Among the strategic projects of Wesgro – a local trade and investment agency – are included Air Access, to develop […]
Posts Tagged ‘Drug’
Diet Linked to Drug-Resistant Breast Cancer
Approximately 70% of all breast cancers are oestrogen-receptor positive (ER+), which means they rely on the hormone oestrogen to grow. As a result, oestrogen-blocking […]
FDA Hit by Government Shutdown
Just north of downtown Washington, DC, in suburban Maryland, lies the sprawling campus of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), […]
Cape Health Business Week
Wesgro is the official agency that promotes tourism, trade and investment for Cape Town and the Western Cape. Among its strategic […]
Releasing the Brakes on the Immune System
Last week the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to James […]
Cancer in the Crosshairs
Research Contracts & Innovation (RCI) is the department at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that’s responsible for signing research […]
Taking the Initiative
Earlier this year the Cancer Research Initiative (CRI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) celebrated its fifth anniversary. The aim of […]
Reducing Breast Density
It is well established that women with dense breast tissue (seen at right) have an increased risk – of four- to six-fold […]
Pioneers in Immunotherapy
The intramural research programme within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland lives by its byline: “Our research […]
Inspiring New Ways
The Africa Health Exhibition took place at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, half way between Johannesburg and Pretoria over the past three […]