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Healthcare

Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SA

Katja Hamilton 21 Apr 2023

Healthcare

Pfizer to acquire Global Blood Therapeutics for $5.4bn

22 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,

Healthcare

#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Katja Hamilton 20 May 2022

Professor Ambroise Wonkam. Source: UCT

Healthcare

Building a sickle cell disease registry in Africa

16 Jul 2021

Source: ©Sebastien decoret

Healthcare

Equity and access need to be at the forefront of innovation in human genome editing

Jantina de Vries & Françoise Baylis 14 Jul 2021

New global partnership sees The Sunflower Fund become DKMS Africa

ESG & Sustainability

New global partnership sees The Sunflower Fund become DKMS Africa

25 Mar 2021

Sunflower Fund calls on South Africans to support flagship campaign

ESG & Sustainability

Sunflower Fund calls on South Africans to support flagship campaign

1 Oct 2020

Normal blood cells (left) and the blood cells in sickle cell disease, which do not flow through the circulatory system smoothly. Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI (CC BY 2.0)

Healthcare

UCT professor's research offers hope of treatment for sickle cell anaemia

Elsabé Brits 3 Sep 2020

New date set for annual Sunflower Day campaign

ESG & Sustainability

New date set for annual Sunflower Day campaign

8 Jul 2020

BON Hotels launches multi-tiered CSI partnership with Sunflower Fund

ESG & Sustainability

BON Hotels launches multi-tiered CSI partnership with Sunflower Fund

29 Apr 2019

Antibody could increase cure rate for blood, immune disorders

Healthcare

Antibody could increase cure rate for blood, immune disorders

14 Feb 2019

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock

Healthcare

People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

Charles Shey Wiysonge 20 Dec 2018

Photo: Shutterstock

Healthcare

Understanding Africa's diverse gene pool can help fight lifestyle diseases

Michèle Ramsay 14 Mar 2018

Marketing & Media

What does it mean for technology to be innately African?

Amrote Abdella 23 Jan 2017

Healthcare

Successfully treating leukaemia

15 Oct 2013

Sickle cell anaemia: maps and newborn estimates

Healthcare

Sickle cell anaemia: maps and newborn estimates

30 Oct 2012

Silent strokes can cause long-term cognitive, learning deficits in children with sickle cell disease

Healthcare

Silent strokes can cause long-term cognitive, learning deficits in children with sickle cell disease

14 Feb 2011

New global map shows distribution of sickle cell gene

Healthcare

New global map shows distribution of sickle cell gene

3 Nov 2010

Healthcare

Antiviral medications a must for critically ill children with flu-like symptoms

8 Jan 2010

Healthcare

Modified blood adult stem-cell transplant regimen reverses sickle cell disease

14 Dec 2009

Sickle cell study boosts call for improved childhood immunisation in Africa

Healthcare

Sickle cell study boosts call for improved childhood immunisation in Africa

10 Sep 2009

Healthcare

New method to estimate severity of sickle cell disease

13 Jul 2007

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