University (SU) in less than a decade. The so-called M...
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More scientists needed to classify microorganisms
The world needs more scientists who can classify the vast number of microorganisms, such as fungi, into classes, families and species according to their characteristics. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Karin Jacobs of the Department...