One of the most remarkable scientific breakthroughs since the mapping of the human genome has been CRISPR, an acronym that […]
Posts Tagged ‘Ethics’
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
Dr Daniel Kopans, professor of radiology at Harvard, earlier this week started a new blog entitled Fiction and Facts about Breast Cancer […]
A Breakthrough from Cape Town
Earlier this week, a woman with severe aortic valve stenosis was operated on successfully at Groote Schuur Hospital by Jacques Scherman, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Courage and Innovation
The title for this week’s blog – courage and innovation – was the theme for a conference held at Groote Schuur Hospital […]
Authenticity in a Post-Truth World
After much discussion and debate, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2016 was post-truth, an adjective defined as “relating to […]
Africa Health Comes to Town
For the past three days, the Africa Health Exhibition and Congress took place at the Gallagher Convention Centre at Midrand, half way […]
A Tale of Greed
Last month we reported that Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Roche, which owns the patent for the breast cancer drug Herceptin, had set the […]
What’s Happening in Korea?
Much of the news emanating from South Korea recently has been decidedly negative. The country’s parliament voted to impeach President […]