​​​​​​​The decades-long research into HIV vaccines laid the groundwork that enabled the rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines. Now we need to speed up work in the HIV vaccine field. So says Prof Glenda Gray, chief executive and president...

​Medical specialists urgently need more knowledge on how to treat and manage hyperkalaemia (too much potassium in the blood), which may cause respiratory muscle weakness and potentially fatal heart rhythm disturbance. This is according to a...

International Nurses Day was observed on Sunday 12 May. In an opinion piece for the Cape Argus, Prof Portia Jordan from the Department of Nursing and Midwifery writes that in keeping populations healthy and productive, nurses contribute to...

This article was first published on The Conversation . Read the original article here . Effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been available for the past 60 years. But TB remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent...

Prof Ben Loos from the Department of Physiological Sciences at Stellenbosch University recently delivered his professorial inaugural lecture, titled 'On the role of autophagy and cell death control in neurodegeneration and gliomas'. He...

​​​Honey bees seem to be quite handy pollinators of blueberries as they help to increase fruit yield and quality, a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found. Titled “Assessing the effectiveness of honey bee pollinators for cultivated...

​Prof Dieter von Fintel from the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday (17 October 2023). The title of his lecture was “People, place...

As a junior doctor, Professor Gert van Zyl was struck by the difference that antiretroviral therapy made to the quality of life of HIV patients. This realisation sparked a curiosity and passion for research that is relevant to the South...

​South Africans who live in informal settlements don't seem to have a say in government decisions about the types of upgrades they need. This is according to Dr Sameera Mahomedy, a post-doctoral research fellow and lecturer at the South...

From punch cards to 24/7 labs: Johan van Rooyen bids farewell to SU